Japanese Twitter is going wild over the sight of a man riding a vehicle that looks like a Tachikoma from the Ghost in the Shell series. Twitter user @kgimne posted a video on Sunday and commented: “A guy riding a Tachikoma just went by… Not that I have any clue what that’s saying…”
おっさんが乗ったタチコマが通り過ぎてったんだけど…………何を言ってるのかわからねえと思うが…………… pic.twitter.com/XCiQDYvKpE
— ぎね美 (@kgimne) August 22, 2021
The user followed up their tweet by saying that, according to what they have heard from the replies, the vehicle is a walking aid called an “Inukoma,” which was created by a craftsman by the name of Hitohakо̄gei.
Inukoma models have appeared at various public events and exhibitions over the past decade, including the biannual Design Festa conventions. Kabukicho’s…