From starkly rendered waves crashing over a shoulder to a stern samurai warrior wielding a sword on one’s back, the striking designs expressed in Japanese tattoos are among the most iconic in the ...

VIDEO SHOWS: FEMALE TATTOO ARTIST TATTOOING A CLIENT / JAPANESE PEOPLE WITH TATTOOS DOING VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND SPEAKING ABOUT JAPANESE TATTOO CULTURE / MAN WITH AMPUTATED LEG SHOWING OFF TATTOOS / ...

It wasn't too long ago that tattoos were considered to be taboo in the United States (and no I did not intend that rhyme, but it's staying). The only people in America who got tattoos were people who ...

A cursory scroll of various tattoo studios’ Instagram pages and you could easily think tattoo patrons and artists are predominantly Caucasian. Rarely do #tattooartist or #tattoowomen feature designs ...

Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics and Translation (Japanese to English), University of Portsmouth Among the many designs and styles available, Japanese tattoos are particularly popular in the UK.

It’s a question that’s crossed the mind of every inked-up person wanting to travel to one of the famous hot spring facilities in Japan. To help travelers navigate the country’s tricky policies on skin ...