Comments on: Tattoos on Japanese girls http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/ Scuba diving in Okinawa, and all things to do with Japan Tue, 2 Dec 2008 18:38:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Dave http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3131 Dave Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:36:54 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3131 Oliver - thank you for the comments, they do make perfect sense. I like your way of looking at the perception from all the generations. As I don't have one myself I can't comment too much on them, but everyone else's comments are really educational for me:) Oliver - thank you for the comments, they do make perfect sense. I like your way of looking at the perception from all the generations. As I don’t have one myself I can’t comment too much on them, but everyone else’s comments are really educational for me:)

]]> By: Oliver http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3119 Oliver Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:57:45 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3119 Hi Everyone, I have a tattoo myself and from time to time I still get stares form the older generation (even though I’m no spring chicken myself). I live in Canada, where as Crystal said, tattoos have been mostly been accepted by society (younger generation). I think a lot of it has to do with perception and the older generation will always have the perception of tattoos being associated with rebellious behaviour. My parents still cringe when they see my tattoo in the hot tub! Lol. It’s funny though – in meeting my girlfriend’s parents, for the first time, I tried desperately to hide my tattoo so that I did not ‘give the wrong impression’. So maybe the perception is instilled on all of the generations – the older one looking down on those who have them and the younger generations expressing themselves with tattoos but in some way knowing that it offends the older generation, feeling guilty about offending them – try and hide their tattoos…. Does that make sense? Hi Everyone,
I have a tattoo myself and from time to time I still get stares form the older generation (even though I’m no spring chicken myself). I live in Canada, where as Crystal said, tattoos have been mostly been accepted by society (younger generation). I think a lot of it has to do with perception and the older generation will always have the perception of tattoos being associated with rebellious behaviour. My parents still cringe when they see my tattoo in the hot tub! Lol. It’s funny though – in meeting my girlfriend’s parents, for the first time, I tried desperately to hide my tattoo so that I did not ‘give the wrong impression’. So maybe the perception is instilled on all of the generations – the older one looking down on those who have them and the younger generations expressing themselves with tattoos but in some way knowing that it offends the older generation, feeling guilty about offending them – try and hide their tattoos…. Does that make sense?

]]> By: soldave http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3047 soldave Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:14:51 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3047 Yay - it's 2 readers of my blog discussing something! This is what I've been looking for since I started writing this! Keep it up guys :) Yay - it’s 2 readers of my blog discussing something! This is what I’ve been looking for since I started writing this!

Keep it up guys :)

]]> By: Guy at the airport http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3044 Guy at the airport Fri, 17 Aug 2007 09:26:05 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3044 Crystal makes a very good point of mentiuoning the following "that some older people frown on getting tattoos". My wife just told me last week, that my Mother in law is afraid that my son is later going to have Tattoos! I also agree with Crystal about how tattoos are currently viewed in the Western culture and are pretty much accepted nowadays as mainstream. Guess it takes a little bit longer in the Asian culture to get there. Crystal makes a very good point of mentiuoning the following “that some older people frown on getting tattoos”.

My wife just told me last week, that my Mother in law is afraid that my son is later going to have Tattoos!

I also agree with Crystal about how tattoos are currently viewed in the Western culture and are pretty much accepted nowadays as mainstream.

Guess it takes a little bit longer in the Asian culture to get there.

]]> By: soldave http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3041 soldave Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:01:14 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3041 Thank you both for your comments on this subject. Crystal - thank you especially for bringing it to light in your conversation class. Hopefully I can get more views from some of you out there in Japan ir Asia on this topic. Thank you both for your comments on this subject. Crystal - thank you especially for bringing it to light in your conversation class.

Hopefully I can get more views from some of you out there in Japan ir Asia on this topic.

