Watch This Parade of Japanese Weirdness

9 years, 7 months ago - 23 March 2015, Carbuzz
Watch This Parade of Japanese Weirdness
Exhaust pipes sticking 8 feet into the air add 30,000 horsepower. Though the languages may be different, and certain things are more popular in one area than in others, car culture is mostly the same around the world, especially as more car companies take a more global approach to selling cars.

The holdout, not only in car culture but also motorcycle culture, is the bosozoku culture of Japan. The name translates to “out of control,” and as you can see from this video, the whole idea is to just do the craziest things you can think of with your vehicle.

Big mass cruises used to be popular with these groups in the 80s and 90s, but police crackdowns mostly put an end to it. The cruise you'll see here is therefore a rare occurrence these days, but still deeply strange.