Japanese ink lovers smash the tattoo taboo [Video]

Japanese tattoo lovers defy taboos

Location: Warabi

(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) TRADITIONAL JAPANESE TATTOO ARTIST, SHODAI HORIREN, SAYING:

“A tattoo will completely be with you till you die. For instance, a home might collapse, you could break up with a lover. Children develop up and depart. However a tattoo is a part of your physique and will likely be with you all of your life. That is the attraction.”

Tattoos have been linked to Japanese criminals for hundreds of years

and are banned in spas, scorching springs, and a few seashores

Location: Onjuku Seaside

However a surge in rock music and inked guests is decreasing the stigma

and bringing tattoo devotees into the open

(SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) ORGANISER OF TATTOO PARTY, HIROYUKI NEMOTO, SAYING:

“The occasion is necessary as a result of normally, we disguise our tattoos from society, however simply yearly we will proudly exhibit our tattoos and present one another what new tattoos we have got.”