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  • Edutopia Jan 31, 2012 @ 1:32 am | delete
    If you live in America and you are going to get a Kanji tattoo I implore you to quadruple check to make sure that the Kanji actually says what you think it says. That said these are some really well done tats.
  • KatieLay Nov 21, 2011 @ 8:15 pm | delete
    These are beautiful, however unless it is real traditional Japanese tattoos I do not respect the tattoo very much. I really do not like the Japanese lettering people get in North America.
  • California_Dreamin Nov 21, 2011 @ 9:27 pm | delete
    I agree. Not only are the kanji tattoos that most Westerners get unattractive, they are often also illiterate.

    On the flip side, lots of Japanese walk around in T-shirts and buy various products with English writing that is basically just gibberish to a native speaker of the language. For just one example, there's an Italian restaurant near my office in Saitama Prefecture that, like so many Japanese shops and restaurant, has it's sign written in English rather than Japanese. The only problem is that they advertise the place as being an "Itarian" restaurant. Here's a link to more of the funny "English" you see everywhere in Japan: http://tanuki.org.uk/japlish.html
  • Tipi May 30, 2011 @ 5:13 pm | delete
    Beautiful body art!
  • SereneSea Oct 22, 2010 @ 10:16 pm | delete
    Wealth of information on Kanji tattoos.
  • KittyKartell Mar 24, 2010 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    Great page. I have a kanji tattoo on my ankle that means "to grow to our full potential"
  • LotusMalas Feb 23, 2010 @ 6:16 am | delete
    I have tattoos (no kanji!) and this is a great educational lens on the topic!
  • loaebook Feb 13, 2010 @ 4:45 am | delete
    Really great lens! I'm studying Japanese right now and I like practicing writing Kanji (on the other hand however I still have thousands to learn haha) ^^
  • Johnny_Rock Feb 2, 2010 @ 11:10 am | delete
    My son has some tattoos and he'll be very interested when I send him this link. Great job!
  • Jewelsofawe Feb 1, 2010 @ 3:04 pm | delete
    Wow! Great tatoos! Blessed by an angel!
  • Ener-G Jan 28, 2010 @ 8:47 am | delete
    Beautiful lens and photos. Very informative!

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