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Japanese bath house can’t tell difference between Maori woman and yakuza gangster

Japanese bath house can’t tell difference between Maori woman and yakuza gangster

A 60-year-old Maori woman was denied entrance to a public bath house in northern Japan because of her traditional tā moko facial tattoo. Japanese bath houses, known as onsen, typically bar anyone with tattoos to keep away yakuza gangsters, many of whom sport full-body tats. Erana Ta Haeata Brewerton had been attending an academic meeting […]

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