May 15, 2008
- Bousouzoku is the Japanese version of American Harley gangs.
- Unlike American motorcycle gangs, bousouzoku go very very slowly.
- They also like to swerve around on their motorcycles.
- Bousouzoku’s motorcycles also make a lot of noise because they don’t have mufflers.
- If you’re new to Japan, you may think, Oh those poor kids! They can’t afford to fix their motorcycles.
- However your sympathy won’t last very long…
- Bousouzoku love to ride at night and be as loud as possible to keep everyone awake.
- After a week of no sleep, you may be tempted to shoot bousouzoku from your balcony.
- Bousouzoku members are usually young.
- They are also not very academically inclined either. If they were, they would be in cram schools.
- You should never attack a bousouzoku member. Bousouzoku travel in a big group (even if you don’t see the others) and if you fight one, you have to fight them all.
- Now if you are Jet Li, the above scenario is probably okay.
- I’ve yet to see the local police arrest bousouzoku.
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Doesn’t sound like people I want to meet, but who knows….
Thanks for visiting my 80’s TT!
Comment by Tink — May 15, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
Very interesting! I love learning new things about other cultures–particularly everyday things like this.
Comment by Darla — May 15, 2008 @ 8:27 pm
I love learning new things. Thanks for sharing.
Comment by Debbie Mumford — May 15, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
Well…That sorta kills my desire to go to Japan.
LOL!
I can get that sort of thing (loud obnoxious people on motorized vehicles) here! Why travel?
Fun list, though - very funny stuff!
Ciao!
Comment by MsMenozzi — May 15, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
huh…
now I’m intrigued. I want to know more!! Do they have fancy jackets, like Harley riders or the Pink Ladies have?
Comment by December — May 15, 2008 @ 11:16 pm
Leather jackets are very very expensive here. Most of them have heavily gelled spiky and bleached hair.
Comment by Angelle — May 15, 2008 @ 11:52 pm
Sounds like you have first hand experience with these gangs… though they don’t sound very polite, your list made me giggle especially #12.
Comment by Nina Pierce — May 16, 2008 @ 12:37 am
What happens to them when they get older?
Comment by Alice Audrey — May 16, 2008 @ 1:29 am
Very interesting!
your swerving fact made be think of the Shriners.
Comment by Bethanne — May 16, 2008 @ 2:48 am
Well, I like the part about how they go slowly.
Comment by Melanie — May 16, 2008 @ 3:26 am
I think I’ll walk on the other side of the street, thanks! LOL!
Comment by Gina Ardito — May 16, 2008 @ 5:42 am
#11! Gulp! Probably the most important one to remember! (Thanks for visiting my TT)
Comment by The Gal Herself — May 16, 2008 @ 6:20 am
Erg! I hate hearing things like this. It’s guys like that who give all bikers a bad rap.
Happy T13!
Comment by Adelle Laudan — May 16, 2008 @ 6:58 am
Alice,
When they become older, they join the local yakuza (usually).
Comment by Angelle — May 16, 2008 @ 12:30 pm
Arg! We have these kids in Korea too. There’s like two, sometimes three on the same bike, and they have that really, really, REALLY, annoying honk that sounds like a butchered version of ‘La Cucaracha’.
Comment by Fionn Jameson — May 17, 2008 @ 1:22 am
You should just call them national disgrace…
Comment by Angelle — May 17, 2008 @ 10:50 am
Sound like they need to have their tires flattened.
Comment by Ole Blue — May 24, 2008 @ 10:11 pm