Comments on Mottekaero jDonuts: No Tattoos Allowed

Hi LaurentAt my local pool many of the staff have ...

2008-08-13T21:58:00.000+09:00

Hi Laurent
At my local pool many of the staff have tattoos.

But some swimming pools allow it. when i lived in ...

2008-08-13T21:45:00.000+09:00

But some swimming pools allow it. when i lived in katsushika ku , i saw sometimes a guy with tatoos. of course it was a very big one but a tatoo after all.
but the rules are maybe a bit different in the down town. i don t know well.
please don t notice my bad englsih. i am forgetting it since i started to learn japanese...

@PeterReasonably common. Especially at Onsens or p...

2008-07-29T10:13:00.000+09:00

@Peter
Reasonably common. Especially at Onsens or public baths.

@Tornadoes
The emphasis is on "some dumb tattoo" . I especially love the misspelt Kanji ones.

@Jamaipanese
Actually you are in the majority. Tattoos look great on the girl you met for a one night stand, they look terrible on the girl you are considering to be the mother of your children.

It's an easy test of character, just like the way the Japanese use it.

I seem to be one of the few men who find Tattoos u...

2008-07-29T00:14:00.000+09:00

I seem to be one of the few men who find Tattoos unattractive on women. I smooth, clear tattoo free skin...just like that of my girlfriend.

In the US, tatoos are so common now, everyone and ...

2008-07-28T23:54:00.000+09:00

In the US, tatoos are so common now, everyone and their mother has one. It's really a joke to see some of the tatoos on some people nowadays. Seems like every women has some dubmb tatoo on their lower back.

I had no idea of that! Very interesting! How commo...

2008-07-27T02:31:00.000+09:00

I had no idea of that! Very interesting! How common are these signs?

@GreekGuy (I can't write that name, it won't copy/...

2008-07-26T19:56:00.000+09:00

@GreekGuy (I can't write that name, it won't copy/paste either)
Thanks!

@CK
I'm not surprised by that at all.

@Domce
And this is hasn't happened already?

Remember, Japan is the country that gave us the phrase "the nail that sticks up, gets hammered down". The entire country & society encourages group actions & conformity.

This is a step towards clone humanity, where every...

2008-07-26T16:31:00.000+09:00

This is a step towards clone humanity, where everyone will be the same, without a way to recognize one another. Scary...

In the 60s and 70s, gangs were rampant in Singapor...

2008-07-26T16:00:00.000+09:00

In the 60s and 70s, gangs were rampant in Singapore and as a result of which, men with tattoos were thought to have gang connections and were shunned.

In fact, men with long hair (beyond shoulder length) were branded as undesirables as well. Kitaro (the composer of Silk Road) was denied entrance when he first came to Singapore because of his mane!

love it..fantastic postand a good marketing idea

2008-07-26T15:08:00.000+09:00

love it..
fantastic post
and a good marketing idea

@AngelikaThanks!@BillywestYeah, I can see where yo...

2008-07-26T14:21:00.000+09:00

@Angelika
Thanks!

@Billywest
Yeah, I can see where you might say that. Then again, I've not met a person with a tattoo who was an Angel...

As for interest in being a part of the world community, I don't want it to be. The idea of globalism sickens me.

People eating McDonalds, drinking Starbucks, wearing Gap and listening to Madonna in every country on earth? Terrible.

Because that's what "World Community" means to me.

"Here in Japan tattoos are a mark of criminal asso...

2008-07-26T12:48:00.000+09:00

"Here in Japan tattoos are a mark of criminal association or bad character."

Shouldn't you have said "often perceived as a mark of criminal association or bad character"?

I do agree with you, though. These kinds of differences in thinking make Japan an interesting place to live. I dare even say that some practices of discrimination are part of what makes Japan exciting to many foreigners. But, they also show that Japan has no 'real' interest in becoming closer to the rest of the world community.

WOW! Interesting.

2008-07-26T10:26:00.000+09:00

WOW! Interesting.