Lena Headey
Lena Headey has a red bird tattoo on the right side of her back and small cherry blossoms scattered around it
Lena Headey has a red bird tattoo on the right side of her back and small cherry blossoms scattered around it
Katy Perry has a tattoo of a cherry blossom on the outside of her right ankle, which she got in November 2013. Cherry blossoms are a popular subject in traditional Japanese tattoo art and are frequently used to represent the transience of life.
Katy’s ex-boyfriend John Mayer has a similar tattoo on his wrist. (more…)
Charlize Theron has a colorful koi fish tattoo on the back of her right ankle
Pink has many Japanese characters tattooed on her left ankle and foot.
Carah Faye Charnow has a full sleeve tattoo on her left arm with Japanese imagery, from the Geisha on her upper arm to the hibiscus flowers at her wrist. She wrote: “I just wanted the whole piece to be a collections of things that fascinate me about Japanese culture.”
Carah’s parents have not always been supportive of her tattoos, but she says “I smiled so big when my dad first said he thought my sleeve was pretty….I really felt like I had broken through their stereotype of tattoos”
Carah Faye Charnow has a portrait of a Geisha on her upper right arm as part of her full sleeve tattoo. She writes “There isn’t really too deep of a story behind the lady on my arm. I didn’t want it to be anyone specific. I just wanted the whole piece to be a collections of things that fascinate me about Japanese culture.”
Sammi Doll has a large koi fish tattoo on the top of her left foot stretching up to her ankle.
Jessica Jane Clement has a Japanese lucky cat (Maneki-neko) tattooed on her calf. It is surrounded by cherry blossoms, which are another symbol associated with Japan.
Margaret Cho has a Japanese-style crane tattoo on her right thigh surrounded by cherry blossoms.