Mystery object.  Polish with a series of fine discs then apply a paint.
  Clear plastic goes cloudy after some time on the car headlights etc.  Are the solar rays more destructive here than in Japan - the origin of the import. The vehicle must pass annual inspection if it is more than several  years old.
 In Japan, summer is so so, one reads, for example, that a national park, will be closed over winter till late April and that is in the warmer south.  Cherry blossoms and plum blossoms mark spring tho autumn would be appealing.  How's the yen holding up?