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Tattoo design - what does it say? 2012/9/18 22:10
Hello everyone,

I'm from Germany and I'll be in Japan early next year for 3 weeks, where I'm planning to get a tattoo. It's a special kind of souvenir and it would be my first tattoo as well.

I like this design very much: http://shiryudoh.jp/ron_new/0820.jpg

Could you please tell me what the writing says? I know very little Japanese, sadly.

And if you have any good tips for a tattoo studio in Tokyo, please let me know.

Thanks very much!
by Jule (guest)  

... 2012/9/19 10:33
Can't help you with the kanji but if you search for tattoo on this forum you will get a few suggestions for artists.

eg.:-
http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+84418
http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quereadisplay.html?0+93379

Enjoy your trip!
by GC3 rate this post as useful

Re: Tattoo design - what does it say? 2012/9/19 12:24
永遠在我心
Umm... looks like Chinese.

In Japanese, this may be read
"eien ni waga kokoro ni ari".
(Chinese writing forms rewritten in Japanese order)
永遠 (eien) - forever
我心 (waga kokoro) - my heart
在 (ari) - exist
by ajapaneseboy rate this post as useful

Re: Tattoo design - what does it say? 2012/9/20 12:16
looks like
"Eternity is in my heart"

not sure because im japanese and cant read chinese
by yt (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Tattoo design - what does it say? 2012/9/23 06:34
This is Chinese characters, not Japanese :)
It means "in my heart forever."
by Strawberry (guest) rate this post as useful

Re: Tattoo design - what does it say? 2012/9/24 10:45
Definitely Chinese. I like the design of the tattoo but the kanji seem a little bit unbalanced to me- I would get a native speaker of Chinese or Japanese to look at it and tweak it a bit before getting it tattooed if I were you.
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