"It seems like every two or three days we are doing a koi (carp) half-sleeve or a dragon tattoo. People in the States are going nuts for Japanese. It's really blown up over the last two years ...

And in a timely gesture of optimism, the car features a koi, the traditional Japanese motif that speaks of the qualities of good fortune and perseverance. The UX tattoo art car's koi, a symbol of ...

Greg Kimura, the president/CEO of JANM, spoke to The Japan Times about the inspiration behind the exhibition: "Perseverance shows Japanese tattoo as an indigenous, full-fledged art form ...

In a small workshop down a narrow alleyway in Taipei’s Ximending district, tattoo artist ... of historical Japanese drawings, which he takes as inspiration for his body art.