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Decoration trucks in Japan

May 25th, 2009 by James

A travel show exploring stops along the Tobu Tojo Line got off at Higashi Matsuyama to visit Sekiguchi Kougei, which specializes in painting “decoration trucks” (dekotora). Here is some footage of the kind of designs Mr. Sekiguchi creates:

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Comment by Jordan
2009-05-25 08:15:53

Driving something like that would be awesome. I should become a truck yaro!

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Comment by Jerry
2009-05-25 09:19:59

They kinda reminds me of Jeepneys in the Philippines

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Comment by Haf
2009-06-12 23:54:40

Wow, that’s really great. I’ve been living in Higashimatsuyama for about five months, but I’ve never seen those trucks.
Any chance I could get more information about this Tobu Tojo travel show somewhere? Maybe even watch it in full somehow?

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