You may not believe this, but I once saw a habu beat a mongoose in a cross-species duel when I was a kid.
It wasn’t until I graduated tech school that I got my first tattoo and now, 12 years later, I have covered most of my left thigh.
The tradition of tattooing and body marking goes back in history to at least 4000 BC, as seen on ancient mummies. The connection between tattoos and warriors, or those defending their home, may be just as old.
The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts were both founded in the early 20th century with the aim of providing youth opportunities for outdoor activities, learning leadership skills, and contributing to the community.
Hiroshi Nishimura is a tattoo artist based out of Kobe, Japan, who also travels overseas to share his craft with others. Nishimura, who says he joined the profession because he thought being a tattoo artist would be “cool,” shared his thoughts on the tattoo culture in Japan.
My favorite tattoo is hands-down my left sleeve. It’s comprised of the four animals for the four cardinal directions from Korea’s version of yin and yang.
With the recent uptick of violations and accidents involving e-scooters in Japan, I realized it might be time to catch up on the rules and regulations of using these vehicles.
I think my tattoos have mostly impacted my life in a positive way. Don’t get me wrong, sometimes I’ve gotten bad looks.
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Gio Varano, Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician with the 18th Civil Engineer Squadron, conducts a removal of a simulated unexploded ordnance during a routine readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14, 2025.
My mom got tattoos when I was young, and she got a dragonfly tattoo for my 18th birthday because when I was born, she had painted my room with dragonflies.
As I dunked a two-week-old Christmas cookie into my coffee on the first day of 2025, my stomach still gurgled with the contents of the overindulgent dinner we’d eaten on New Year’s Eve.
My tattoos are mainly just art. There’s no inherent meaning, but I love the way they look.
If you are thinking of getting ink done, one of the first questions to ask yourself is what type of tattoo you should get.
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Taste of Okinawa
Best of Pacific
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Welcome to the Pacific