Dekochari

Japan

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Dekotora

Japan

Dekochari

Dekochari bike

Japan

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Japanese Dekochari culture

Dekochari

Dekochari

Theis a form of art bike indigenous todating back to the mid 1970s. 'Deko' in Japanese is short forand 'Chari' is slang for bike. The Dekochari was a response by children to the('Tora' is short for Truck) craze which sweptafter a series of movies called 'Truck Yaro' came out. These movies featured giant trucks decked out in chrome and flashy lights.Unable to drive the giant chrome-plated flashing trucks they coveted, they instead built plywood boxes around their bikes and attached chrome plating and lights. Almost all current's have impressive light displays reminiscent of a carnival and many are decked out with hi-fi audio systems and cup-holders.There are currently severalgangs inincluding the Allfleet, the All Japan DC Club Ryumaki and the All Japan Kyokugenmaru Gang. The maintainers ofawait the auspicous moment for anewboom to sweep over Japan and bring theto its former glory.