It was February year 2002 when Miikka Korpilo bought a new car. The new, although actually used car, was model Nissan-Datsun Sunny 1.5 B11 wagon from 1986 and the cost, with the brand new euros at that time, was 800 €.

Buying cars was for the 26- year-old Miikka already familiar. Expectations just weren’t really high because of the first junk car which broke down on the road because of the brakes and the gear box exploded. Miikka was disappointed of the whole car culture, partly even lost his faith. As a matter of fact he didn’t even get any encouraging words for his new car even from the old owner because we are still talking about a vehicle which was estimated for around thousand euros.

Can exceptional top individual be suddenly born from the conveyor belt? It definitely looks like that. During the years all the assumptions which Miikka had for this car have been proved wrong. This car – Nipu, has proven to be a real “iron knight”. It has been fit and roadworthy in a way which would make any of his fellow-aged cars ashamed. It has been on the road, started up when asked and giving a ride without complaining, for all kind of human and animal travelers around Finland and Europe. It has been in Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Baltic countries, Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Hungary, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic and in Slovakia. In the car and because of the car many things have happened and taken place. When these things are getting older we are starting to recall these memories. That’s why worn out looking but brave Nipu left a track in many peoples’ hearts.

However, now Nipu has become old. Miikka knows that it still has some kilometres to go in the future, which Nipu will do easily. Then sorrows of oldness start to appear: rust, coughing and side noises. Before that something has to happen. Miikka and his crew have decided to make one unforgettable journey: trip to Nipu’s home in Japan. Japan, where brand-new, fresh and shiny Nipu once left to conquer world, is going to be also Nipu’s heaven and last peacefulness.