Kanto Auto Works Kanto Auto Works In April 1946, Kanto Auto Works was established in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, as an independent company called "Kanto Electric Motor Works" which focused on repairing cars, assembling electric vehicles and producing bus bodies. In early 1948, it became a Toyota contractor, producing auto bodies. During its early years, the company also assembled some cars for Toyota (Toyota SB, Toyota Master, Toyota Crown). The company also diversified into other products such as yachts and prefabricated homes. In 1950, it adopted the "Kanto Auto Works" name. In 1960, the company became a permanent car assembler through a new Yokosuka
1923 Great Kantō earthquake water demon triggers the 1923 earthquake. The josei manga "Akatsuki no Aria" (by Michiyo Akaishi) features the earthquake in volume 8. Several places frequented by the protagonist Aria Kanbara, like her boarding school and the house of the rich Nishimikado clan that she is an illegitimate member of, become shelters for the wounded and the homeless. Aria's birth mother is severely injured by debris and dies few later, and this triggers a subplot about Aria's own heritage. In the 2013 animated film by director Hayao Miyazaki, "The Wind Rises", the protagonist Jiro Horikoshi is traveling to Tokyo by train to