Dekotora is short for Decoration Truck (artistic truck tuning). Bright and stunning in their design, trucks are most widespread in Japan and have become a real symbol of this country.

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1. Dekotora is a hobby and lifestyle of a special caste of truck drivers. Colorfully painted trucks with all kinds of lights and unusual decorative details drive right along the streets of cities and along highways.

2. Drivers - adherents of the Decotor style, do not skimp on various bells and whistles. Particularly popular for decorating trucks are ultraviolet lights, neon, gold-colored paint, additional lights and chrome parts (linings, pipes, panels, etc.).

3. "Decorate" trucks in Japan began in the 1970s in the northeast of the country. During these years, it was quite difficult to get original parts for trucks, and truckers came up with the idea of ​​using parts from tour buses and US military vehicles. Drivers also tried to bring originality to their appearance and stood out well from the crowd.

4. The authorities of the country tried for some time to fight against non-standard trucks, but everything turned out to be in vain, and they just had to set some restrictions on their parameters.

5. Recently, the Dekotor style has again become very popular in Japan. And those who overdo it with the decoration of the truck are simply forbidden to drive through the streets and they show their creations only at exhibitions.

6. Dekotor's style peaked in popularity after 1975, with the release of film director Toraku Yaro Shōnen (Trucker). The protagonist in the film crosses Japan in a truck with a defiantly bright design. The film was a resounding success both among the older generation and among young people. The Detector style had many followers.

7. In the 90s, it became popular to use anime scenes, Japanese motifs, drawings close to modern art, and create paintings in retro style to decorate a truck.

8. Despite the great attraction of painted trucks at any time of the day, drivers never place ads or political propaganda on them.

9. The number and variety of design solutions depends on the individual preferences of the truck owner - as long as after installing all the elements of artistic tuning, the truck passes inspection control in terms of size and weight and fits in one lane of the road.

10. As a standard, Dekotor's adherents install a walkie-talkie in the truck, and place their call signs in a decorated frame and put it under glass. Truckers also bring their own appearance into an exclusive look: they organize a breathtaking hairstyle on their heads, put a towel around their neck, and white socks on their feet, wear darkened glasses and gold chains. They love to use dialectisms.

11. In general, we can say that the drivers of designer trucks stood out as a special social group in society.

12. For more than 30 years, truckers-designers have been gathering at car shows, organizing clubs and communities to show themselves and look at others. In Japan, there are even special magazines for Decotor fans: "Truck" (Geibunsha) and "King of Truck" (Eiwa Publishing).

13. The Decotor style is so popular in Japan that sometimes not only trucks, but also other large cars are decorated in this way - for example, this tourist bus was also tuned a la Decotor.