nihonkai gas co ., ltd . (is a city gas and liquefied petroleum gas supplier mainly servicing toyama prefecture ) 日本海ガス(富山県を中心とした都市ガス・液化石油ガス業者)
because rear-wheel-drive vehicles have a disadvantage running in snow-covered regions , there are a few taxis based on front-wheel-drive stock cars (up to 1999 , front-wheel-drive mitsubishi galant_sigma that uses liquefied petroleum gas (lpg ) was used exclusively as a taxi , and even today , taxis using this vehicle can be seen in hokkaido , tohoku , and chugoku region on rare occasions ). 積雪地ではFR車は走行しにくいため、FF車の市販車をベースにしたタクシーもまれに見られる(1999年までは三菱自動車の三菱・ギャランΣにFF・LPGのタクシー専用車が設定されていた。なお、現在でも北海道や東北、中国地方でごくたまに見られる)。