For many years, traditional Japanese tattoos were associated with the yakuza, Japan's mafia, and some businesses in Japan and public baths still ban tattooed customers. Yoshihito's most devoted ...

These astonishing photographs give an unprecedented glimpse inside the world of the Yakuza, the Japanese organised crime syndicates, known for their brutality, tattoos and strict code of honour ...

Of course, real-life Japanese yakuza are renowned for sporting extensive ink, leading to a nationwide taboo around tattoos that still lingers quite prominently to this day. The writers behind Like ...

Honjo who specializes in wabori-a large scale traditional Japanese tattoo, takes inspiration ... it still has negative connotation with yakuza or Japanese mafia groups, such that many public ...