Grateful to my hairdresser

Today is Beauty Salon Day 美容室の日 in Japan. Beauty Salon is a literal translation of "biyoshitsu", but in essence the beauty salons in Japan are what I call (as an English speaker) a hairdressers. In my country, a beauty salon and hairdressers are two entirely different things. But they use the word beauty salon in Japanese for somewhere you get your hair cut. 

In Japanese there are a few different words for hairdresser. For example, the aforementioned beauty salon, "biyoshitsu" 美容室（びようしつ) which is also called a "biyouin" 美容院（びよういん) , and it can be called a 'hair salon'  ヘアサロン too. Legally, it is called a beauty shop 美容所（びようしょ). Whatever you want to call it, getting your hair cut in Japan is a wonderful experience, because they don't just wash your hair you get a head and neck massage too! Unless you go to a 1000 yen cut place!

It turns out my hairdresser's birthday is on hairdresser / beauty salon day. It was written in the stars! A shout out to her on her birthday. And a word of thanks to all the wonderful hairdressers in Japan who make a hair cut an experience in Japan.