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Every society has its underworld rules. The Yakuza just wrote theirs on skin, sealed it with sake, and carved it into missing fingers.

Some traditional oyabun still enforce sakazuki rituals. Old-timers still get their backs tattooed in private studios. And in rural prefectures, the Yakuza still act as informal “problem solvers” for local shopkeepers—because calling police is still seen as dishonorable. yakuza codex

Kenji Yamamoto | Cultural Historian Reading time: 7 minutes Every society has its underworld rules