Hair

Posted on 2007/05/20 23:24:20 (May 2007).

[Sunday 20th May]
Went out to the supermarket just after midday, then basically ate our way through the afternoon. Started off with a Ploughman"s type lunch (i.e. it involved cheese and pickle but not in sandwich format), and then once our stomachs had made a bit of room we went on to afternoon tea. All very nice.

The main event of the day was getting a haircut though. As always I left it far too long - should have got it round to it a month ago, but better late than never I suppose.

It's interesting (to me at least) that I've come somewhat full circle with regard to getting my hair cut. A couple of years ago, when I was first in the process of moving to Japan, I had serious reservations about getting my hair cut in another country. However I did eventually get past this fear (and one of the great things about having a blog is that I've chronicled this pivotal event), and towards the end I used to actually quite enjoy my little chats with hairdressers in Japan, and the overall quality of service they offer.

...so much so that when it came round to getting my hair cut again, I found myself specifically wanting to go to a Japanese hairdresser. Thankfully there are several of these in London, and as Chie also wanted to get her hair cut it was a good opportunity for us to both go at the same time. Furthermore the place we went to even opened on a Sunday, until 8PM no less.

I really rather enjoyed it - Tomoko-san did a great job (at least I think so), and was also very pleasant to chat to (entirely in Japanese, I might add). It turns out she had lived a stone's throw away from where we were in Tokyo. Small world isn't it?

Sure, it was about five times the price of the place I got my hair cut in London the previous time, but that other place left me with an itchy scalp, and it was a generally dissatisfying experience. It's hard to articulate why exactly, but I left the place today feeling really good about myself, as opposed to the traditional "oh well I've got that out of the way".

Perhaps I might even be able to get out of the bad habit of leaving it three months between hair cuts now...

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