{"id":7527,"date":"2015-04-17T15:07:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T14:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidejapanblog.com\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2026-02-27T09:51:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T09:51:18","slug":"tattoos-japan-taboo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/17\/tattoos-japan-taboo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tattoos in Japan: Taboo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Like this post? Help us by sharing it!<\/h4><ul class=\"wpfai-list\"><li class=\"wpfai-list-item facebook\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527&amp;t=\" title=\"Facebook\" class=\"wpfai-facebook wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-facebook fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item twitter\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527\" title=\"Twitter\" class=\"wpfai-twitter wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-twitter fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item pinterest\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527&amp;description=&amp;media=\" title=\"Pinterest\" class=\"wpfai-pinterest wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-pinterest fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item linkedin\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527&amp;title=\" title=\"Linked In\" class=\"wpfai-linkedin wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-linkedin fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item envelope\">\r\n      <a href=\"mailto:?subject=&amp;body=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527%20-%20\" title=\"E-Mail\" class=\"wpfai-envelope wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-envelope fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item stumbleupon\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527\" title=\"Stumble Upon\" class=\"wpfai-stumbleupon wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-stumbleupon fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><li class=\"wpfai-list-item reddit\">\r\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.insidejapantours.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F7527\" title=\"Reddit\" class=\"wpfai-reddit wpfai-link wpfainw\">\r\n        <span class=\"fa-stack fa-lg\">\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-square fa-stack-2x\"><\/i>\r\n          <i class=\"fa fa-reddit fa-stack-1x fa-inverse\"><\/i>\r\n        <\/span>\r\n      <\/a>\r\n    <\/li><\/ul><p>So you want to travel to Japan but &#8211; <em>uh-oh<\/em> &#8211; you&#8217;ve read in the forums that tattoos are a no-go. Thanks to that ill-advised tribal you got when you were seventeen you&#8217;re going to be banned from swimming pools, hot springs and waterparks and kicked out of shops, hotels and restaurants. But you&#8217;ve already bought your plane ticket! What are you going to do?!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7532\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7532\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/swayze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7532 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/swayze.jpg?w=225\" alt=\"&quot;I knew this was a bad idea!&quot; (Photo: bigtattooplanet.com)\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/swayze.jpg 457w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/swayze-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/swayze-390x520.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7532\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Damn! I <i>knew<\/i> this was a bad idea.&#8221; (Photo: bigtattooplanet.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Well, don&#8217;t panic just yet.<\/p>\n<p>Tattoos are indeed something of a taboo in Japan. The reason is simple: for many years, tattoos = <em>yakuza<\/em>, and <em>yakuza<\/em> = criminal.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7528\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7528\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7528 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"traditional Japanese tattoo\" width=\"468\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii.jpg 736w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii-720x478.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii-390x259.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-iii-510x339.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7528\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A traditional Japanes tattoo by Horiyoshi III (photo: pinterest.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Some history<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To give a bit of background on the matter, Chinese records dating back thousands of years indicate that tattooing might have been a part of Japanese culture since the Jomon Period (12,000-300 BC).<\/p>\n<p>Later in history, however, tattooing seems to have gained a certain level of stigma &#8211; probably beginning when the Japanese began tattooing criminals to mark them out as offenders. However it wasn&#8217;t until the mid-19th century, when Japan finally ended its long period of isolation, that they were banned altogether.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/kotaku.com\/why-is-there-a-tattoo-stigma-in-japan-1249980905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kotaku reports<\/a>, this is because the Japanese government was worried that the practise of tattooing might be seen as barbaric by the outside world, exposing the Japanese to ridicule at a time when they wanted very much to be taken seriously. Though this ban was lifted after World War II, it was by then too late for the stigma to be reversed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7529\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7529\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yakuza_tattoos.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-7529\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yakuza_tattoos.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"Tattooed yakuza members (Photo: listverse.com)\" width=\"468\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yakuza_tattoos.jpg 470w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yakuza_tattoos-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/yakuza_tattoos-390x249.