Korean trends have been dominating the beauty industry lately, but Japanese hair salons will always remain popular with great service and state-of-the-art hair technology.
If your hair has been feeling drab and lifeless lately, pay a visit to any of these salons to give your locks a well-needed pampering session!
Why You Should Visit a Japanese Hair Salon
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You Require Precise Haircuts
Japanese hair stylists are known for their meticulous and precise haircuts. A Japanese salon is an excellent choice if you want a haircut with intricate detailing and accuracy.
You Desire More Texture in Your Hair
Japanese stylists are skilled at working with a wide range of hair textures, including fine, straight, and silky hair. A Japanese salon is a great option if you have a specific hair texture that requires skilful handling.
You Want to Dye Your Hair in an Unusual Colour
Japanese hair salons are known for their innovative hair colouring techniques. A Japanese salon can provide outstanding results if you are interested in unique hair colouring methods such as balayage, ombre, or vivid and pastel shades.
You Want to Experiment With Japanese Hairstyles
Visiting a Japanese hair salon can help you achieve a contemporary and fashionable look if you want to stay on top of the latest Japanese hair trends, including popular hairstyles and hair colours.
You’re Looking For Expert Asian Hair Care
Japanese hair salons understand Asian hair care requirements. A Japanese salon is a great fit if you have Asian hair and are looking for specialists who understand the unique challenges and styles that suit Asian hair.
Best Japanese Hair Salons in Singapore
RULER Japanese salon
RULER Japanese salon’s clean and minimalist design will make you feel right at ease, especially if you’ve just come from the hustle and bustle of work.
As you might be able to tell from the salon’s name, they are renowned for their rebonding and keratin treatments, which will make your hair feel silky, soft, and airy.
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All of the stylists have accrued their hairstyling experiences from all over the world, so no matter what your hair texture, they will transform it into something swoon-worthy!
Prices start at S$70 (men) and S$80 (women) for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
Hair Studio Flamingo
About Hair Studio Flamingo
Hair Studio Flamingo provides a lush, green environment in which you can completely relax while skilled Japanese stylists work on your hair. For those of us with curly, unmanageable hair, the stylists here at Flamingo make it their personal mission to tame and soothe even the wildest of hair.
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Ryu, the founder of Flamingo, has had experience in Vancouver, and therefore with a wider range of textures. We guarantee you’ll leave this Japanese hair salon a new manageable and airy style that will turn heads.
A haircut at Hair Studio Flamingo is priced starting from S$15 for a fringe cut to S$85 for a ladies’ haircut – book via Salon Finder to enjoy great savings!
- Sweet Japanese Fringe Haircut
- Japanese-style Ladies’ Haircut
- Japanese-style Student Haircut (below 15 years old)
- Japanese-style Kids Haircut (below 10 years old)
Aoyama Hair Studio
Led by its award-winning Japanese Creative Director, Yuichi Soga, Aoyama Hair Studio wants to bring the latest hair styling technology and techniques straight to you from Japan.
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This Japanese hair salon also uses eco-friendly and non-damaging products that are gentle on your hair and on the environment as well.
All hairstylists you encounter in Aoyama Hair Studio branches are personally trained under Yuichi Soga himself, so you can rest assured that they’ll achieve the best results for your hair.
Prices start at S$40 (men) and S$50 (women) for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
S.A.D’s Hair Design
S.A.D is a Japanese salon through and through, with only three seats and two stylists to give you the most personalised makeover possible.
Aki is not just a stylist but a photographer as well, so you can bet his eye for detail will be translated into his hairstyling work.
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Yoshi also has a great command of English due to his experience in Australia, so it is easy to communicate what you want to him.
A perfectly executed and personalised hairstyle will be the result of your appointment here – we can guarantee you won’t regret it!
Prices start at S$90 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
1tto+lim
About 1tto+lim
1tto+lim isn’t your typical hair coloring salon. While they certainly excel at shampooing, dyeing, and styling hair, it’s the overall ambiance and experience that set them apart.
Located on the third floor of the building, 1tto+lim’s space exudes the ambiance of a contemporary art gallery.
What’s more, the salon shares its space with their sister company, kiyone+LIM, so you can conveniently opt for nail and eyelash services as well.
