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    • HOME
    • Artists
      • Ketan Milan Vaidya
      • Nikita Vaidya
    • Tattoo Styles
      • Tebori
      • Cover Ups
      • Traditional
      • Japanese
      • Realism
      • Geometric
      • Ornamental
      • Minimalistic
      • Script
      • Religious
    • Bookings
    • Contact Us

  • HOME
  • Artists
    • Ketan Milan Vaidya
    • Nikita Vaidya
  • Tattoo Styles
    • Tebori
    • Cover Ups
    • Traditional
    • Japanese
    • Realism
    • Geometric
    • Ornamental
    • Minimalistic
    • Script
    • Religious
  • Bookings
  • Contact Us

Tebori tattoos

  • DEFINITION: A traditional Japanese technique of hand tattooing
  • TOOL: Using a lean bamboo or metal tool with a needle grouping attached to the tip
  • PROCESS: A tattoo is made by rhythmically working the ink into the skin by using a gentle poking technique (lines/colour/shading)


  •  It hurts much less than a tattoo machine, despite looking more painful
  • The quiet nature of this style along with less skin trauma creates a relaxing & great tattoo experience


  • The colors also heal richer and brighter because more ink is put in the skin and stays there during the process because of the lack of bleeding
  • One feels relaxed after a Tebori tattoo session, even the longer ones
  • The method of working by hand creates less skin trauma, less bleeding and less inflammation
  • The process helps the tattoo to heal faster and better, also allowing the ink to appear brighter due to minimal scarring or scabbing
  • The colours also heal richer and brighter because more ink is put in the skin and stays there during the process because of the lack of bleeding
  • Tebori needles are thicker than standard tattoo needles and allow more ink to saturate the skin with less effort thereby producing a more vibrant tattoo


  • Tebori is the original and traditional method of Japanese tattooing that dates back to the 17th century in Japan
  • It is a secretive and mysterious world of tattooing that has its own rituals and is not easy to penetrate
  • Publicly available information about tebori tattooing is minimal and there is no way to learn without doing an apprenticeship under a master


  • At TAT2ME, organic black ink & colors are imported from Japan which are hand-made 
  • Single use needles or single use bamboo Tebori sticks
  • Our artist Ketan Vaidya, practices traditional Japanese methods while doing a Tebori tattoo
  • At TAT2ME, organic black ink & colours are imported from Japan which are hand-made 


japanese hand poke tattoos / Tebori tattoos

- TEBORI TATTOOS BY KETAN MILAN VAIDYA 

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