By KAZUYUKI ITO/ Staff Writer
September 20, 2019 at 07:10 JST
Sumie Kuramoto's silicone-made hand replicas with “hajichi” tattoos will be featured at an exhibition in Naha. (Kazuyuki Ito)
NAHA--Tattoos, although much maligned in modern Japan because of their association with the yakuza, were in vogue among women in and around Okinawa Prefecture more than a century ago. [Read More]
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