Schnipp, Schnapp, Haare ab

We went out to explore Choufu (調布) for the first time yesterday. It’s a part of Tokyo very close to us that we usually change trains at going in to Tokyo Centre, so technically we’ve been there many times, but.. you know. It’s a surprisingly lively town with a big department store right next to the station, several restaurants and various other shops. What’s obvious is the amount of Pachinko halls, that harbour machines comparable to slot machines, so you can imagine what sort of crowd hangs around in there. Rumour has it Yakuza pretty much control pachinko parlours in Japan.. oooo.

We walked around a bit and came across a barber. Now I have been trying to find a decent priced one for ages, but the only price range I have come across so far was 4,200-6,800 yen for a simple cut, which translates at the moment into roughly $47/€32/£30. But this barber offered a cut for 3,500 so I decided to get my hair cut while Kat and Tom ventured out to do more exploring.

The cheapest item on the menu was cut and shampoo. Everywhere else I have had my hair cut so far washed my hair before cutting, but in Japan it seems to be the other way around. Throughout the whole process of cutting and washing my hair, she used about 5 towels for different stages, heated my face twice and gave little massages in between, whilest being incredibly careful cutting my hair or touching my head. I felt a bit creeped out at first, but it worked out to feel nice in the end.

Finally getting hair cut.

My Room

Here are a few photographs of my room. They are a bit dark but that’s the way I usually have my room.

Where my laptop lives

Where humans enter my room.

Where countless loose papers will get lost.

Where food lives and is sacrificed.

Where I go out to yell at people or hang out.

Not much has changed since I took these. I’m planning to get me some posters and shiz to make it a bit more friendly. That is all, bye.