Bosozoku: A Japanese Innovation In Motorbike Fashion
A unique cultural phenomena came about in Japan just after WWII, the Bosozoku. With rapid industrialization and a booming car market, some youth gathered around a common cause, to annoy the cack out of boring business types and stiff oldies.
They started as an informal gathering of biker youths and exploded into a uniquely Japanese subculture. Information about their early days is sketchy at best, but most of the member were young kids; the gang became so prominent that upon reaching the age of 20 (age of adulthood in Japan), some members would be offered Yakuza jobs and begin a life of crime and disobedience.
Over the next three pages we will bring you photos, old and new, of the best bosozoku examples around…
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