For those who have never actually been to Japan, the idea that Japan's generally regimented, polite, and clean society could have a completely out of control and dangerous youth subculture is hard to ...

Particular niches of car culture exist in most places around the globe. The drivers of Havana have their Yank Tanks, while Lowriders sprang up from Latino culture in Southern California. Raggare in ...

We all know how the story goes. A father shares his passion for cars with his offspring, passing down his mechanical skills and educating them on how to be a part of the culture at large. Then he ...

Six-foot exhausts and silhouette-racer looks hint at a deeper human desire: the need to belong. As human beings, we hunger for our tribe. A sense of inclusion feeds a primal need that’s older than ...

Fresh from the high-tech yet sometimes weirdly traditional streets of Japan, here’s two guys on a far-out bosozoku-style motorcycle zapped straight from the Showa era to the present absolutely shaming ...

Bosozoku is a tuning trend that won’t catch anywhere outside Japan The Bosozoku sub-culture originated in 1950s as a movement used by motorcycle gangs to express dissatisfaction with the Japanese ...

America and Japan have given the world probably the most famous low car styles there are: lowriders in the States, bosozoku and shakotan in Japan. Low as they may be, these cars don't have all that ...

The April 18 article "Documentary chronicles disappearing world of 'bosozoku (biker gangs)" was funny! Kazuhiro Hazuki, a former gang leader, is quoted as saying he couldn't stomach the violence of ...

Bosozoku is a trademark Japanese style of tuning involving huge aero elements that appear boxy and non-functional, combined with crazy paint and the so-called 'bamboo spear' exhausts. Needless to say, ...