mostly inspired by Martina advertising her favourite hair salon in Bucheon (see here if you haven't yet), I decided to throw in a few words about my own experiences
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Maybe I just got lucky in Japan, but I respectfully disagree with you about not getting your hair cut there. While I agree with all your other points, the two haircuts I got in Japan (Y4000 in Omiya) were by FAR the best I ever got in my life. I am 1/8 Polish, about 2/8 British, and about 5/8 German and have very wavy, very thick, and very fine hair. My sister also said the haircut she got there was the best she had ever had, and her hair is straighter, thinner, and less fine than mine. I would get my hair cut there any day, but maybe American salons just suck. XD
wow, that's surprising! and 4000 yen! WHERE in Omiya is that salon?! I do need a refreshment cut, but just can't cough up another 10k for something like that right now...
it seems like much more than luck if both you and your sister got a fine haircut... I assume in different places? maybe I should have given Tokyo hairdressers more credit, as there clearly seem to be people trained in cutting foreigners' hair. thank you for the info, I'll keep looking <3
Actually we did both get the cuts at the same location. The shop is called Zoom and is about a ten minute walk from Omiya Station (though this is not at all close to where you live I think). MAP and INFO I haven't been there for a year and a half, but actually all the places in Omiya were charging that for a cut (of course including two washes, dry, styling, and a massage too), which was at least Y2000 cheaper than Tokyo was running at the time. The person who cut my hair was Otake-san, and Koyama-san also helped the first time (they weren't busy, and it's not every day you get to play with a foreigner's hair and try to ask them questions over the hair dryer XD). More info, stylist bios, prices (looks like it's now Y4200 for a cut), and cupons here.
Anyway, I have never had a good cut in the US, so now I cut my own hair, so I do understand about it being frustrating trying to find something. Good luck!
Yeah, it is far away. Actually so far that the round trip would cost me the difference in price... but it would still be cheaper than that place in Omotesando I've been to, so who knows, maybe I'll try it some day. Thanks a lot!
*hehe* I have two stories to counter this. One of my gyaru friends from Tokyo had a hairdresser as boyfriend and he always turned her very caucasian (very thin, weak) hair into wonderful updos and cut it to perfectly fall over her extensions. Both of the girls also went to other hair salons (but I don't know if they did so for haircuts or just the general bleach and extensions).
...the other story being the European hairdresser, who cuts European hair every damn day, who still messed up my European hair so much that I've vowed to never have a professional touch my hair again :/
about the first story - I think gyaru is a different category, they use extensions, bleach a lot, and usually keep their hair in shape with lots and lots of hairspray... but still, knowing that makes me wanna ask where these salons are!
about the second... yeah, I know what you mean, there are pros and 'pros' (T_T). the same thing happened to me several times, especially when they don't listen... I will never forget that one time when I went to a salon newly opened close to my place. I told the guy not to layer-cut too much, cause my hair has waving tendencies and it only stays straight (which is what I wanted) when it's all the same length. He ignored, layered it all the way, and after blow-drying it all the way to stray sheep style, he just said "oh... oh... should we use flattening iron today?" Jerk.
so yeah, I'm not saying every European hairdresser will do great with European hair. But a very good European hairdresser whom you would recommend to anyone might still mess up your Asian friend's hair if they have no experience.
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it seems like much more than luck if both you and your sister got a fine haircut... I assume in different places? maybe I should have given Tokyo hairdressers more credit, as there clearly seem to be people trained in cutting foreigners' hair. thank you for the info, I'll keep looking <3
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Anyway, I have never had a good cut in the US, so now I cut my own hair, so I do understand about it being frustrating trying to find something. Good luck!
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One of my gyaru friends from Tokyo had a hairdresser as boyfriend and he always turned her very caucasian (very thin, weak) hair into wonderful updos and cut it to perfectly fall over her extensions. Both of the girls also went to other hair salons (but I don't know if they did so for haircuts or just the general bleach and extensions).
...the other story being the European hairdresser, who cuts European hair every damn day, who still messed up my European hair so much that I've vowed to never have a professional touch my hair again :/
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about the second... yeah, I know what you mean, there are pros and 'pros' (T_T). the same thing happened to me several times, especially when they don't listen... I will never forget that one time when I went to a salon newly opened close to my place. I told the guy not to layer-cut too much, cause my hair has waving tendencies and it only stays straight (which is what I wanted) when it's all the same length. He ignored, layered it all the way, and after blow-drying it all the way to stray sheep style, he just said "oh... oh... should we use flattening iron today?" Jerk.
so yeah, I'm not saying every European hairdresser will do great with European hair. But a very good European hairdresser whom you would recommend to anyone might still mess up your Asian friend's hair if they have no experience.
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