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Originally Posted by MMM
I think western-style tattoos are getting more accepted there among young people, but you still cannot get into onsens.
However, for the older generation tattoos are seen as disrespectful to one's parents. The body they give you is marked up with graffiti.
On top of that you are purposely choosing images that represent death. This is the same as saying "I want to die" as it could be seen as a death with. You are tempting fate. Another big red flag.
But what you do is your choice, I just thought you should know as much as you can before going under the needle.
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I believe that goes for most parents in western countries too... back in their days, tats were some kind of stigma for jailbirds. but this has changed since the 1990s, and the same development has at least started in nippon as far as I know. the recently published book "tattoo in japan" (from 2008) shows a lot of young artists who are getting more aware of the traditional tattooing as a national heritage... its kinda interesting.
I do not want to say "I wanna die", I only want some complement to the rest of my arm, that is tattooed in a rather life-affirming style.