]]> By: Crystal http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3039 Crystal Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:58:39 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3039 I have asked some of my conversation students about Tattoos and honestly I would say its just changing times. More and more of them talk of getting one, but are afraid of the pain so they don't get one. They also say that some older people frown on getting tattoos and so they hesitate to break social norms. But they seem to think they are a good way to express yourself. Having spacers in your ears is really popular with the youth in America right now, as a way to be different and express yourself. But most adults frown on having them and don't find them acceptable on adults. But as those spacer wearing kids turn into adults, suddenly adults are going to all say its okay. Its the same cycle we went threw with Tattoos. It used to be that you were a long haired hippy or biker if you had a tattoo. Now they are very mainstream. All sorts of people get tattoos and its okay. I wont say we are up to saying facial tattoos are okay and all that but even in the business world tattoos are more and more acceptable. Whats cool and whats not, whats acceptable and whats not, is always changing. Its just a cycle. Okinawans used to have cultural tattoos on women, then it was banned, now its allowed. I wont speculate on what causes the cycles, but they seem to be inevitable. I have asked some of my conversation students about Tattoos and honestly I would say its just changing times. More and more of them talk of getting one, but are afraid of the pain so they don’t get one. They also say that some older people frown on getting tattoos and so they hesitate to break social norms. But they seem to think they are a good way to express yourself.

Having spacers in your ears is really popular with the youth in America right now, as a way to be different and express yourself. But most adults frown on having them and don’t find them acceptable on adults. But as those spacer wearing kids turn into adults, suddenly adults are going to all say its okay.

Its the same cycle we went threw with Tattoos. It used to be that you were a long haired hippy or biker if you had a tattoo. Now they are very mainstream. All sorts of people get tattoos and its okay. I wont say we are up to saying facial tattoos are okay and all that but even in the business world tattoos are more and more acceptable.

Whats cool and whats not, whats acceptable and whats not, is always changing. Its just a cycle. Okinawans used to have cultural tattoos on women, then it was banned, now its allowed. I wont speculate on what causes the cycles, but they seem to be inevitable.

]]> By: Guy at the airport http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3034 Guy at the airport Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:05:54 +0000 http://soldave.thedeepstop.com/2007/08/15/tattoos-on-japanese-girls/#comment-3034 Hi Dave, An interesting observation and one I haven't given a lot of thought, yet. Mainly because I don't know too many Japanese girls/women and I can't recall seeing a Japanese female with tattoos. However, I do know a few Thai girls and in Thailand when I see a Thai girl with a tattoo, my first thought is that she works in the night life/entertainment industry. I know, I know, quite a cliche, but unfortunately most likely a true one, although I do know a few Thai girls that have tattoos but are in no way related to the nightlife scene and just have them becaus they like them, they're a minority though. In general however, the majority of Thai girls/women won't have tattoos. A lot of them may like them, as they say/claim, but are afraid of the pain getting them. In general there are a lot of tattood persons in Thailand, since the traditional Thai tattoos, done by monks with bamboo, have protective powers, so a lot police man, soldiers, fisherman etc, people with high risk jobs, have tattoos done, which mostly cover their back (completely). Only guys can get tattoos done by monks though, women can't get tattoos from monks for religious reasons. In general I do like tattoos, having some myself. On my list of things to do still ranks getting a traditional Japanese tattoo done, a fish or a flower on my arm, but I'm not sure if it will ever come to that. Hi Dave,

An interesting observation and one I haven’t given a lot of thought, yet. Mainly because I don’t know too many Japanese girls/women and I can’t recall seeing a Japanese female with tattoos.

However, I do know a few Thai girls and in Thailand when I see a Thai girl with a tattoo, my first thought is that she works in the night life/entertainment industry.
I know, I know, quite a cliche, but unfortunately most likely a true one, although I do know a few Thai girls that have tattoos but are in no way related to the nightlife scene and just have them becaus they like them, they’re a minority though.

In general however, the majority of Thai girls/women won’t have tattoos. A lot of them may like them, as they say/claim, but are afraid of the pain getting them.

In general there are a lot of tattood persons in Thailand, since the traditional Thai tattoos, done by monks with bamboo, have protective powers, so a lot police man, soldiers, fisherman etc, people with high risk jobs, have tattoos done, which mostly cover their back (completely). Only guys can get tattoos done by monks though, women can’t get tattoos from monks for religious reasons.

In general I do like tattoos, having some myself.

On my list of things to do still ranks getting a traditional Japanese tattoo done, a fish or a flower on my arm, but I’m not sure if it will ever come to that.

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