Meanwhile, in Japan... [sfw]

pslover · 2 years

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catmoon · 2 years

Dude, they're just like any bike gang in the US.

ipt · 2 years

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wallish · 2 years

Tunnel Snakes rule!

Prof_H_Farnsworth · 2 years

Good Lord, I'm getting a reading of over 40 mega-Fonzies!

SUCOL · 2 years

YOU FUCK ON ME!?

Azured · 2 years

Ohhhhhhh it's a Gwease Rightning!

stivo · 2 years

im suprised noone has mentioned the great johnny bravo yet

pounds · 2 years

Compensation for a receding hairline

bazfoo · 2 years

Rock 'n Roll!

asdfman123 · 2 years

In this picture: a bike gang dominance dispute. The pompadoured man on the right challenges his leader with the ultimate sign of disrespect: growing bigger hair.

KeyboardDog · 2 years

Once he hits 35MPH+ in his motorcycle, he'll use his hair to lift off.

rspeer · 2 years

Holy shit! I visited Japan and saw people doing exactly this in Ueno Park. Pic because it happened.

I thought I was just seeing a bunch of crazy awesome people, not a cultural phenomenon.

kappuru · 2 years

yoyogi rockabilly club. these guys are AWESOME.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kappuru/868564825/sizes/l/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kappuru/869474704/sizes/l/

ChaosBeast · 2 years

Ahh, Tokyo on Sunday....There's this one park over there where all the local kids & all their respective posses go & show off their fashion pizazz. My brother lived over there for a long while, and when I was visiting he insisted that we go to this one park on Sunday. It was magical.

resonanttoe · 2 years

yoyogi greasers! I love those guys

asyncster · 2 years

Peter Bjorn and John did a music video about them: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwcaQ3qJ88U

[deleted] · 2 years

love the japan = nsfw assumption.

bleuarg · 2 years

"Hey you know who's cool?"

"Me"

kojac · 2 years

This makes me think of Guitar Wolf! and the Zombie move they did "Wild Zero". RIP Billy Bass Wolf.

buntysoap · 2 years

These guys must have their own section in The Black Sun

wartortle · 2 years

This is a screen shot from the music video for Peter Bjorn and John's "Nothing to Worry About", an awesome song and video.

Edit: Whoops, didn't see btnheazy03's comment... Redirect your attention over here

MrTCOB · 2 years

They've got nothing to worry about.

fross · 2 years

I saw these guys when I was in Tokyo a few years ago. They aren't a biker gang, they're more like a dancing troupe.

It was in Yoyogi park, where you get all kinds of "weekend subcultures"*. There were about 10 of them, ranging from about 8 years old to maybe 60, all dressed up in the tight trousers, leather jackets, big quiffs. They had a boombox, playing 50s hits, and were sort of doing Twist-style dancing to it. The music would stop between tracks and they'd stop, then it'd start again and they'd start dancing again. It was mesmerizing.

There seems to be a predominance there of people who "play" at being a subculture, such as punk, goth, teddyboy, whatever, just on the weekends. They are normal during the week, but at the weekend they go all out dressing up like that subculture, and going somewhere like Yoyogi park to simply hang out and be seen. I don't pretend to understand it.

gilco · 2 years

HOLY FUCK, i walked past these dudes in Yoyogi-koen the other week, they were all dancing and shit. only in japan

wastergoleor · 2 years

I love how in japan has to have a SFW tag

BallsacksMcGee · 2 years

GREASE RIGHTRING

btnheazy03 · 2 years

you'll enjoy this

[deleted] · 2 years

Is this Jim Jarmusch's latest movie?

natzo · 2 years

So anime is based on real events?

GzOne · 2 years

I teach junior high school in Japan and these dudes are exactly what my students want to be.

FAKDK · 2 years

Meanwhile, in Denmark

everyothernametaken1 · 2 years

I love how Japan's appearance in the title warrants a SFW label :)

enken90 · 2 years

Best part about this post is that the OP felt the need for a sfw-tag.

WurzelGummidge · 2 years

alternative conformity

M3mph15 · 2 years

my hair is a bird, this funeral is irrelevant

randomace · 2 years

These guys are actually super serious about their dancing. My friend tried to go dance with them and they were not pleased. They're like serious bikers who just like to get down to Elvis, nothing wrong with that.

vietbond · 2 years

That is the most awesome pomp I've ever seen. Morrissey is crying himself to sleep tonight.

buddhahead · 2 years

Meanwhile, in America...

ISOCRACY · 2 years

I was stationed there in the 90's. Some "Elvis" groups would blast music and dance until their feet were bleeding through the tape around the worn out shoes. I forget the area it was, just south of Tokyo, but it was incredible to visit. Street performers of all kinds...not just Elvis groups...and the teenaged girls in the audience would chant the lyrics while performing elaborate hand movements all in sync. Within a short walk of all the music and street performers was a very large Buddha which my family and I were able to go inside of.

