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9. I have read there are some public baths in Japan that allow those with tatoos...

Tue Sep 19, 2017, 07:57 PM

Sep 2017

The reason why the rest ban them is that in Japan, tattoos are associated with organized crime (Yakuza).

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Tattoo particles migrating to lymph nodes [View all] yuiyoshida Sep 2017 OP

I don't have any tattoos but only because yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #2

Exactly however I think you will find there are very few yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #16

I don't have any ink or piercings anywhere TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #3

I have pierced ears, that's about it Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #14

i do not. pansypoo53219 Sep 2017 #12

No, you're not the only one meow2u3 Sep 2017 #19

I always thought about getting a tattoo but SonofDonald Sep 2017 #4

I think branding will be the next step. Ligyron Sep 2017 #5

Well, if it gets you your own TV show..... yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #6

Bwahahaha! Ligyron Sep 2017 #7

could be worse.... yuiyoshida Sep 2017 #8

Bwahahaha! Ligyron Sep 2017 #17

Already happening HDSam Sep 2017 #13