Taboo Japanese Style Upd File

: Hair is traditionally viewed as a "stand-in" for the person. Historically, locks from the deceased were kept as keepsakes, and cutting off a topknot (like a samurai's chonmage ) was considered a profound disgrace or social "death". 2. Traditional Social Stigmas

To understand the "UPD" (Update), we must first understand the base code: Japanese Taboo. taboo japanese style upd

: Using hair sticks that look too much like chopsticks and accidentally placing them vertically in a way that mimics tsukitate-bashi (offering chopsticks stuck into rice for the dead) is considered a bad omen. : Hair is traditionally viewed as a "stand-in"