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Melanie Chisholm

The tomboyish and beautiful Melanie Chisholm is one of the celebrities who are no stranger to tattoo art. She was formerly known as ‘Sporty Spice” of the teen pop group the Spice Girls, she has grown over the 10 years into a sort of connoisseur of tattoos, the majority of which she got during the turning points of her career in music.

Japanese Back Tattoo Designs

Japanese tattoo is called irezumi or horimono in Japanese. In Japan, tattoo is usually considered to be a symbol of a yakuza (Japanese mafia) and tends to be perceived negatively by people. For example, many public bath facilities in Japan inhibit customers who have tattoos from entering.

Yakuza

Some of the most fascinating and intricate tattoos in the world belong to what the Japanese call the Yakuza, a very large Japanese crime syndicate. The process of getting the tattoos, that sometimes cover their entire body, has become somewhat of a ritual, displaying the person’s feelings towards fitting in with society and its rules. Because of the tattoos and their known history in Japan, some establishments will not allow person’s with tattoos to come inside.

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