The Ultiimate Adventure: Getting your haircut in Japan

Excerpt from Friend's E-mail on getting her haircut in Japan:

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Although I have to say that the ultimate Hittori-de (editor's note: hittori de=alone, by oneself) experience is let your hair getcut by Kawai-san! He looks like a nice quiet guy, but in fact he is a killer ! I realized yesterday the last time I was at Tony & Guy it wasn't Kawai-san (although I thought he was!). So yesterday I finally met him.

"Soooo ... you say your hair is too long?": Well, sure. I mean, why am I otherwise coming to the hairdresser, ahhh?

"Is this all natural? (meaning my hair, I guess)": Yes

"You know that straight-perm is very cheap in Japan?": Ahh? Yes, I know. (by this time I realized he probably had no idea about what to do with my hair)

"Maybe you should colour your hair": No. Cut please ... NOW !

Then he updated me about my boss, Andrea, Doreen ...
No wonder it takes 2 hours to get a simple haircut. And then the finishing "alla Japan". Straight, straight, more straight ... Ponny to the right. Arrrrrgh !!!

I have to say the cut wasn't that bad after all, once you wash your hair for the 3rd time and dry it the way you always do. :-)