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Originally Posted by kei0000
If you live in the U.S. now,you should wait to have tattoos until you come to Japan and learn more about Japanese culture.
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well if he does not intend to live in Japan I reckon he can just read about it. This forum has plenty of information on it. If not, it can be found in the internet / books, etc.
Coming to Japan only to make sure you are getting a right tattoo is like going to space to get away from your family for few days. Bit of an overkill and god damn expensive.
I have a friend in Tokyo, an American guy, he has a full body tattoo of a dragon and other motives. Looks amazing, though he spent on it 10.000$ (traditional irezumi). I am not sure about carps though, I mean we eat them on Christmas Eve in Europe. Though they really have a very symbolic meaning here in Japan (as Sashimister has indirectly pointed out).