Museum of Japanese Hairstyles

Most signs in Kyoto are in Japanese so when we saw a sign for the 'Museum of Japanese Hairstyles' we knew we had to check it out out. Turns out the museum is run by one of the 5 remaining keppatsu-shi, or Geisha hairstylists and the only male who practices the lost art. Apparently the other four look down upon him because he's a bit promotional in an otherwise secretive world. He's written a couple of books, has published an instructional DVD and of course has the museum. But he must groom good geisha hair because as we were exiting the museum we could him in his adjoining salon fast at work dolling up a couple geisha's doo's. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6563-2004Aug16.html