Yak tats — from Japan of course
Japan’s yakuza gangsters were out in force showing off their tats Philippines this weekend at the largest tattoo festival in Asia, the Dutdutan Tattoo Festival 2012 held every year in Manila, Philippines.
MSN has a slideshow of the start of the festivities that were held on the 28th and the 29th Dutdutan tattoo festival 2012
Learn more at the official website: www.dutdutan.com.ph
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Previous Japanese tebori/tattoo posts on the 3Yen include:
• ‘a blue hell’ of Yakuza tattoos (3Yen / 2011-01-07)
• Greenpeace ad featuring Yakuza tattoos (3Yen / 2010-05-26)
• No-pain tattoo imprinted on your body (3Yen / 2008-11-20)
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September 30th, 2012 at 10:52 pm
Feel the pain…
http://youtu.be/oXLkqrvnvKw
http://youtu.be/cazBpKmnQLs
October 18th, 2012 at 3:17 am
I have lived there for quite awhile and if you are planinng on getting a the old style tat from a native you have no choice but with a hand-pounded Nara ink that famously turns blue-green under the skin. The artist secretly meets with you and get to know you for a little while and then they design it based off of your personality. But if you want a commercial design any of them are fine, meh. This traditional irezumi is still done but it is painful, time-consuming and expensive: a typical traditional body suit (covering the arms, back, upper legs and chest, but leaving an untattooed space down the center of the body) can take one to five years of weekly visits to complete and can cost $30,000 or more.
March 12th, 2013 at 1:58 pm
Prove it.
