Why Westerners And Japanese Get Octopus Tattoos For COMPLETELY Opposite Reasons

In this video, we break down the real Japanese culture & history behind [Octopus/Irezumi]. We also compare it with Korea and China, giving you the full East Asian context. This is an informative, history-based episode—not just anime or Pinterest vibes. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 👹 A little about me: * Born in Kagoshima, Japan 🇯🇵 Raised in Korea 🇰🇷 Now based in Austin, Texas 🇺🇸 16 years of tattooing experience. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✉️ For sponsorships, collaborations, & business inquiries: [email protected] 📸 Instagram: www.instagram.com/yoshi_irezumi 👇 Looking forward to seeing your tattoos! Drop a comment below. 0:00 INTRO 0:51 PART.1 HOLDING UP A MIRROR 1:23 PART.2 THE ORIGIN OF TERROR 2:27 PART.3 THE DIFFERENCE IN SCALE 3:58 PART.4 MONSTER VS GOD 5:07 PART.5 THE BIRTH OF TATTOO MOTIF 7:01 PART.6 THE SYMBOL OF STRATEGY 8:34 PART.7 THE CONVERGENCE OF TWO WORLDS 9:21 OUTRO