USS Auction Houses in Japan
USS Car Auctions
USS Auto Auction houses in Japan, the largest auction house group. USS actually stands for “Used Car System Solutions”
Auction Houses
… and growing, there are now 19 locations, including HAA Kobe, which is still keeping it’s name
| Auction name | Place | Day of the week |
|---|---|---|
| Sapporo USS Sapporo | Near Sapporo, Hokkaido. 30,000yen extra transport costs to get cars down to major export ports | Wednesdays |
| Niigata USS Niigata | Niigata City | Wednesdays |
| Tohoku USS Tohoku | Miyagi Prefecture, 25,000 or more extra transport costs to get cars down to closest export ports | Saturdays |
| Tokyo USS Tokyo | Chiba, largest auto auction in Japan | Thursdays |
| Saitama USS Saitama | Saitama Prefecture, Tokyo area | Fridays |
| Yokohama USS Yokohama | Tokyo area | Tuesdays |
| Shizuoka USS Shizuoka | Shizuoka Prefecture | Saturdays |
| Hokuriku USS Hokuriku | Japan sea | Fridays |
| Nagoya USS Nagoya | Nagoya area | Fridays |
| USS-R Nagoya | Nagoya region, “recycle auction” cars tend to be older and cheaper | Mondays |
| Osaka USS Osaka | Osaka area | Fridays |
| Kobe USS Kobe | Kobe area | Wednesdays |
| Okayama USS Okayama | Okayama Prefecture | Saturdays |
| Shikoku USS Shikoku | Shikoku Island | Saturdays |
| Fukuoka USS Fukuoka | Fukuoka, Kyushu | Wednesdays |
| Kyushu USS Kyushu | Saga, Kyushu | Saturdays |
| Kagoshima | Kagoshima | |
| Gunma USS Gunma | Gunma Prefecture | Saturdays |
Of all the auction houses, USS are the largest. In order of their size view the following data: cars sold in USS auction houses from 2010 to 2011
Although USS Tokyo is the largest of their auctions with well over 10,000 vehicles per week, the first was USS Nagoya, with their first auction in 1982 with only 255 cars.
A more up to date blog article on the USS auctions in Japan here
