4/20/2010

Over the weekend, my buddy Masa-sensei of the sadly always farked-up masamania.com took these fab photos of Japanese art trucks or as they’re called Dekotora meaning ‘decoration truck.’

As I have written here before in, What ever happened to Japanese ‘Dekotora’—decoration trucks? (3yen.com 2007), Dekotora are a dying art form and I seldom see them on the roads anymore.
Dekotora are disappearing for the same reasons I mentioned in the previous post about how Bosozoku gangs are dying out in Japan. WIth negative population growth there are fewer younger people to enjoy such whimsical vehicles. And with the deep decline of the Japanese economy, there are far fewer well-paying blue-collar jobs meaning there is much less money available to waste on extravagant vehicles.