Quote: (09-15-2013 01:26 PM)Laner Wrote:
Quote: (09-15-2013 12:52 PM)Quintus Curtius Wrote:
Tattoos are just not socially acceptable in Japan. And in rural Japan (Hokkaido), the stigma is going to be even worse. I don't see this story as that shocking.
Exactly why the Yaks have been tattooing themselves and their women. Good luck entering mainstream Japanese society. You are essentially banished for ever.
And considering how often Japanese companies take their employees to onsen or sento it would be impossible to hide it.
Even the new recruits have their Kenshu and head to a spa town, get drunk and run around in their Yukatas.
This is just an antiquated law in Japan. Now days the Yakuza have no need to enter public sento and would have their own private places so the "no tattoo" law is just a bit of a hold over from the elder generation.
You seem to have had experience in Japan, but didn't get to take time to understand the culture. (No I don't mean "go to shrines, learn about their religion etc etc kind of b.s.)
Mainly the part of having different "faces" you have your face that you show to the public, and the face that you show your close freinds/family. This is the main reason why this law is still enforced and enforced heavily, and is not going away anytime soon. Even if you're NOT Japanese, hell most GYMs do not except people with tatoos period. You could be pasty white, or dark as midnight, doesn't matter. Someone above touched on it, if you tatoo yourself and join the yaks, YOU ARE DONE with mainstream society in Japan. There are a lot of reason why this is so, and why Japan is pretty much one of the only first world nations that has its mafia's hands in pretty much everything there. . . I can go on and on but really, sometimes you can't pass judgement on cultures, or even worse say shit in public If you were still in Japan you'd better keep your mouth in some really silent whispers when you mention Yakuza, or mafia. . .you just NEVER know who can hear you/understand English.
It really is better to just stay silent on a lot of stuff if you're in Japan or just on Japan. . .a LOT of people talk about it like they know what they're talking about, when they have only seen the "face" that they is shown to the world. . .not what's REALLY going on there.
If youve lived in a major city there for a number of years, and gotten yourself involved with a lto of people there throuhg networking etc. . .eventually you'll find out a lot that people would never know/and or believe about that place. (Its not really bad. . .just intersting and different) Whenever I see a documentary trying to figure out shit there I laugh because they don't understand they're just being shown a "face" and have been fed a ton of B.S. lol