Fi-To
I am officially in love with Japan or more specifically Japanese beauty products and salons! From the Japanese hair straightening-that in the states starts at about $450 and here runs around $90 to the hour long leg and foot massage you get with your pedicure (not to mention they feed you while they’re doing it!).
After hearing about it for weeks and in the name of “research” before my mom and sister come in December, Anna and I visited Cocok (the k is silent) for some pedicure action. I knew it was going to be good when we were led over to huge recliners, given sweetened green tea, and yakatori. On a side note, yakatori is similar to a shishka-bob only with some tasty teryiaki or bourbon sauce on it-yummy! From there it only got better from the 300 different designs for nail art that are included in your pedicure to the hour long massage-its heaven on a recliner! I am convinced I’ll have to do lots of research at Cocok’s before having visitors and after looking at their salon menu, I may be researching their massages, Thai head massage, and of course the Japanese hair straightening (the last being a “necessity” to kill the evil beast of humidity).
So now I’m wondering when we move back to that states will pedicures ever be the same or as good but better yet, if I have more discoveries like this, will I want to go back?
Japanese word of the day: Fi-To, which you can guess means foot
