Pecha Kucha on Yakuza

An insight on the Japanese criminal organisation

Yakuza written in Katakana

Yakuza Samurai

A shoko (girl) yakuza

Yamaguchi-gumi family

Sumiyoshi-rengo family

Inagawa-kaï family

Towa-kaï family

Irezumi tatooing

technique

Oicho-Kabo card game

Sanja Mitsuri’s festival

A Yakuza executing the Yubitsume penance on himself

Main rules within the members of

a Yakuza clan• Don’t hide money from the gang;• No personal involvements with narcotic people;• NEVER search for a law or security forces agents, NO MATTER WHAT;• No raping inflicted on another member’s wife;• Don’t disobey superior orders (really!? bah…);• Don’t leave traces after you commit a murder;• Don’t you dare killing another member of your gang without your “supervisor’s” permition.

Shinjuku street, Tokyo

Japanese prostitutes