Man arrested for tattooing 15-year-old boy in Aichi

Thursday 26th February, 06:27 AM JST

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dennis0bauer at 12:18 PM JST - 26th February

Jamal not all sentou or onsen block people with tattoo's The kid is to blame not the tattoo artist
Yelnats at 01:52 PM JST - 26th February

I wonder where he came up with the cash for the tattoo. And, why were the cops looking at his back? They check his behind out too? These cops here are weird.
tantantanuki at 01:57 PM JST - 26th February

I have tattoos and use my gym's public bath 6 nights a week. The one catch is that I have to 'tape' them up. I do expect that 'taping' would be a big pain in the arse to do with a 'full back tattoo.'

In my mind, if the tattoo artist is guilty, he should have to pay a small fine or something like that. The kid should be investigated for his altered id and charged if it is deemed warranted.
noirgaijin at 01:59 PM JST - 26th February

likeitis, I agree with most of your comment, up until the part about letting the kid get his tattoo. We would hope that an establishment like this would make the right choice when providing a service. A full back tattoo is wrong for a teen that has yet to visualize the impact it may or may not have on his or her future. As a parent, I would hope my child gets turned away by a smart shop owner whose mind is not clouded by making a buck, and also knows its not right and against the law.
blvtzpk at 03:50 PM JST - 26th February

My tattoo reads "Born Looser".

I didn't have to pay for the extra 'o'.
likeitis at 04:55 PM JST - 26th February

A full back tattoo is wrong for a teen that has yet to visualize the impact it may or may not have on his or her future.

I am not so sure. I think most teens know they want the tattoo, and will get when they get older anyway, or change their mind for reasons that really don't have any bearing on the course of their life. Its a tattoo, not an amputation. But I would be more than happy to compromise and make them think it over for a week. And man, if they got the money for a full back tat, I would think they could also afford the laser surgery to get it removed!
Kokubuspider at 06:41 PM JST - 26th February

idiotic, poor tatoo guy, not his fault, but he could have been more stringent and asked for photo id etc.
memyselfI at 06:44 PM JST - 26th February

Please go after serious crimes. This is not serious. Unless the tattoo arist got the boy drunk and tattooed him after the fact,

Let's go after nutty Saitama drivers
imapc at 06:58 PM JST - 26th February

Cut the guy a break, he was just doin his job and had proof the kid was over 18. Lots of people look younger than they actually are.

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BBLeo at 07:54 PM JST - 26th February

School student is learning fast how to get behind the bars not very far away. This is the way the young generation start to get their criminal intents on their minds. The next we will possibly hear that he will be printing fake notes. Why arresting man, arrest student and put him behind the bars. 'THERE IS NO SENSIBILITY IN THIS PART OF JUSTICE.'
USNinJapan2 at 09:51 PM JST - 26th February

I have tattoos and use my gym's public bath 6 nights a week. The one catch is that I have to 'tape' them up. I do expect that 'taping' would be a big pain in the arse to do with a 'full back tattoo.'

tantantanuki

Were you actually told to tape up your tatoo(s) or did you do it preemptively?

This is my personal interpretation, but I draw a distinction between irezumi (刺青) and tatoos (タトゥー). Public baths, spas, etc. post signs in Japanese (I've never seen one in English) which prohibit people with 'irezumi' from using the facilities. These signs are nothing more than passive indirect way for the management to tell yakuza and boryokudan members, who traditionally were the only ones in Japanese society to have tatoos, that they're not welcome. From my perspective, this retriction has never been meant for other customers, like foreigners and younger generation Japanese who have fashion tatoos, who are not members of criminal organizations. Being in the military I myself have a tatoo like many of my colleagues and I regularly use public bathing facilities like those at hotsprings and country clubs but have never been refused service because of my tatoo or even cautioned. Of course the staff wouldn't know that I'm a native Japanese speaker so you could argue that I'm not being thrown out because of the language barrier, but then again I would think that the signs would be posted in other languages too if the true intent was to keep ALL tatoos out of the establishment.
Dubya at 10:16 PM JST - 26th February

Charge the artist whatever it costs to remove the tattoo. Shoukld teach both of them a lesson.
gogogo at 02:53 AM JST - 27th February

tantantanuki: you most likely goto golds gym it is basically the only gym in Japan that allows "covered up" tattoo's
bcbrownboy at 06:38 AM JST - 27th February

Why, where was the tattoo?
ant721 at 09:37 PM JST - 28th February

dont need a fancy laser to remove the tat, just a very sharp knife...