Originally Posted by The Thin Man

A year ago, a 1972 Nishiki Safari came up on eBay and was parallel posted on Portland, Oregon Craigslist. Before that, I hadn't heard of that particular model. I talked to the owner and went to see it in person. It had these exact panniers. The bike, although touted a "real touring rig" didn't really do it for me and seemed more like a boat anchor with a lackluster component set. It seemed to have roughed out an idea of what a touring bike should be but was clearly a precursor to before the Japanese really perfected touring bikes in the 80's. Either way, these were the panniers on it. For more info, see the Bicycling Magazine review of that model here.