From the “only in Japan” files:
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/we...itasha-heaven/
Click through for the pics (too much effort to link them all on a phone…) but there are quite a few wonderfully stickered-up JDM chariots! They really go all out.Itasha (痛車) literally means “pain mobile” and either refers to the pain it inflicts on car owners’ wallets to trick out their rides or how it affects the eyes of those who see these wheels. The Japanese word tengoku (天国) means “heaven.”
At this year’s NicoNico Chogai event, there was an itasha tengoku that certainly lived up to the heavenly expectations. There were also stickered-up motorcycles and bicycles!
This of course is the same subculture that brings us the insane-looking Good Smile Racing entries in the JGTC GT300 category