AZABU-JUBAN: A Cut Above

Many people come here to receive keratin treatments to straighten the hair. If you're unfamiliar with this kind of treatment, it's a semi-permanent way of smoothing hair texture as well as making hair more manageable and easier to style. This isn't a perm, but it's more than just a hot press. When done incorrectly or without care, this treatment can damage the hair significantly, however that is the strength of this salon. Many people keep coming back here because they love the condition of their hair.

This is a recent trend in Japan and is just catching on in other parts of the world. Herbal colors are a great alternative to natural dyes that can be damaging to hair, especially angle-thin hair that many people from European/Scandinavian decent have. These are only available for natural colors so if you're looking for something fashionable and daring like bright red or even blue, this isn't the option for you.

Herbal colors actually act as a secondary treatment that can help maintain the quality of your hair, as well as add a shiny and healthy finish. If you're looking to get your hair dyes a lighter color this still requires bleaching of course, but grabbing a herbal color instead of a toner or traditional demi-permenant color can drastically change the final results, give these a try!

The Juban area is where most of the foreign embassies are located in Tokyo. Due to this, there's a large foreign community living and working in this area. If you're especially worried about your how your hair type will fair in a Japanese salon, this is the place for you. Not only is this salon's English great, but it's truly an international salon with customers from all backgrounds. The owner has experience working in Australia as well, and is confident in his ability to serve people of all hair-types. Give this one a shot!