Originally Posted by
unworthy1
Both: early on they were made by Kawamura, but later on there were some models made by Kuwahara, but few and briefly as this was the period that much was going to Taiwanese contractors.
I have never seen a Nishiki bicycle with a Kuwahara format serial number. I would be interested to see such a bicycle.
I have seen an Azuki bicycle with a Kuwahara format serial number. But Azuki is not Nishiki, even though there were years when Kawamura made most of the frames for both brand names.