Haruki Murakami Tattoos

Some tattoos inspired by the novels of Haruki Murakami.

A few days ago, I got a new tattoo:

My Wind-up Bird Tattoo

It is inspired by my favourite of Murakami’s novels, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. I have wanted this for several years and finally found a tattooist I trusted. It is healing now but so far I am thoroughly pleased with it.

I was curious about what other images from Murakami novels people have had inked on their skin, so I took to Google to find out…

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Firstly, there seem to be plenty more wind-up birds out there. Here is a cool one:

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This tattoo, taken from a Murakami book cover, is really unusual:

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This very colourful tattoo shows a scene from 1Q84:

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Sputnik Sweetheart is rather overlooked by Murakami fans and I definitely didn’t expect to find a tattoo celebrating it, but here it is:

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Norwegian Wood is Murakami’s most popular novel, so I was surprised that there weren’t more, but here is one that I found:

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Finally, I love this version of a Japanese cover for Dance Dance Dance:

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Feel free to show off your own Murakami tattoos (or ideas) in the comment section.