Aloha, brah, hang loose

This isn't a great photo but you can see some of the symbol used for Ghost Dog, the Japanese birds of war symbol on my gut and the wakazashi on my side. This past summer, my brother Mike and I vacationed in Hawaii, which is 6 hours from San Diego, but only 5 hours from Tokyo so there are tons of Japanese vacationing there. Walking around Waikiki with my shirt off, many Japanese took good long looks at my wakazashi tattoo. I don't know if they were impressed or insulted, none of them dared to say anything.