A review by julcoh
Speed Tribes: Days and Nights with Japan's Next Generation, by Karl Taro Greenfeld

4.0

Fascinating exploration of Japan’s youth subcultures in the late 80s-90s. Structurally it is a collection of vignettes, each diving into a particular area— Yakuza money drinkers, bosozoku motorcycle gangs, teenage bike thieves and the Japanese youth prison system, the porn and hostess industries, far-right nationalist groups, and a final chapter touching on the nascent Otaku culture at the dawn of the internet age.

I find myself wanting a 25 year update exploring how these subcultures changes as the computer age blossomed, and of course with the past 15 years of smartphones and social media.