OK, this is kind of weird for anyone not from Japan, but in Japan tattoos and the mafia are synonymous. The really weird part is that even if you are a foreigner with a tattoo, and obviously not part of the Japanese Yakuza, you can be denied entrance into places (like onsen) and denied other services if you have a visible tattoo. Yet another reason not to get one…

Posted on March 2nd, 2016 under Japan • Tags: yomiuriland. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed