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@to_ky_o
Good choice. I've just got back from three years in Tokyo and spent a bit of time with Tanabe-san and Nagasawa-san at Kalavinka. Re the decals NJS Export are right, it means Kalavinka and is the buddhist icon depicted on the head tube.
When you spec a Kalavinka frame you get the option of having the kanji (Japanese) or the romanji (English) decals applied. The current trend in keirin seems to be for the romanji decals but there's still a few riders ordering frames with the kanji on.
Top fact: Tanabe-san still draws and cuts the kanji decals himself by hand.