Safety, commitment to service and everything we love about Japan also makes it a great place for getting your first tattoo. Read on to learn about my first Tokyo tattoo experience and get some insight from a local artist. Japan has a pretty high reputation for being unaccommodating to folks with ink on their skin. Incidents range from common ones like being restricted to certain gyms and onsen, to borderline unbelievable, like being refused from entering restaurants. The stigma comes from a complicated history (spanning the Meiji Restoration, yakuza activity and even samurai punishments) that …