Japanese tattoos Auckland by Matt Wilson is a tattoo studio at 1443 Dairy Flat Hwy in Dairy Flat, Rodney, on Auckland's northern fringe, holding a 5.0 Google rating. The name tells you the focus: Japanese-style tattooing by Matt Wilson.
Japanese-style tattooing is less a single picture than a composition that flows with the body — koi, dragons, waves and peonies arranged to follow muscle and movement across a sleeve, back or full body suit. The imagery carries long-established meanings, so a koi climbing a waterfall reads as perseverance rather than mere decoration, and a good artist will know that vocabulary. Larger pieces are traditionally planned directly on the body and built over several sittings, which is why regulars say to judge an artist on healed work, not fresh photographs.
For Dairy Flat and Auckland's north, having a tattooist working in the Japanese tradition on the Dairy Flat Highway puts this craft within easy reach.