By the beginning of the twentieth century, Japanese tattoos had retreated completely beneath layers of clothing. Ironically, this state of affairs may have helped strengthen the mystique of irezumi as ...

Find out what her temporary tattoo, done in Katakana script, reads Lada Gaga arrived in Japan for four concerts through the weekend and celebrated by getting a temporary tattoo written in Katakana ...

Journalist and Japan Times contributor Brian Ashcraft and co-author Hori Benny, an Osaka-based tattooist, outline the history, popularity, proscription and meaning of traditional body art, aiming to ...