“Maybe next year we will have two cars, one for my parents and one for my sisters”

The Itoda sisters finished a respectable 15th out of 88 participating cars in this year’s Milky Way Rally.

“I am very happy with my 15th place finish in my first NAVS, but what makes me even happier is that I even received the ‘Good Run Nice Fight Award’. ……. I have been participating in the Milky Way with my family since I was a little girl, and finally, I participated with just my sisters, and I am so happy that I almost cry when I think back on it,”

said Futaba.

“I received the ‘Good Run Nice Fight Award’ this time and a lot of people told me to keep up the good work. I enjoy school, but living on my own in a strange place for the first time has sometimes broken my heart. Receiving this award has made me rethink my future, and it has also encouraged me to keep working hard in my personal life,”

says Hazuki.

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Their father, Kazuhiro, later contacted the organizers and said, “We never dreamt that we would apply for the Milky Way ourselves. Next year, we would like to take one car as a couple and the other with our daughters”. For the Itoda family, the Milky Way is a place where the twin sisters grow up and family bonds are confirmed.

translated by DeepL