dekotora

Travel
Meet the Teenage Boy Trying to Keep Japan's Insane 'Dekochari' Bike Culture Alive
Unfortunately, these over-the-top bikes are becoming pretty rare.
VICE Japan
8.1.17
Tech
Japan's Tricked-Out DIY Disco Trucks Put 'Transformers' to Shame
The massive bedazzled rigs have appeared in music videos by Skrillex, Rich Chigga, Mando Diao, and more.
Corinne Przybyslawski
2.28.17
Travel
Honk Honk!
Long-haul trucks covered in elaborate, eye-popping neon lights and colorful airbrushed murals of fantasy creatures and religious figures are known as "decotora" in Japan.
Tomo Kosuga, Masaru Tatsuki; As told to: Tomokazu Kosuga; Transla
4.2.08