Aloha Tattoo was originally established in 1990 by twin brothers, Larry and Leonard Hanks. They had made their way out to Hawaii by way of San Diego, California, to tattoo in Waikiki in the mid 80's. After falling in love with Oahu and the local culture, they decided to plant some roots on the windward side of the island, to service Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
When I was stationed here, I was a trained tattoo artist, and an Active Duty Marine. Aloha Tattoo was the ONLY shop Marines would come to. I would come by on a Wednesday night to find 20-30 Marines milling around the sidewalk waiting for their turn. We didn't have to wait long, Leonard, Larry, and Andrew ("Andy") Deaton would go through that entire list by midnight and everyone w
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