Quite a few of the guys I knew when I lived there had tatoos, including one Maori with loads, and didn't have any problems.

Again Gaijin (foreigners) normally get cut a lot more slack).

Most yakuza are absolutely covered in tatoos from the neck line to the cuffs and on down to the bottom of their legs so it is quite possible no-one would have mentioned your tatoos had you not brought it up.

written by  Alisdair Matheson on August 9, 2009