its worth doing your research first; a few years ago I had to talk Giantmidget out of getting a tattoo of a “Japanese tiger”. There is no such creature, as it would involve the cat swmming across the South China sea; tigers can swim but like all cats they abhor cold water (and the sea gets colder as you approach Japan/Korea).
Any tigers in Japan are most likely confined to the Zoo and imported from Malaysia (which is incidentally where nearly all “Japanese” hi fi and electronics other than wristwatches is now made).
