Bosozoku Beach
In rapidly industrializing post-war Japan, returning soldiers and disillusioned youth turned to thundering motorbikes as sources of identity, camaraderie, and adrenaline. By the 1970s, bosozoku gangs had become a fully formed subculture based around customized bikes, violent clashes with authority, and outlandish and often transgressive fashion that took cues from Imperial Japan, kamikaze pilot uniforms, hippies, and American greasers.