Decoration trucks in Japan

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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3 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - May 25, 2009 at 7:41 am

Categories: General Japan Tags: decoration trucks, dekotora

http://www.chirimotsumoreba.net Jordan

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

They kinda reminds me of Jeepneys in the Philippines
http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

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?

Decoration trucks in Japan

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