Is Japan's attitude towards tattoos changing?
About this episode
The episode discusses the evolution of tattoo culture in Japan with author Manami Ozakaki.
Meet Manami Ozakaki, an author who writes books 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 https://www.instagram.com/manami.tokyo Follow us: https://unpacking.jp/ https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan 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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