Traveling for tattoos to explore culture and traditions around the world That rhythmic noise I was hearing in Tokyo was artist Horimitsu performing a traditional tebori, or hand-carving tattoo ...

But they don't have what he's looking for: the centuries-old Japanese art of tebori, or traditional "hand-carved" tattoos. In the West, a longstanding fascination with this style has become a full ...

Until 30 years ago, Yoshihito did his tattoos entirely by hand using the tebori technique, where a needle-tipped wooden or metal stick inserts ink into the skin. Nowdays, due to health and time ...