Tokyo Hairdressers

You may need to view the larger version of this picture to notice two people in a hair salon with a white cloth covering their face.
These people are not dead but in fact in the process of getting their hair washed. When I first came to Japan, I found it ever so interesting that your face is covered with a cloth when you get your hair washed. When your hair is being washed, the face of the person washing you comes within very close proximity to your face. The Japanese in general are still a shy folk and the cloth prevents one from getting embarrassed from the close encounter. I always burst out laughing when the cloth is placed over my face and take it off ^^
You will also notice that the lower half of the body is also covered. This is to hide the exposure of mens packed lunch or womens skirts.

Another example of how shy the Japanese can be is the chime button in womens toilets. Some women get embarrassed about the noise of pee splashing in the toilet – a press of the chime button near the toilet emits a jingle loud enough to disguise the noise of the natural waterfall.
What would be cool is a button that makes an exploding noise that you can press every time you are just about to let loose a clump of poo… I wouldn’t be surprised if they already existed though…