In this episode, we speak with journalist Alice Gordenker about a documentary she helped produce on Japanese tattoos (among many other fascinating subjects). Here is the link to the film, which got picked up by none other than Vice News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1h8K92cEag&t=849sThe Deep in Japan Podcast is completely independent and crowd-funded. And by that, I mean we are broke, impecunious, poor. Please consider supporting the show by becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/user?u=3864210ADDITIONAL LINKS: The article in her education column about how her son was bullied in Japanese school: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2003/03/13/lifestyle/dont-wait-till-bullying-hits-close-to-home/Her education column, "Matter of Course," which ran from April 2001 to December 2004: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/column/matter-of-course/Link to the "What the Heck is That?" column, which answered readers' questions about things they saw in Japan but couldn't understand: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/column/so-what-the-heck-is-that/MUSIC: The musical outro was "Irezumi" by Ezhel (Prod. by Bugy & DJ Artz). The intro was my own original mashup of Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star) anime sound bites with “Dubstep" from BenSound.Got something to say? You can find me at the following:- www.facebook.com/groups/deepinjapan/ - [email protected] always, thanks for listening!Support the show