The Komatsu Plant

There's a Komatsu plant in between where I live and the main campus of Kansai Gaidai. I pass it on my way to and from the school every day, as well as on my way to the main road (route 30 I believe) leading to Hirakatashi station. So I see it about 3-5 times a day, on average.

Komatsu, I think, is the company that owns the plant. What exactly happens inside the plant is a mystery to me. Do they make something inside? Is it a construction plant? Is it for some other purpose? I may never know. Japanese men in business suits are constantly walking in during the morning hours, though I never really see one leaving in the afternoon or night. There are a ton of what appear to be unmarked trucks inside, coming in and out of the main gate, which is very close to Kansai Gaidai's east gate. There's a lot of warehouses inside, which are marked with Kanji that I can't read, adding to the mystery.

There's also a lot of men on small vehicles that look a bit like bulldozers, except they're not dozing anything, nor are they bull-like. Actually, they look a bit like tractors, except, with nothing on the back. Why the hell are those there? It doesn't even look productive. And sometimes - I am not making this up - I hear a certain song coming from inside the plant as I pass by. Doesn't matter what time of day or what seems to be going on. About 25% of the time, when I pass by, I hear the Mickey Mouse theme song. No joke.

This leads me to three possible conclusions, neither of which help at all.

1) The workers of the plant, grown Japanese men, enjoy listening to the Mickey Mouse theme while they work.

2) The workers of the plant are subjected to listening to the Mickey Mouse theme by their bosses, who for some reason take enjoyment in forcing this song on thier workers.

3) There are children inside the Komatsu plant.

The first thought is disturbing, because, well, even if Japan IS a little different taste-wise than America, no grown man should enjoy working to this song. The second is just as disturbing, and makes me feel like liberating the nihonjin from their oppressive bosses. But it's the third that makes me feel the most disturbed. What are children doing in a Komatsu plant? Why is their music so loud? Why aren't they at home? What are children doing in a Komatsu plant? Are they the worker's children? Are they the bosses's children? Are they anybody's children? Are they the workers?

... I wonder what they make in this Komatsu plant...