Japan - won't let you into a gym if you have visible tatoos

[bladerunner]

Usually it is not THAT bad, we have a huge MMA guy at the gym that never bothers to cover his tattoos up, despite the gym contract says that if you don't have any tattoos when you make the contract but get them AFTERWARDS, your contract might get cancelled by the gym. LOL

But it MAY happen, that you are refused entry to a restaurant, or Disney World, because tattoos scare the other customers. 

yep,especially if it's us gaijin wearing them...

[WillGrant]

yep,especially if it's us gaijin wearing them...

GayJim

[sync pulse]

I don't like tattoos, never did.

But even IF i did, getting a tattoo in Japan is pretty stupid, it throws you down the social ladder to the bottom.

Tattoos are so very limiting to your horizons.

[ManBearPig...]

Tattoos are so very limiting to your horizons.

we got a freedom hater here.

[Stark]

we got a freedom hater here.

Probably muslim

[Tito24]

savages

[musclecenter]

Who told a story once on GETBIG about trying to train in a gym in Japan, and they wouldn't let you because you had arm tattoos which they link to the Japanese Yakuza?

I'm trying to remember if it was you or someone else who shared that.  Random I know, was just on my mind!

as i know, not true!!

[#1 Klaus fan]

I don't like tattoos and I think that is retarded.

[Stark]

as i know, not true!!

So you are saying the tattoo signs we posted - DK - and all the other stuff - that was all lies?

BTW: one of my direct reports has a japanese wife and he has lifed in Japan for a long time he also confirmed this.


Back to you

[Bad Boy Dazza]

So I guess you are not a Muslim..

I'm all in favor of living and respecting the cultures of your host land.

[Stark]

I don't like tattoos and I think that is retarded.

so you think that you are retarded because you don't like tattoos?

Somebody?

 

[Stark]

So I guess you are not a Muslim..

I am an Anglo Christian Caucasian male who is proud of his Nordic / Germanic heritage.

[#1 Klaus fan]

so you think that you are retarded because you don't like tattoos?

Somebody?

 

No I think the tattoo ban is stupid. I think it's stupid anywhere, in business, everywhere. Fuck looking "decent". 

[lvtolft]

ha ha, it's always the penis lickers who cry freedom, yet cry for more goverment involvement in our lives.

where's my freedom from not having to look at your shitty tattoo?

Again, nice try!  I have said nothing of what you post above.  Just like anything else, if you don't like the look of someone with tattoos, don't look.

[Roger Bacon]

When I see a guy (or girl) with a name written on their neck (mostly in curvy kinda fonds) I immediately think... scumbag!!!

^^^

[Bad Boy Dazza]

I've noticed that the unemployed love tatoos.

[DK II]

Hahahahahhahahaha!  You fucking asshole!!! LOL

 

[Schmoe Buster]

I think its a good rule, keeps those dirty fucking gaijin out the gyms

[Schmoff]

that's bullshit

 

[slaveboy1980]

That was Kaged Muscle, aka Kris Gethin, who they didn't let work out at the Gold's Gym out there because he had tatoos on his arms.  He was clearly surprised. He ever offered to cover them up with long sleeves, but to no avail.

that's how it should be. tats scream white trash. filth. and I can't stand tribal crap.

[DK II]

I think its a good rule, keeps those dirty fucking gaijin out the gyms

Yeah i can't stand them as well, always so white, and big, and muscular.

Bad for the Japanese self esteem, better not allow them in. 

that's bullshit

 

No it's not, i can try to make a few pics of the "rules" next time, unfortunately it's forbidden to use your phone behind the lobby and also forbidden to bring cameras or make photos. 

Mark you, all i said are the rules in Gold's Gym, i am sure there are other smaller gyms that don't give a shit about tattoos.

[hawkmoon]

My gym (in Tokyo) is full - I mean FULL - of Yakuza and there are a lot of tattoos, but they keep them covered up.
I know one guy, an enforcer-fighter type who has a full Irezumi "suit", and the pearls in the dick deal. Well mannered guys, but I don't care how much bigger I am than him, I would not mess with him...

My gym's parent company reportedly has Yakuza connections, and hence the lack of prohibition common in so many other gyms. Then again Yakuza connections in business are pretty common.

[DK II]

My gym (in Tokyo) is full - I mean FULL - of Yakuza and there are a lot of tattoos, but they keep them covered up.
I know one guy, an enforcer-fighter type who has a full Irezumi "suit", and the pearls in the dick deal. Well mannered guys, but I don't care how much bigger I am than him, I would not mess with him...

My gym's parent company reportedly has Yakuza connections, and hence the lack of prohibition common in so many other gyms. Then again Yakuza connections in business are pretty common.

Wow, sounds like "fun". 

Where do you train (ward is enough if you don't want to go into detail)

[hawkmoon]

Wow, sounds like "fun". 

Where do you train (ward is enough if you don't want to go into detail)

Actually it is fun.
Most of the guys are real nice and a lot easier to talk to than the average sheltered nipponjin. Just don't accept a dinner invite haha.
One guy tried my standing calf raises on the smith once and almost killed himself. We had a good laugh.
Mintato-ku.

[DK II]

Actually it is fun.
Most of the guys are real nice and a lot easier to talk to than the average sheltered nipponjin. Just don't accept a dinner invite haha.
One guy tried my standing calf raises on the smith once and almost killed himself. We had a good laugh.
Mintato-ku.

Well, i can imagine they are friendly, i guess they have to be, but all in all i think it's best to avoid them at any cost. The problem is not so much them, but the reaction of others when they learn about your "friends".

It's funny because that is exactly why tattoos are forbidden in Japan, it's not that the people don7T like tattoos out of any aesthetic reasons, they won't let you in because it might scare away OTHERS.
I think you can be glad if your company is known for Yakuza connections, lol, because that makes it a lot easier, some people would lose their jobs if they hang out in a bar accidentally with a Yakuza and somebody from the company saw them....