I agree wholeheartedly there, Justin... (cool name;))Merli must've been very lucky to see that level of gang activity, in Hiroshima of all places. I'm like Dave and Troy, I see the motorcycles and scooter gangs more often than not, and they just basiclly make heaps off noise around 3am.
I have to disagree with this one though...
I ain't NEVER had a Japanese male, let alone a gang member, say "sugoi" or polite form "gaikokujin" when talking about foreigners... more like "Why the f*ck are you here..." To the guys that are considering coming here, just remember that Australia has 20,000,000 people, and Japan has 125,000,000... basically that means that there is a chance that you may never run into gangs at all (depending how long you stay).