Art of the Yakuza: Japan's Tattooed Men & Women

What a waste.

 Why don't people get useful tattoos........ could be useful for recording things like your blood type and allergies or other information useful for medical personnel  in case of an accident........ or maybe just a delivery address so that you are assured of making it home if you are really drunk..........

Function really is the most artistic form/\ 

a lot of marines have their dog tags tattooed on them. I think that would fall under the useful category.

Absolutely - this is a longstanding tradition. Long ago, Japanese samurai would tattoo themselves so that if they died in battle and their clothes & armor were looted afterwards, there would still be some means of identification. Can't get more practical than that, i'd say.

Research showed that 75% of people boring or hate their new inked tattoo just after 3 week after get inked with it. Are you falling in this group of people? And the result show that most of them regret of buying a tattoo design that they don’t even like it, but have get inked with it think of it very Clear.

Four Ways to Avoid Doing the Stupid Mistakes on Buying Tattoo Designs.

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aka yo soy de chile

y si alguien tiene tatuajes estilo japones k me mande unas fotos pliss

dick!

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This is irrelevant to most people, as it should be. Keep your information in your wallet. BANG! Was that so hard?

though I firmly believe one should be at least of legal drinking age (21 and over) and you should spend a LOT of time thinking about why you want the tattoo, what you want it to represent, and how you're going to feel about it when you're 80 and your skin is saggy. And place tattoos accordingly.

I have two... got them both when I was past 30, and they are 10 years apart, and I love them more every day, and want a third... and after these beautiful pictures I just might...

It's like street art, There is a right place and a wrong place, In the right place it brings colour and originality to the world, keep inkin!!

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only get the tattoo if u will love it 4evr and never regret it and it has special meaning 2 u.

im only gunna get the tats that mean sumthing... sumthing tru, and wen i die ppl will look at me and my tats and know wut i wuz all about

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How many of those people got tattooed in a drunken binge? People make stupid mistakes... I once heard a guy bitch that he loved his hummer, but it got crappy gas mileage... No??? REALLY???

So the fact is, people pick crappy tats and then regret it. Some goes for people picking dogs, TVs, Computers, WIVES (and Husbands I guess). Buyer's remorse is very common, especially for things not easily gotten rid of.

i got my first tatoo done 4 years ago...it was a secret from my family, but they all loved it when find out.it's just a symbol, well hidden, as i did it to please myself with it. the guy i'm with now for a bit more than 2 yrs ...well he kind of hates tetoos, but i feel like getting another one done soon.i'll have to find a good spot for it..think a lot before you get it done and if it's your first one hid it.if you'll like it after years it's time to make it visible, but not necessary as u're supposed to get it for yourself, not anyone else, the same way as no1 should have the right to tell you not 2 have it

more Japanese women are getting tats these days, not a bad thing, shows individualism
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/japanese-women-more-interested-in-tattoo...

get real 2 da people with shallow thinking. TATTOO is an ART not a symbolise for gengsterism or watever da bad things are!! we deserve 2 be respect ans accepted like everyone does. we all knows that everyone got their own interest so.. FACE IT!!

No one gets Tattooed like this in a drunken binge. It takes many several hour sessions to get this style of tattooing done, not to mention it needs to be designed for you.

yeah that's true it can hundreds of hours you would have to be drunk for weeks lol

to "casual adventurer": that's almost the opposite of what i believe tattoos should represent. tattoos are a type of art and self expression- a way to be individual. putting information such as you suggested on your skin makes me think of the government putting computer chips in the back of your neck. just scan, and you know everything. tattoos represent mystery and beauty...why use them for something that could be abused by the government or anyone who could get their hands on you? an exception, as someone mentioned, is dog tags, because in this situation people are much more likely to die. even dog tag tattoos, though, have meaning, moments, and thoughts behind them. but if it was simply a permanent ID tag? i don't agree at all.