[Quote] Originally Posted by Stitchawl View Post
When I can find a tattoo parlor that will first administer general anesthesia, THEN I might get a tattoo.
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Originally Posted by ardeegee
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15 years ago there were still signs up in onsens (hot spring resorts) and local sentos (neighborhood bath houses) that said "No Tattoos Permited." I haven't seen any of these signs in the last few years, and more and more younger (under 40) Japanese are sportingtattoos today, especially the under 25 crowd. Lots of tats, lots and LOTS of various piercings. Lots more of them are traveling abroad to beach areas where tats are so visible and easy to get. Times change even in Japan. Heck, 15 years ago one had to go to a doctor to get their ears pierced in Japan. Now you can get it done in shopping malls.
The half-shirt Yakuza tattoos look very different from the sunbursts, butterfly, flowers, and aboriginal designs I see the young folk wearing. I doubt people here still assume anyone with a tattoo is a gangster, and the Yakuza have their own onsen and sentos anyway.
Stitchawl