{"id":93570,"date":"2022-08-01T12:32:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/i-got-my-nails-done-at-a-salon-in-japan-and-the-lavish-40-experience-made-american-salons-seem-eons-behind"},"modified":"2022-08-01T12:32:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:32:00","slug":"i-got-my-nails-done-at-a-salon-in-japan-and-the-lavish-40-experience-made-american-salons-seem-eons-behind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/news\/i-got-my-nails-done-at-a-salon-in-japan-and-the-lavish-40-experience-made-american-salons-seem-eons-behind","title":{"rendered":"I got my nails done at a salon in Japan, and the lavish $40 experience made American salons seem eons behind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to a local salon in Okinawa, and it was so much better than the spas I visited in the US. Nickelle Tilley As an American who moved to Okinawa , I decided to compare nail salons in the US and Japan. The 90-minute pedicure I got at Okinawa&#8217;s Cocok Spa for $40 blew away my experiences in the US. The salon had complimentary snacks and drinks, incredible service, and state-of-the-art technology. After moving from the US to Japan, I made an appointment at a popular local salon called Cocok Spa. I moved from North Carolina to Okinawa with my husband and our daughter. Nickelle Tilley In May 2022, my family of three moved from the US to Japan . My husband, an officer in the Marine Corps, received orders to relocate from North Carolina to Okinawa, one of Japan&#8217;s 47 prefectures that&#8217;s home to over 18,000 Marines and sailors. Okinawa Island, the largest of the prefecture&#8217;s more than<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Okinawa&#8217;s Cocok Spa had free snacks and drinks, comfy chairs, and more perks that made my pedicure way better than what I&#8217;ve gotten at US salons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[109,1],"tags":[151,153,173,6],"class_list":["post-93570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-beauty-fashion","category-news","tag-beauty-fashion","tag-fashion","tag-food-service","tag-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}