Tattooing in Japan is expected to reach at least 10,000 years. Ainu people, the indigenous people of Japan, is known to have used tattoos for decorative purposes and social years.At several thousand at the beginning of the Meiji period (by going around about 1868-1912) the Japanese government, who want to project a ' modern image of Japan to the west, illegal tattoos, and Irezumi took the connotations of criminality.
Nevertheless, fascinated foreigners went to Japan in search of skills, tattoo artists and tattoo traditional underground.Tattooing continued legalized the occupation forces in 1945, but, unfortunately, has retained much of its connection with the crime. For many years, traditional Japanese tattoos related to Japan's Yakuza mafia famous, and many companies in Japan (such as public baths, fitness centers and hot springs) still ban customers with tattoos.