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7529\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tattooed <i>yakuza<\/i> members (Photo: listverse.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>yakuza<\/em>, often called the &#8220;Japanese mafia&#8221;, have their roots in the Edo Period (1603-1868) and traditionally sport full-body tattoos, called <em>irezumi<\/em>. The associative links between tattoos and crime thus remain very strong in Japan, and even though the popularity of tattoos has increased in recent years due to Western influence (especially amongst the Japanese youth), your ink is likely to draw a few disapproving stares!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Will my tattoos be a problem for me in Japan?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not necessarily. Opinions are steadily changing, and the majority of Japanese people are now aware that tattoos are much more acceptable abroad than they are at home.\u00a0You will even see young\u00a0Japanese people with discreet tattoos out and about in Tokyo, Osaka or\u00a0indeed any Japanese city.\u00a0Nonetheless, hundreds of years of stigma are not easily forgotten (<a href=\"http:\/\/japandailypress.com\/the-view-of-tattoos-in-japanese-society-295623\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as recently as 2012<\/a>, for example, the mayor of Osaka launched a controversial campaign to force\u00a0employees of the city\u00a0to declare their tattoos to their employer) &#8211;\u00a0so to avoid causing offence we recommend covering up your tattoos if you can.<\/p>\n<p>Places where your tattoos may well be an issue are in hot springs (<em>onsen<\/em>), on beaches, at theme parks, at water parks and in swimming pools.\u00a0It is still the norm at these establishments to ban tattoos entirely, and where a ban exists you will see prominent signs informing you of it.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7530\" style=\"width: 468px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7530 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble.jpg?w=468\" alt=\"Signs forbidding tattoos at Tobu Super Pool\" width=\"468\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble-390x293.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble-780x585.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/no-tattoos-in-japan-budgettrouble-510x383.jpg 510w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo: spoon-tamago.com)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you have a very small tattoo, it will most likely go unnoticed in most <em>onsen\u00a0<\/em>(I have a tiny tattoo on my back, and have never been asked to leave a hot spring in Japan). Still, if you can cover your ink with a plaster or a bandage, you should probably do so just to be on the safe side.<\/p>\n<p>If you are heavily tattooed, however, or have a tattoo that&#8217;s too large to cover &#8211; it is\u00a0pretty likely that you may be asked to leave by staff.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But that&#8217;s not fair! I was looking forward to my first <em>onsen<\/em> experience&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, it does suck. Especially because these bans usually only\u00a0affect foreigners and those who obviously have no connection with organised crime. (If a real <em>yakuza<\/em> member walked into an <em>onsen<\/em> or a swimming pool, would you want to be the one to\u00a0ask them to leave?).<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless it is a fact of Japanese culture, and there&#8217;s not much you can do about it. If you are heavily tattooed and would like to have an <em>onsen<\/em> experience (and we do highly recommend it!), we suggest booking a stay at a Japanese inn with private <em>rotenburo<\/em> baths, or where the communal baths may be booked out for private use. Alternatively, when my (heavily tattooed) brother came to visit me in Japan, he found that visiting the <em>ryokan&#8217;s<\/em> <em>onsen<\/em> late at night when most visitors had gone to bed was a great solution.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, if you&#8217;re feeling very bold, there are also bathhouses throughout Japan that cater specifically to <em>yakuza<\/em> members &#8211;\u00a0though\u00a0we certainly\u00a0won&#8217;t be recommending any of those!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7531\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7531\" style=\"width: 201px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7531 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Horiyoshi III: a former gang member and one of Japan's greatest living tattoo artists.\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-390x583.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi-510x762.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/horiyoshi.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7531\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Horiyoshi III: a former gang member and one of Japan&#8217;s greatest living tattoo artists. (Photo: Wikimedia.org)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>STOP PRESS &#8211; <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Highend Hoshino Resorts, who run a number of beautiful ryokan across Japan, have recognised the problem with Japanese perceptions of tattoos and the fact that many foreigners have them. <a title=\"News on Japan\" href=\"http:\/\/newsonjapan.com\/html\/newsdesk\/article\/112182.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It was announced the other day that Hoshino Resorts <\/a>would allow guests to bathe in the hot spring baths, so long as their tattoo could be covered by a 8 x 10 cm white sticker. Is this the start of a changing in attitudes?<\/p>\n<h4>Like this post? 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Thanks to that ill-advised tribal you got when you were seventeen you&#8217;re going to be banned from swimming pools, hot springs and waterparks and kicked out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2525],"tags":[1525,2167,2168,2335],"class_list":["post-7527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japanese-arts-and-entertainment","tag-foreigners-and-tattoos","tag-tattoos","tag-tattoos-in-japan","tag-yakuza"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36367,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions\/36367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insidejapantours.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}