Tattoos are not allowed in public baths

Since many many years ago, tattoos on the body had been popular for the people who had special business in Japan.
The tattoos in Japan usually covers many portions of a body and it took several month to finish and cost a lot.
Of course the graphic arts and skills were important. They shoud ask to expensive tattooers.
There are several patterns of designs, combinations of flowers and animals.
For female there were more fancy designs.

GIs liked to have tattoos on their bodies during Korean and Veitnam wars at ports in Japan and China or other Aisian coutries. But most of them they took were spot kind of tatoos on .

In Japan at hot springs or golf courses there are public style baths.
In the movie "The Bridges at Tokori"1954, Lt Brubaker and his wife (Grace Kelly) were embarassed that while they were bathing, some othere family with girls got in the same place.

In a golf course's bath and shower room, there is a sign " No People with Tattoos please"
So recently the people who had tatoos go home after palying golf without having shower.

The special kind of business who have tatoo all over their back used be gamblers.
But many workers used have tattoos not any more.