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Hello and welcome to the Brunjapan podcast, probably the best way of learning about life in Japan,

not actually being in Japan. I'm your host Chris Broad and we're joined as always by top

London Radio DJ and certified Japanophile Mr Pete Donaldson Pete. How you doing?

I'm alright mate, I'm just staying out of trouble, giving love to my haters and yeah just

relaxing really because it's nearly the weekend, I mean it is the weekend and yeah look

a fold to it. Pete, do you have any tattoos? Do I have any tattoos? Yes I have several tattoos.

Do you have any Japanese tattoos? I have tattoos tattooed by a Japanese man in his house in Ibusu.

But no characters. But no characters, no I do not trust them, I do not trust Kanji and I think

I do not trust the way that some of the very pretty and beautiful on its symbolism. I do like it but

I don't trust it because it can mean so many different things and words change you know.

Well I remember a few months ago I talked on this podcast to you and everyone about getting a

tattoo myself. It was something profound and brilliant, the sort of thing that I would definitely have

on my arm. But I didn't do it because I'm still weighing up whether I want a tattoo. I often

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