Following the older style, this should be read right to left. うつぼ. Utsubo is Moray eel. There’s a history of some Pacific Ocean facing prefectures eating them.
Old Japanese signs are read right to left so this would be whatever the kanji is (I can’t tell because it’s too blurry) + うつぼ, which is either a type of eel (鱓) or a quiver (靫)
The last symbol looks like mirrored と to me, idk
There is a kanji to the right, it’s blurry but could be crate/box or armorer 函
Dam. I recognized the game right away. Loved that game.
By the way, until relatively recent years, it was not rare to see right-to-left horizontal writing on the right side of commercial vehicles.
(This was based on the idea of writing from the direction of travel, which is becoming outdated.)
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Following the older style, this should be read right to left. うつぼ. Utsubo is Moray eel. There’s a history of some Pacific Ocean facing prefectures eating them.
Old Japanese signs are read right to left so this would be whatever the kanji is (I can’t tell because it’s too blurry) + うつぼ, which is either a type of eel (鱓) or a quiver (靫)
The last symbol looks like mirrored と to me, idk
There is a kanji to the right, it’s blurry but could be crate/box or armorer 函
Dam. I recognized the game right away. Loved that game.
By the way, until relatively recent years, it was not rare to see right-to-left horizontal writing on the right side of commercial vehicles.
(This was based on the idea of writing from the direction of travel, which is becoming outdated.)
[Then](https://dailyportalz.jp/b/cms_image/portal/mitawayo/100903133472/sujya-ta.jpg) & [Now](https://kuruma-news.jp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190617_truck_003.jpg)