Tokyo Hair Art

I've been here on Chanakyapuri Road for a while now. Most people around Nizampura know the spot. Tokyo Hair Art isn't some fancy place you'd see in a magazine. It is just a shop with chairs and mirrors where we do hair. Vadodara gets pretty hot in the summer so the fan is always going. I remember when we first opened up in this part of 390002. It was quiet then. Now, there are more cars and bikes passing by all the time. People stop in after work or on their way to the market. We keep things simple. You sit down, we talk a bit about the day, and I get to work with the scissors. Sometimes the radio is on, sometimes it’s just the sound of the traffic outside. It's a small space, but it fits what we need. The floor gets covered in hair by noon and we sweep it up. My hands are usually busy from morning until we close up at night. There isn't much to say other than we are here every day. It’s a job like any other, really. We see the same faces every few weeks. Neighbors drop by just to say hello even if they don't need a cut. That's how it is in this area. We’ve seen the kids grow up and start coming in on their own. It’s just us here in Nizampura, doing what we know how to do.