Before I came to the U.S, I had a plethora of concerns about my life in the U.S. Take the barber shop, for instance. I really felt depressed just at the thought of getting a haircut. When I lived in New Jersey, my English skills were even worse than now. I just said that I needed my hair cut short. As a result, my hairstyle was a very short crew cut all through the year. I don’t like short hairstyles.
By the way, here is a short explanation of a typical Japanese barber. The customer will have a haircut, shampoo, shave, shoulder rub and blow dry. Most of the barber shops shampoo twice, before and after the haircut. It costs 3000 - 5000 yen ($35 - $55), but the service is excellent. I usually got a haircut once a month paying 4000 yen.
By the way, here is a short explanation of a typical Japanese barber. The customer will have a haircut, shampoo, shave, shoulder rub and blow dry. Most of the barber shops shampoo twice, before and after the haircut. It costs 3000 - 5000 yen ($35 - $55), but the service is excellent. I usually got a haircut once a month paying 4000 yen.
When I went to a barber shop in California for the first time, I looked up a lot of words associated with haircuts beforehand, such as trim, leave, top, side, back, sideburns, thin out and so on. These words didn’t work because the barber asked me the blade number for the electric clippers. I really had no idea of the blade number, so I picked number 3 at random. The barber cut my hair with the electric clippers without even hesitating. Eventually my hairstyles became one third shorter than they were in Japan. It was not too bad. I can’t imagine what my hair will look like until the haircut is finished, but I’m enjoying all the different hairstyles I have gotten. I’ll try a number 2 blade next time.
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