Pizza California Tokoname (ピザ・カリフォルニア 常滑店), Tokoname, Japan

When I first saw this car, I did a double-take. While the color scheme and logo from a distance looked familiar, I had a moment of confusion because I was in Tokoname, Japan, which is near Nagoya's Chubu Centrair International Airport. As I got closer to figure out what I was seeing, I noticed the size of the car and the logo, which has an accurate facsimile of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) badge logo, minus the surrounding words found on the real patrol cars. From Wikipedia, it is a Kei car, K-car, or 軽自動車, which is the Japanese legal category for the smallest and most limited power, highway-legal motor vehicles, including passenger cars, micro-vans, and Kei trucks. 

The car is painted with the CHP black and white colors, with modified CHP logos on both doors, and was parked in front of Pizza California, which promises quick delivery of their products. The CHP is a representation of what the Japanese view as a ubiquitous symbol of California, so why not deliver "California Pizza" in a look-alike (albeit small) CHP patrol car? I have no idea how good their pizza is, but it certainly looks like they figured out a good way to deliver them.

Pizza California Tokoname (ピザ・カリフォルニア 常滑店) Information and Access

Name:

• Pizza California Tokoname

• ピザ・カリフォルニア 常滑店

Address:

• 3 Chome-126 Kitajo, Tokoname, Aichi 479-0833, Japan

• 〒479-0833 愛知県常滑市北条３丁目126

Access:

• Nagoya Railroad (better known as Meitetsu (名鉄))

• From Meitetsu Nagoya Station (NH36) via the Meitetsu Limited Express for Central Japan International Airport (NGO) to Tokoname Station (TA22):

•  Fare: ¥1040 (Reserved), ¥680 (Unreserved).

• Time: Approx. 30 min.

• Smart IC cards from other regions of Japan (e.g. Suica from Tokyo) can be used to pay the fare.

• Stops are announced in both Japanese and English.

• The trip is not covered by the JR Pass.

• Walk 3 min (210 m, 688 ft) from Tokoname Station to Pizza California Tokoname.

• Prices are accurate as of the published date of this article and are subject to change.

Hours and Phone Number:

• 11:00-21:15 (Closed Wed)

• +81 569-35-0133

Websites:

• Plan your rail trip using Navitime:

• Website:

• https://japantravel.navitime.com/en/area/jp/route/

• Get the app for real time scheduling on your mobile phone when traveling in Japan.

• Android:

• https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.navitime.inbound.walk&hl=en

• Apple:

• https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id686373726

• Pizza California Tokoname (ピザ・カリフォルニア 常滑店) website:

• https://www.pizza-cali.net/shop.php?sid=0925.

Map:

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