Diary of a rail fan in Kansai,Japan(Ver.2)

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Why do they like tattoos?

Deciphering the hidden meanings of Japanese tattoos
http://edition.cnn.com/style/article/tattoos-in-japanese-prints/index.html

I could guess the original meaning of tattoos, considering characters of those who use tattoos.
They are flashy characters and likely to do something wrong. So, I could imagine tattoo would have been related with something bad.

As I expected, those who used tattoos were criminals.