Where does piercing fall socially in Japan? Is it more sexual fetish, or fashion?
It’s no different from the situation overseas. When piercing came into Japan, it didn’t spread gradually, rather it spread rapidly. Gay people, fetish, SM Mania–the Japanese like SM, they’re more like Europeans than Americans in that way–the spread of piercing probably was spurred on by that. Anyway, it spread through all the scenes at once. In your travels around the world, how would you say that the piercing and modification is different (and similar) to the West? In terms of differences between Japan and the West (Europe/America), in Japan there are many people who don’t like to relay information, people who are closed. They probably exist overseas too, but in Japan, information is not so free. When somebody finds some information or an idea, they don’t really put it out. For example, suppose there’s a good piercing shop. Now, you’d expect a good shop to teach, but there are people who don’t want to teach. They want to make their techniques their secret, and just enjoy them for th
