6th January 2009, 04:55 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: New York
Posts: 1,347
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Originally Posted by reixminako
Don't a lot more people in Japan watch Kouhaku? I figured since there are usually a lot of Enka singers and such that there would be people from all sorts of age groups watching. And it's my understanding that in Japan tattoos are not seen in a very good light (probably 'cause of the Yakuza or whatever). She probably had to cover it up for the show...probably other people had to do it, too. It might not be a big deal wherever you live, but I think it's definitely a big deal in Japan, just like a lot of other stuff (e.g. Koda Kumi's amniotic fluid comment last year. So many people in Japan freaked out and I thought it was hilarious).
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Yes that's exactly my thought process.
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