The Japanese tattoo magazines all have a similar feel about
them, I think.
- Articles about Japanese artists,
- Articles about Western artists,
- Convention reports,
- some underground/custom culture (skater, biker, rock'n'roll).
Tattoo Tribal has a very extensive list of Japan's tattoo shops,
and usually a very nice, very well-structured/-categorized sec-
tion of photographs.
Japanese language only.
Contents excerpt of latest issue (December 2003):
Tattooed sushi chefs
Tattoo Fashion (clothing)
Christian Fletcher (tattooed surfer)
Reports on / interviews with Yushi (from Scratch Addiction tat-
too studio), tattooist Grin Grip, Toshi (Tattoo Art Studio), fema-
le
artist Takako (Kat Woman Tatto Studio), Orion Tattoo, and
Tattoo Tribe
plus LOTS of photographs: one-point and full body tattoos.
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