recommended tattoo shops?

for the start of my trip im staying in the tokyo area and havent decided if i want to go west or east next but im hoping to get a tattoo done while out there, found several places online but just wanted to check if anyone had any recommendations for a good place to go. cheers

If you end up in Osaka, then you HAVE to go to Chopstick Tattoo. They have two shops in Americanmura and one in Horie.

I have a number of Japanese friends who all have work done by their artists and let me tell you, it is bloody amazing. I know that one guy got all his done by the tattooist Wataru, while the other dealt with someone whose name I can't remember.

I'm visiting Tokyo in 3 weeks and the guy who does all my tattoos in England told me to visit the guys at http://www.inkrattattoo.com/main.html

Not sure if Im gonna have the money but one of the guys their did a rose on the back of my tattoo artists hand and its a top job so I'm definately gonna pop in

thanks very much ill be sure to check it all out

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/tattoo/horiyoshi3/
if you go to yokohama

If you are near the Yokohama area be sure to check Fineline Tattoo Japan, just some min walk from the Yokohama train station. Great service and prices, english spoken artists as well.
Went there with some friends and we ended up with some awesome tattoos. The kind of shop we were looking. We are going back for more ink this month.
Check www.finelinejp.com and give them a call, they stay pretty busy sometimes so making an appointment could be the way to go.

Great service and great artists.
Near to the Yokohama train station and they speak english!
http://finelinejp.com