<B>Japanese tattoos don't always mean what their wearers think they do</B><BR><BR><UL TYPE=SQUARE><I>Stop by any tattoo shop, and there's a good chance you'll see ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Morgan Garcia-Lamarca’s bare back elicits gasps and wide eyes from those who glimpse the 14-inch-long Japanese proverb inscribed down his spine. The four black, broad-brushed ...

Tattoo culture in Japan, especially among Japan's gangster element, has a rich history. While some young Japanese are breaking the traditional taboo and obtaining discreet tattoos, they almost never ...

I witnessed a couple of pretty amusing tattoo incedents a while back and I just thought I would share with everyone who hates the ubiquitous kanji tattoo. <BR><BR>I was sitting at a table with a ...

When choosing a design for a tattoo, most people want something that’s not just cool or beautiful, but meaningful as well. And since you’re going to have the thing forever, an aesthetic that’s already ...

Hanzi-kanji tattoos became trendy in the late 1980s or early 1990s, tattoo experts say. They were a niche taste as far back as the early 20th century, when globe-trotting sailors would dock in Asian ...

Putting a needle to your skin for a permanent piece of body art has become commonplace in our culture, but the Far East was doing it long before anyone in America thought of etching a heart with the ...

Putting a needle to your skin for a permanent piece of body art has become commonplace in our culture, but the Far East was doing it long before anyone in America thought of etching a heart with the ...

Put all those criteria together, and there’s definitely a certain logic to people choosing Japanese kanji characters for their tattoos, even if they themselves don’t speak the language. However, there ...