Tattoos prevent poolside family fun. US service personnel irked too.
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Nick: Aichi-ken.
X-san: I mean...Well, I have no clue how Obama will treat Japan. He really was not said much about...LOL funny but true....Wow! Talk about a blast from the past! I used to live over by El Camino College,...I liked this parody of the Tokyo Metro posters -
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Tattoos also stray from the norm. You can't be at a waterpark unless you have the perfect Japanese body. This allows people to oggle each other in plain sight without needing to worry about seeing something as unsightly as a little skin ink
I've always wanted to get my signature tattooed to my leg just above my ankle. This way, if I'm ever in a situation where I'm forced to take a swim with the fishes (so to speak), my body can quickly be identified for insurance reasons.
Of course, the "real" me will be laughing it up in the Bahamas for a few weeks until my wife stops by with the huge insurance settlement cheque!
How do the Japanese feel about unusual piercings such as lip, eyebrow, nose or belly button? You don't see many and I've always wondered.
Apparently, no signs about pierced persons prohibited. Now that's ironic: a spike protruding from one's nose doesn't suggest a sense of danger and doesn't scare the kiddies, but those colorful tattoos - sometimes of your favorite cartoon character - are just too horrible to be exposed to the children. And all those metal piercings? They'd rust and foul up the pools don't you think?
In one way the tattoo rule is super lame because a regular person can't hit up the onsen or even the pool at the local gym. In another way it's a way to protect the business by preventing unwanted customers that might cause trouble or turn away business by scaring the hell out of customers. They're running a business, they need to make a profit, and in Japan it's one way to help avoid organized crime.
As for piercings, they can be removed, and I don't think piercings alone are tied to problem causing people from a business standpoint.