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A glance at their Instagram feed will quickly reveal that 1tto+lim is the go-to destination for bold haircuts and eccentric highlights.
If that’s not your style, the salon’s friendly and thoughtful hairstylists are more than capable of offering recommendations for a cut and colour that perfectly suits you!
Pricing starts at S$60 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
THE FLUXUS HOUSE
For a Japanese hair salon experience like no other, you need to pay THE FLUXUS HOUSE a visit. That’s because this Japanese hair salon has an art space nestled within, which supports and displays works by local artists and aspiring art students – how cool is that?
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Apart from the Insta-worthy industrial minimalist décor, all the stylists here have several years of experience and are led by salon director Katsuto Akimichi (more fondly known as Aki). The team has also worked outside of Japan for a number of years before settling in Singapore.
The salon-slash-art-gallery is rather new in the scene – it just turned one last month, but it has already raked up a number of glowing reviews on Facebook!
Prices starts at S$90 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
Rubik Hair Salon
Conveniently located near Outram Park station, the decor of Rubik Hair Salon will remind you of those sweet, vintage cafes all around Japan.
Each hair styling station is quite a distance away from each other, so you won’t feel too cramped and cluttered like with other salons.
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They have interesting treatments and ingredients such as the CO2 Bubble shampoo, BH4 treatment, and a small range of head spas.
Prices start at S$80 (men) and S$120 (women) for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
Art-Noise
With outlets already in Japan and Australia, Art-Noise has now come to dominate the Japanese salon industry in Singapore!
If you ask anyone who has ever been to Art-Noise what they liked most, they will probably tell you about the impeccable service of the stylists here.
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One stylist will be designated to you from start to finish, so on top of amazing hairstyling, you’re getting personalised service as well.
Read all the rave reviews on this Japanese hair salon’s Facebook page here!
Prices starts at S$86 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
Number76
Established in 2001 in Minami Aoyama, Tokyo, Number76 has gone from strength to strength but has always preserved their brand philosophy of providing “pleasant hospitality” and “professional services” for each and every client that enters the salon.
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Its founder, Mr. Daisuke Hamaguchi, has since opened Number76 salons in Malaysia and, more recently, Singapore. His decision to expand to Singapore was driven by the number of Singaporean customers who would travel across the Causeway just to patronise the Number76 branches there.
Prices start at S$56 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
HaLu Hair Design
This particular salon is a little out of the way, but the trip down is so worth it. Previously known as ‘Bump Hair Design’, HaLu has a very simplistic and industrial feel to it.
Prices are kept low and service, as with almost all Japanese salons, are top-notch.
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The stylists here may not have perfect command of English, so if you desire something that might be a bit more complicated, have some pictures ready to show them!
Prices start at S$65 for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
Aube Beauty Salon
Known for their impeccable attention to detail, beautiful interiors and the Yume auto-reclining chair, Aube Beauty Salon has quickly made a name for itself amongst Singaporeans.
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They execute muted, work-safe colours perfectly and have amassed a loyal client base.
This Japanese hair salon has three locations, all in central districts, which is perfect for a de-stressing hair pampering session after work!
Prices start at S$45 (students) and S$70 for haircuts at this Japanese Hair salon.
Branché Hair & Nail
Branche’s mature and sophisticated design is sure to make the #girlboss in you feel right at home.
Meticulously layered hairstyles are their signature, and you’ll be surprised to find that they have an extremely wide range of spa and treatment services to go along with your new cut!
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To top it all off, they’ve also won multiple awards, including Harper’s Bazaar Hair Awards 2015 for Best Treatment for Sensitive Scalp and Best Customised Scalp Healer.
This is definitely the go-to salon with your mom for some hair and nail pampering!
Prices start at S$ for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
COVO
Stepping into COVO, you might be taken aback by just how spacious it is. Clean floors and white walls is quite a change from some other smaller salons we might be used to, but it’s definitely a welcome sight.
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COVO is known for their argan oil hair colouring and rebonding services, as well as their Tokio Inkarami and Kerasilk keratin treatments!
They’re also pretty affordable for the high quality of products they use and excellent service standards.
Prices start at S$70 (men) and S$80 (women) for haircuts at this Japanese hair salon.
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