> It might help to understand that, broadly speaking, businesses in Japan that forbid tattoos are usually fine if the person covers up the tattoo with clothing

> It might help to understand that, broadly speaking, businesses in Japan that forbid tattoos are usually fine if the person covers up the tattoo with clothing or a sticker, etc. In fact stickers for this purpose are in shops - a friend told me a public bath once even provided her with one when she forgot. But this isn't ok. That's the point. > So, while I don't agree with it, it's not exactly the human rights crisis you're envisioning. ??? I think that Japanese should be accepting of other people and cultures. It happens to be that we're talking about tattoos, but it could easily be something else. > Also, it sounds like you're holding very strong opinions about something you don't know any details of, which is generally a bad idea. False.