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TATTOOS

Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Dec 7, 2013
Wabori: Traditional Japanese Tattoo
It may not have been their sole purposes for visiting Japan during their respective reigns, but Queen Victoria's grandson George V and the last emperor of Russia, Nicholas II, both received tattoos on visits to Japan, despite the government's ban on a craft reserved primarily for the branding of criminals....
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 29, 2013
Tattoos make inroads with 50 and older crowd
Thirty years ago, a good girl didn't walk into an establishment plastered with images of dragons and flames, hike her shirt up over one shoulder and let her body be injected with ink. Especially not if she was, like Darlene Nash, a 57-year-old grandmother.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jul 22, 2013
Think before you ink if you work with kids
I am very interested in getting an irezumi (traditional tattoo) in Japan. Are there any artists that will tattoo a foreigner? If so, who and where? My interviewer for the teaching position tried to warn me that tattoos are a 'no-no.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / BILINGUAL
Mar 18, 2013
Best to consult an expert before getting a cryptic kanji tattoo
"Mami," I said, reading the kanji 「真実」tattooed on the bicep of the young man seated beside me last December, aboard a flight bound for Houston, Texas. "Is that the name of your Japanese girlfriend?"

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