Is Japan's attitude towards tattoos changing?

Name: Is Japan's attitude towards tattoos changing?
Uploaded: 2026-07-14T00:00:00.000Z
Description: Meet Manami Okazaki, an author on Japanese arts and culture. She sits down to talk to us about the history of Japanese tattoos, the artists who made them, and how Japan's tattoo cu

Meet Manami Okazaki, an author on Japanese arts and culture. She sits down to talk to us about the history of Japanese tattoos, the artists who made them, and how Japan's tattoo culture is changing in the modern era. -- 0:00 Intro 0:50 Meet Manami 7:31 Moving to Japan 16:23 Writing for magazines 18:25 Manami's books 24:53 History of Japanese tattoos 29:05 Tattoo conventions 34:45 Is perception of tattoos changing? 37:35 The beauty of tattoos 42:26 Japanese tattoo artists 59:28 How to find artists 1:05:06 Japanese book culture -- Follow Manami: https://www.maki23.com / manami.tokyo Follow us: https://unpacking.jp/ / unpacking_japan / unpackingjapan / unpackingjapan / @unpackingjapanshorts https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan https://creators.spotify.com/pod/prof... Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/

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