This is obviously a beauty parlor but someone who was having a difficulty with English needed help! This shop was in Okinawa’s second largest city, Nago.
Okinawan Beauty Parlor ca. 1951
Submitted by Bob Ramsdell
October 6th, 2010
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Allee Willis
I love all beauty and barber shop signs, especially when they’re hand-painted like this. The spelling of Beutaful Palar makes it even more beautiful.
Was this just a little shed that was in front of the actual hair salon that they tacked the sign up on? In my fantasy there’s a spectacular beautician’s chair inside the shed and that’s where hair miracles occur.
Bob Ramsdell
I am pretty sure that the door was into a real beauty parlor. At the time, Nago was the second most populace city on Okinawa. Population in 2007 was 55,000. I have also been to the Teahouse of the August Moon but unfortunately, didn’t take a picture. I have a lot of pictures taken on Okinawa and when I was sent to Japan for a special supply school.
Allee, I will be sure and watch your University of Wisconsin gig.
Bob Ramsdell, Albany, Oregon