How to Get a Sak Yant Tattoo in Phuket Thailand

Where to get a Sak Yant Bamboo Tattoo in Phuket Thailand

Find out where is the best place to get a Sak Yant in Phuket Thailand. List of Sak Yant Masters where you can get a Real Bamboo Tattoo in Phuket The Sak Yant Tattoo is an awesome Cultural and Spiritual experience that has never been easier to get for yourself. Find out the Best Tattoo Shop in Phuket

Get a Real Bamboo Tattoo in Phuket Thailand - Not Meaningless Fakes

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Be wary of Tattoo Shops advertising on Google they do Sak Yants. The Artists here at Patong Tattoo, not only created meaningless dribble, they placed what should be a sacred symbol in Thai Culture in a disrespectful location on the body of these tourists.

Sadly, there are no Temples in Phuket who have Monks trained in Sak Yants or the specialized Sak Yant Blessings.  Luckily there are a few real and Authentic Sak Yant Masters in Phuket, Thailand.

You should however NEVER get a Sak Yant from a Tattoo Shop in Phuket.  Not only are they fakes with no spiritual value, which will cause significant embarrassment – they usually cost several times more than the real thing as an additional insult to nativity of Tourists 

Tattoo Artists will not only tattoo onto your body a permanent reminder of your disrespect to Thai Culture. They will also (on request) make the tattoo smaller than it should be with the handpoke method.  They know you probably won’t be returning, so they have no ethical issues with creating a tattoo that will bleed over time and look horrible.

Real Sak Yant Masters know that many of their customers will return for additional Sak Yants over the years and ensure they will create artwork that will continue to look beautiful for decades.

1) Best Place to get a Sak Yant Tattoo in Phuket? Sak Yant Master Ajarns

What is a Sak Yant Ajarn?

Unlike Bangkok or Chiang Mai, there are no Sak Yant Monks in Phuket.  The alternative to getting your Sak Yant Tattoo in Phuket is with a Sak Yant Arjan.  Ajarns (also called a Sak Yant Master). 

Ajarns are former Monk’s who have decided to follow the Magical Arts as a career choice after leaving the Temple and life as a Monk.  Sak Yant Arjans create their own Samnaks (Blessed and Holy rooms for Magical work), tend to have greater tattoo skills than Sak Yant Monks. 

Sak Yant Masters in Phuket are no longer supported by the Temple and have higher living costs, so prices will generally be high in Phuket for a Traditional Thai Tattoo than other locations around Thailand with Sak Yant Temples.

However the Ajarn will often either speak English or have staff that do, and can talk with the customer and get their views on which Sak Yant Tattoo they would like or think best for them.

The second advantage of visiting an a Sak Yant Master Ajarn is the standards of hygiene are similar to those of any professional tattoo studio. The Ajarn will use a new steel tip for each session and change the ink for each person.  

Following are a few Sak Yant Ajarns in Phuket with Links to their Facebook pages

Ajarn Non

Address:  209 Moo 1, Choeng Thale Subdistrict, Thalang District, Phuket 83110, Thalang, Thailand, Phuket

Phone: 062 765 8234

Email: japaninthai@hotmail.com

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Ajarn AJ Mee

Address:  Phuket, Kathu, Thailand, 83120

Phone: 062 995 4156

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Ajarn Ton

Address:  Phuket Old City

Phone: 0897253844

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Ajarn Pol

Address:  Thalang Phuket

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Ajarn Patr

Address:  Patong Beach Phuket

Phone: 0937914653

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2) The Best Sak Yant Tattoo in Phuket? - Come to Chiang Mai instead

Sak Yant Masters Chiang Mai

If you are travelling or wanting more than one traditional Thai tattoo design, you might consider coming to Sak Yant Chiang Mai instead.  Prices for a Sak Yant are generally 1/2 to a 1/3 less in Chiang Mai – which means you can fly there, have a small holiday AND get your Sak Yant Tattoos and still save money.

Sak Yant Chiang Mai is a co-op of many local Monks and Ajarns, coming together to provide guests with knowledge and awareness of the Spiritual Rituals associated with a Sak Yant Bamboo Tattoo

At Sak Yant Chiang Mai both men and women can get a Sak Yant Tattoo and Blessing from a Monk at a Temple; for those wanting the real old school style of Hanf Poked Bamboo Tattoo.

Sak Yant Chiang Mai has the benefit of providing from a single location the ability to go to either a Temple with a Monk or obtain a Sak Yant from an Sak Yant Master in the holy Samak from a central location in Chiang Mai city.

Read More: How to get a Sak Yant Tattoo in Chiang Mai

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