Taki Kitamura's guest appearances

Taki Kitamura

Books Closed: Tattoos and the Internet Collide, Hosted by Andrew Stortz

Perspectives on Learning

Jason Scott

Scott Harrison

Steve Byrne

Lee Roller

Tim Lehi

Soundwave Tattoos

Chris O'Donnell

Robert Ryan

Dax McClellan

Shawn Barber

Matthew Knopp

Beau Brady

Freddy Corbin

Seth Ciferri

Chad Koeplinger

OwlTail

In this sixth episode I sat down with Taki Kitamura who is the owner of State of Grace tattoo located in San Jose California.  In this installment, Taki and I discuss his experiences as a Japanese born American that was accepted into a traditional Japanese tattoo family by a world renowned tattoo master.  We explored how this experience, juxtaposed against his formal education, further developed his understanding of culture, social etiquette, as well as transcending him beyond anything he had previously imagined possible not only as an artist, but now as a master passing those important lessons onto his apprentice.    

In this sixth episode I sat down with Taki Kitamura who is the owner of State of Grace tattoo located in San Jose California.  In this installment, Taki and I discuss his experiences as a Japanese born American that was accepted into a traditional Japanese tattoo family by a world renowned tattoo master.  We explored how this experience, juxtaposed against his formal education, further developed his understanding of culture, social etiquette, as well as transcending him beyond anything he had previously imagined possible not only as an artist, but now as a master passing those important lessons onto his apprentice.

Taki Kitamura: The road less traveled leads to a state of grace.

Tattoo artist Taki Kitamura (@stateofgracetaki) discusses how he organizes the Bay Area Tattoo Convention that features the highest caliber of work, being surrounded by inspiration at State of Grace, and how he looks toward the future of tattooing while still increasingly embracing traditions of the past. This episode was filmed at State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose, California. BOOKS CLOSED is hosted by Andrew Stortz (@andrewstortz) www.booksclosedpodcast.com The full video version of this episode can be view on YOUTUBE THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS: LUCKY SUPPLY @luckysupply High quality products that help you make high quality tattoos RIVER VALLEY PRINTING CO @rivervalleyprintingco For all your printing needs; high quality giclee prints, stickers and pins catering to the tattoo community. PLEASE support our sponsors, and let them know you heard about them on BOOKS CLOSED Theme music is "HARP" and Ad music is "Bedroom Mist" by SAKURA @fazekas.dani

Tattoo artist Taki Kitamura (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/stateofgracetaki" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@stateofgracetaki</a>) discusses how he organizes the <a href="http://www.instagram.com/bayareatattooconvention" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bay Area Tattoo Convention</a> that features the highest caliber of work, being surrounded by inspiration at <a href="http://www.stateofgracetattoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">State of Grace</a>, and how he looks toward the future of tattooing while still increasingly embracing traditions of the past. This episode was filmed at State of Grace Tattoo in San Jose, California. BOOKS CLOSED is hosted by Andrew Stortz (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/andrewstortz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@andrewstortz</a>) <a href="http://www.booksclosedpodcast.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.booksclosedpodcast.com</a> The full video version of this episode can be view on <a href="https://youtu.be/YfMtpBLEReU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YOUTUBE</a> THIS EPISODE'S SPONSORS: <a href="http://www.luckysupply.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LUCKY SUPPLY</a> @luckysupply High quality products that help you make high quality tattoos <a href="http://www.rivervalleyprintingco.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">RIVER VALLEY PRINTING CO</a> @rivervalleyprintingco For all your printing needs; high quality giclee prints, stickers and pins catering to the tattoo community. PLEASE support our sponsors, and let them know you heard about them on BOOKS CLOSED Theme music is "HARP" and Ad music is "Bedroom Mist" by <a href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/2GVCb0xxbe56KahmO90QnD?si=o7Sr4ampQi-nyCB_X1TGyA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SAKURA</a> @fazekas.dani

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