Du Japon Hair Club

Got haircut by yukari. She first day down with me to go over what I wanted and discuss the plan. Her shampooing was amazing. It felt so good!!! I got a simple haircut with layers. I am happy with my haircut and she had the right amount of friendliness. She wasn’t like over friendly or cold. I don’t like hairstylists who try to talk to me the entire time.
The only complaint is that the chairs were old and uncomfortable :/​but other than the chairs, the interior looked nice.

I have really, really damaged hair, so I went to Du Japan Hair Club because I thought I would have to get it all cut off. I was helped by Nozomi, who told me she would help me keep my hair as long as possible while getting rid of as much damaged parts as possible. She was very nice and was extremely careful with cutting off all my split ends; she also gave me great advice on how to avoid damaging my hair in the future. I really liked how my hair came out, and had a great experience. Nozomi only works on the weekend, I believe, but I would highly recommend her!

During my stay in Los Angeles, I always have my hair cut by Yuki, she’s the best!
Besides, Du Japon validates parking for the whole day!

I got a haircut today with Yukari and it was a great experience. It was very easy to find and they validate parking. I didn’t know what kind of cut I wanted and brought along a hairstyle magazine and it turned out she had the same magazine as well. She was very patient and went through all the options with me. Along the way while she was cutting she made sure I was okay with what she was doing. She was very gentle with everything she does and even gave a scalp massage when washing my hair. After the amazing haircut she even took the time to give me instruction on how to style it. It was phenomenal service.

I dont even know where to start. The amazing Yukari worked magic with my hair. She cut beautiful layers, then bleached it twice and dyed it purple. It was a long process but she is very patient and careful. I heard how damaging bleach can be but she is very professional so my hair is only slightly damaged. The purple came out wonderful. She even gave me a temporary curl styling. I have absolutely no negative comments at all, and will definately come back + recommend.

Been going to Yuki for years. Wouldn’t trust my hair to anyone else!

I have been going to this salon for the past 9 years. Yuki who is the owner of the salon does a phenomenal job on haircut and extensions. She is one of the only few stylists that I trust with my hair. What I like most is that she really takes the time to listen to what you want and she kindly gives you her opinion but never pushy. My haircuts have been so fantastic that I have referred over 20 people to use her services.

Nervous about cutting my hair shorter from having a really long hair for the longest time. But super happy with the result. Yukari is great and really understand what you want and like. She does a very good job and I’m happy with my new summer hair.

I brought my wife Rebecca here on the recommendation of a friend, and we were not disappointed. My wife is Chinese and we were looking for a place that can do a great job with long Asian hair. Her stylist Yukari helped her choose a great style that works for her. She got a digital perm and she’s very happy with the results. Yukari took the time to do it very well. My wife will return.
They validate parking at Joe’s parking one block away.

My sister got her hair permed there for $ 500 freaking bucks and it turned out crappy. Her hair was done by Yukari, who wouldn’t even validate her parking permit after my sister went back to have her fix the damage. If someone is going to spend THAT MUCH money she can at least be polite. My sister is too sweet to leave a bad review, but when I saw and found out the horrifying hair damages Yukari made, I just had to write this to warn other people who want to go there and do a digital perm. Think twice before you go here.

I’ve been going here for many years now for my cut and color. Yukari is my stylist and she is not only sweet but VERY very thorough with her work. Never been disappointed. She will listen to you well and talk to you before everything until she really knows what it is you want. Prices are average for a Japanese hair salon and worth paying for!

For a men’s haircut at $ 60, it’s not worth it. I can get my hair cut at $ 30 for roughly the same results.
However, I did have a very pleasant experience with takuji-​san. He was very friendly and gave a lot of helpful tips as we chatted during my haircut. I’m very happy with my haircut and my stylist but I just can’t justify spending double when I get it cut for $ 30 across the street. Sorry takuji-​San, I’m not coming back. :(

I finally found my go-​to salon!
I’ve been struggling to find a good hairdresser for months. Luckily I was able to book an appointment the Sunday before Memorial Day. I’m so glad I did it! My hairdresser was Toshi and she was great! She scrubbed my head and made me feel completely at ease. She offered me water, coffee, or tea and I chose tea. I’ve been studying Japanese for three years and Toshi was a lot of fun to talk to. Of course I switched to English every so often because I just couldn’t explain myself. I think she normally doesn’t talk too much during her cuts because I noticed her concentrating a lot on cutting my hair. Which is fine because I like it when my hairdresser spends more time cutting my hair.
My hair is really thick and long but it only took less than an hour and half. On average my hair takes about that long to cut.
Toshi also works in the West LA Salon on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday. She works at the Little Tokyo Salon on Sunday.
It’s a bit pricey but totally worth it. I paid $ 70 for just the haircut (more than my usual $ 50) and gave $ 15 for tip. My hair is straight (past my chest) and I’m Asian.

