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A roadside hair salon stall in China made us Norway’s Haaland for US$1, and warmed out hearts too

Casey Baseel
Jul 27, 2026
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The haircut wasn’t the only great thing we got out of this great-price deal.

China
(China • COK • crazy • Erling Haaland • funny • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • soccer • sports • tourism • travel)

Japanese hair salons going bankrupt in record numbers

Master Blaster
May 5, 2026

Salons are dying in more ways than one.

Japan
(bankruptcy • business • economy • hair salons • inflation • labor shortage • oil crisis)

Leaving everything up to top Tokyo stylist — Mr. Sato’s first haircut in four years blue us away

Casey Baseel
Aug 16, 2024

We aren’t sure what we were expecting when he told the Shogun “do whatever you think is best,” but we weren’t expecting this.

Japan
(COK • hair salons • hairdo • hairstyle • hairstyling • makeover • Mr. Sato • Shea Aoyama • SNJO • Stylist Sato)

Tokyo’s miracle makeover hairstylist is back with customer who came from eight hours away【Video】

Casey Baseel
Sep 19, 2022

It’s a long way from Ishikawa to Shibuya, but was the overnight bus trip worth it?

Japan
(awesome • cool • Diece Shibuya • hair • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • makeover • video)

Can a Tokyo hair salon give us the hair of the city’s most handsome ramen chef?【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 8, 2021

Mokotanmen Nakamoto’s owner is considered a hot ramen chef by multiple definitions, but can Mr. Sato borrow his style?

Japan
(COK • hair • hair salons • hair stylists • hairstyling • makeovers • Mokotanmen Nakamoto • Mr. Sato • ramen • SNJO)

Tokyo hairstylist performs makeover magic in amazing before/after haircut video

Casey Baseel
Oct 21, 2021

Customer’s female coworkers end up making a very good recommendation.

Japan
(awesome • before and after • cool • Diece Shibuya • fashion • hair • hair salons • haircut • hairstyling • Handsome men • makeover • Tokyo • video)

Can Tokyo hair stylists transform our reporter into Leonardo DiCaprio?【Photos】

Oona McGee
May 18, 2021

Jack Dawson’s beloved Rose joins us for this titanic journey from ordinary to extraordinary.

Japan
(actors • celebrities • COK • cosplay • fashion • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • Hollywood movies • Leonardo DiCaprio • makeover • Seiji Nakazawa • Shea Aoyama • SNJO • Titanic)

Nepalese-run Tokyo hair salon gave us the number-one hairstyle for handsome Nepalese men【Pics】

Casey Baseel
May 18, 2021

Stylist in one of Tokyo’s most diverse neighborhoods transforms our reporter.

Japan
(COK • foreigners in Japan • hair • hair salons • hairstyling • Masanuki Sunakoma • Nepal • Shin-Okubo • SNJO • Tokyo)

We visit one of Japan’s top pompadour barbers, learn a secret about those Coming of Age Day photos

Casey Baseel
Mar 25, 2021

Our mild-mannered reporter gets hooked up with the king of bad-boy haircuts in Japan, the “regent.”

Japan
(barber shop • COK • Coming of Age Ceremony • Coming of Age Day • cool • crazy • hair • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • makeover • Masanuki Sunakoma • Okinawa • pompadour • Seijin no Hi • seijinshiki • SNJO)

Can a Tokyo hair salon change Mr. Sato into Joe Biden?

Master Blaster
Nov 7, 2020

Our favorite hair stylist’s skills are certainly no malarkey.

Japan, USA
(fashion • hair salons • Joe Biden • Koji Sato • makeover • Mr. Sato • politics • Shea Aoyama)

Can a Tokyo hair salon change you into today’s hottest anime character from Demon Slayer?【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Oct 28, 2020

Our otaku reporter asks for a haircut that’s “not grounded in reality.”

Japan
(anime • COK • cosplay • Demon Slayer • fashion • hair salons • hairdos • hairstyling • Kimetsu no Yaiba • makeover • Seiji Nakazawa • Shea Aoyama • SNJO)

You can now get stick-on salon masks for haircuts in the coronavirus age in Japan

Casey Baseel
Jun 30, 2020

See-through and strapless, the new masks help getting a haircut in the new normal feel a little more like it did in the old normal.

Japan
(clever • cool • coronavirus • hair salons • haircuts • hairstyling • masks)

Tokyo hair salon offers free cuts to anime fans whose 2-D crush fell in love with someone else

Casey Baseel
Mar 23, 2019

Start the next chapter of your love life, real-world or otherwise, with a new hairdo from the Heartbreak Salon.

Japan
(anime • COK • fashion • funny • hair salons • haircuts • otaku • relationships • romance • Tokyo • weird)

Let’s go get a haircut at Tokyo’s anime otaku hair salon【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Dec 1, 2018

Akihabara’s awesome Off Kai is a hair salon by otaku and for otaku, and SoraNews24 stopped by for a trim.

Japan
(Akihabara • anime • COK • hair • hair salons • hairstyling • otaku • salons • SNO • Tokyo • travel)

Give yourself a Japanese head spa at home with this nifty gadget from the 100 yen store

Oona McGee
Aug 21, 2018

We tried out the portable sparkling head spa and now we can’t ever go back to normal hair washing again.

Japan
(100 yen shop • 100 yen store • beauty • beauty products • hair salons • hair treatments • head spa • japanese beauty products • life hacks • Sparkling Head Spa)

Mr. Sato gets his bush trimmed at a fancy Tokyo hair salon【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Mar 29, 2018

”I have a good reason for doing this,” our reporter insisted as he stepped out the door wearing his camouflage foliage suit.

Japan
(camouflage • COK • funny • hair • hair salons • hairstyling • Jiyugaoka • Mr. Sato • scrazy • SNOJ • weird)

Exchange student goes to Japanese salon for the first time, comes out totally transformed!【Video】

Jamie Koide
Oct 14, 2015

When visiting or moving to another country, usually eating local food and going sightseeing is par for the course, but sometimes just doing everyday things the local way can be rewarding. After all, if you’re already taking the plunge to change your surroundings, it’s the perfect time to re-invent yourself, too.

This is exactly how one Australian felt after a trip to a Japanese hair salon with friends, which he learned was a surprisingly different experience than getting a shampoo and cut back home.