Monday, March 24, 2014

Koi Fish Tattoo- Fourth Avenue Tucson, AZ


While spending a day on Fourth Avenue, the place where I spent a good majority of my childhood, I ran into a man with this koi fish tattoo. This caught my eye mostly because I have been yearning for a tattoo myself. I was curious as to what the tattoo meant to him so I stopped and asked. He told me that in the Japanese culture, a koi fish stands as a symbol of determination and courage. It was said that if a koi fish could get to the top of the waters, against the current, the fish would then turn into a dragon.

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