TreeFan · 2 years

I don't know about the dudes in the pic, but as for music, here's the real deal from Japan - Thee Michelle Gun Elephant (1991-2003):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzhxnF5yOs

oldcrow · 2 years

I don't know what his hair is, but all our arguments are invalid.

PortConflict · 2 years

HELL YES! Yoyogi Park! I was there two weeks ago. They have 1950's style dancers having a dance battle in the park every Sunday. I have photos of the "Black Shadow", "the Rebels" and "Strangers" facing off.

Awesome stuff. I love Japan, in particular Harajuku and its surrounds. The highest ratio of WTF in the world. :)

joxmongoose · 2 years

You better take this down, nobody messes with Black Shadow. Nobody.

CorkOnTheFork · 2 years

Tunnel Snakes rule!

gimeit · 2 years

Reminds me of Cromartie High School.

greeneggsandskam · 2 years

It's funny that any title that says "in japan" now needs to be flagged NSFW or SFW.

Chamanzan · 2 years

Everyone likes rock and rorr.

n3xg3n · 2 years

This should be in /r/worldnews, as the first time something from Japan has been tagged [sfw]

rockchucker · 2 years

Well that's one way to handle Male pattern baldness.

cerebralscrub44 · 2 years

Onizuka?

gitgat · 2 years

heeeeeyyyyyyyy

Lyalpha · 2 years

Shit! I didn't know these guys actually existed. I thought they were just stereotypes of the 80's japanese biker gangster. bim bim bim bim ba ba ba bim bim!

foxfaction · 2 years

The huge hair guy looks like a lot of the people in Katamari Damacy.

bodhisativa · 2 years

can we see some rockabilly japanese chics?!?

dmente · 2 years

damn i need that gel

bendeboy · 2 years

i'm so glad i took a vacation there, best thing i've done in maybe all my life... aww fuck it, best thing ever.

calnick0 · 2 years

The water recedes before the wave...

Toffeeapple · 2 years

These are the sort of people my mum used to warn me about.

stickzilla · 2 years

かっこいいじゃ

Yeahboi · 2 years

Not sure if this got pointed out or not, but these guys aren't really a biker gang. They are just a bunch of dudes who dance in Tokyo Yoyogi park every sunday. Or maybe the first sunday of every month.

Syl · 2 years

Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!

Nitephly · 2 years

This post requires much more Kishidan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUtAKig382c

GodEmperor · 2 years

...where everyone is still a 6th grader.

Cubano1852 · 2 years

Attention duelists! My hair is telling me you deserve an upvote!

Gothiks · 2 years

First rule of Black Shadow, don't talk about Black Shadow.

heuheuheuheuh · 2 years

Somewhere Conan O'Brien is in a jealous rage over that mans pompadour.

Aitioma · 2 years

YOU'RE DOIN IT-

Wait, they are doing it right... Fucking stylish Japanese biker gangs!

dec10 · 2 years

good music video of these guys: http://vimeo.com/10456749

notAnnie · 2 years

The best part about their pompadours? I can't tell if they are middle aged men with receding hair lines, or if they are young men who chose to shave their hair into male pattern baldness to highlight the height of the hair-do.

Watawkichaw · 2 years

OH NO! The Dleaded Brack Shadow Cran!

NickDouglas · 2 years

Please please PLEASE can we have a whole "Meanwhile, in" subreddit so I can look at these all day?

izzlemcfizz · 2 years

Punch!

kronosphere · 2 years

maybe it is a shaman king casting call

chu · 2 years

Essential context: Guitar Wolf

Remdawg · 2 years

YES! I know these guys. I was in Japan a few years ago watching them perform outside Yoyogi Park. The guy with the big hair is a total dick. I was on a business trip with a few work colleagues and we wanted a picture with him after they had finished performing. One of the guys I was with that spoke a little Japanese went up to him and asked politely if we could take a picture. I think the guy thought that my friend was going to touch his hair so out of nowhere he shoved my friend down about 3 concrete stairs! At this point, me and the 2 other guys I was with jumped in and started yelling at the dude, asking him why he did that. We went back and forth with him for a couple minutes while my friend recovered from falling down the stairs. Then all the other members of his posse started approaching us and pulling out switchblades from their back pockets! By this time there is a huge crowd around and once we saw that they had knives we started yelling even louder asking them what the hell their problem was. One of the dudes in the back started piping up pretty loudly and it was clear that he spoke English so I asked him to calm down. That didn't seem to work so finally I got in one little fight and my mom got scared and said you're moving with your auntie and uncle in Bel-Air. I whistled for a cab and when it came near the license plate said fresh and there was dice in the mirror, if anything I could say that this cab was rare but I though nah forget it yo home to bel air. I pulled up to a house about seven or eight and I yelled to the cabbie yo homes smell ya later.

mlsherrod · 2 years

I like how in Japan, people use english to be cool and bad ass.... but here, people use chinese symbols all the time

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