"Whatz hair?" Taro asks.
Hair today, gone tomorrow
Thursday, June 12, 2003 / Japan Times
A friend of mine once observed a Japanese high-school student waxing his chest at the back of her class. And everyone has seen girls depilating their eyebrows on the train, skillfully matching their plucking to the shunting from station to station. Apparently, some women even shave their forearms (though not on the train)....