Japanese Yakuza Style Tattoo

Japanese Tattoo

A friend of mine is getting a traditional Japanese style tattoo done (the ones that go over most of the arm – they stop at the length of a kimono sleeve – and go across part of the chest and nipple), in Sannomiya, Kobe.


I’ll try and document the progress. Here’s a couple of photos of the first 90 minute session.
It’s still all covered in the “sellotape”, and you can see a lot of the black marker outline that the tattoo artist is following.

Tattoo

Related posts:

• No Yakuza Allowed
• The Japanese Barber and the Yakuza Haircut
• My Birthday
• Ex-Nova Boss Kidnapped by Yakuza