Japanese tattoo shops · By style
Best Japanese tattoo shops, state by state.
131 verified shops across 32 states for Japanese and irezumi-style tattooing. Irezumi-inspired dragons, koi, waves and full-body compositions. Florida has the most (23). Pick a state for its ranked list of Japanese tattoo shops, with ratings, cities and a link to every listing.
Heaviest hitters
States with the most Japanese tattoo shops
Where the Japanese tattoo shops run deepest — start here if you are traveling for a piece or relocating.
No. 01: Florida
23 shopsJapanese tattoo shops · FLBrowse FloridaNo. 02: Texas
9 shopsJapanese tattoo shops · TXBrowse TexasNo. 03: Georgia
8 shopsJapanese tattoo shops · GABrowse GeorgiaNo. 04: North Carolina
8 shopsJapanese tattoo shops · NCBrowse North CarolinaNo. 05: South Carolina
7 shopsJapanese tattoo shops · SCBrowse South Carolina
By state
Every state with Japanese tattoo shops
Sorted alphabetically — like an index in the back of a book. States with fewer than 3 qualifying shops have no ranking page yet; they link to the style's listings for that state (marked “style page”) or to the state directory (marked “directory”) instead.
Method
How the best Japanese tattoo shops are ranked
Every state list orders its Japanese tattoo shops by a Bayesian-adjusted Google rating: each shop's rating is pulled toward the directory average in proportion to how few reviews back it, so a 5.0 from thirty reviews does not outrank a 4.9 from six hundred. Ties go to the shop with more reviews. A shop qualifies when it lists Japanese and irezumi-style tattooing among its styles and has at least 25 Google reviews; one listing per street address. Nobody paid for a place and nothing is hand-picked. Read the full methodology.