So the digital perm caught my eye a long time ago, but I was too timid and cheap to try it. Well, timid and cheap no more! After having a few friends do it and doing a bunch of Unilocal-​stalking for photos of the end results, I decided that it was my best bet to come here (vs the tons of places in ktown) and do it, even if there are no reviews or photos of digiperms on their Unilocal.And it was a good choice!!! I LOVE my hair! Yukari totally explained to me every step of it and said that they actually do a lot of these all the time. She said that because I have fine hair, she suggested tighter curls because my hair wouldn’t hold it that well and it would end up loosening out a little. Well! My hair looks so good (if I may say so myself) and I’m so glad I took the plunge and tried it! I was already loyal to this place, but wanted to leave a review about the digital perms in case any of you Unilocalers are searching for a place to do it. I highly recommend getting it done here!

What’s the difference between a good and bad haircut? … About 2 weeks
As a guy, that is the mantra I’ve lived by most of my life. In fact, I cut my own hair for years but when I started to grow it longer I realized I needed to get it professionally cut. A friend recommended this place to me so I thought I’d give it a shot. I’m not Asian but I’ve heard that they done great precision cuts here so I thought why not? Yuki is the best! She does a fantastic job every time, the cut is superb. The customer service is excellent, they always remember my name. It’s definitely not cheap but I think it’s worth it. It’s hard to get a good men’s cut for longer hair at your traditional barber-​type shop but this place will do it.

Came here awhile back. It was on a weekday and so they were quite empty. I told them the dye job I wanted and they kept insisting I not do that because my hair was really damaged already. I was quite insistent with getting my hair lighter but they would not listen to me. They told me that this thing they were going to do with my hair would make it super nice and healthy and the color would only be a little dark, okay FINE seeing as how my opinion as a CUSTOMER didn’t matter much anyways. On the bright side they did have great customer service though. They took my purse and tucked it away some place safe from all the chemicals about to go into my hair.
All in all my hair came out DARK like wtf dark, not just a little darker brown like super dark brown, darker brown than my actual hair color. I was not happy with the cut nor the color but yes they were right about my hair being silky smooth and healthy, which was the only thing I was happy about. The process took about 3 hours if I remember correctly and it turns out they just did a conditioning treatment on my hair which would of cost about ¹⁄₅ the price at a salon I know that does a good job on that.
They also were discussing the pricing for my hair in japanese and only told me my total which was when I paid. Paid a hefty price for hair I wasn’t even HAPPY about ftw. OUTRAGE but still it was healthy so thus the 3 stars for pretty good customer service when they are speaking in English and HEALTHY hair. Yes this a review on how healthy they made my hair feel, it hasnt felt that way since I’ve started dying my hair for over 7 years now.
*FYI i knew a couple things they were saying about me and my hair because I was taking Japanese at the time, but you can say all the crap you want now cus all that Japanese went out the door, so Japanese ppl feel free to bash on me… in your own language of course. (and in their defense they didn’t say anything offensive to my knowledge just didn’t like them discussing about me in front of me without telling me anything)

I got an awesome haircut in SF Japantown so I decided to do the same in the Japantown in LA when I was traveling to the area. Boy was I wrong! I wish I had gone somewhere else, there are tons of good Asian hair salons here.
This particular establishment is behind a building so it is a little hidden and hard to find. I was with them on the phone trying to figure out where they are located. The girl seemed very impatient with me. Finally i found them after calling several times. I should have known that was a bad sign.
My hair stylist wasn’t very nice nor did she care much about what I wanted for a haircut. I told her to cut my hair a little shorter and thinner but keep the original shape. Of couse she would not listen. The result came out different than what i expected. I really didn’t like my haircut that much at all! The style made me look like i aged at least 10 years not to mention that I spent more than $ 90. Will never return!

Never have I sat a salon for so long (3 ½ hours) just to cut and color my hair. The staff here do not rush things and are very thorough and detailed in every aspect
Series of events
1. Lea and Yuki analyzed the many colors of my hair, asked about my dye history, asked 20 more questions until they understood what I had in mind. They also told me a price quote right away, before they started doing work.
2. We flipped together through hair books of 1000 Japanese girls, all with different shades of browns. After a while, all the girls started to look the same to me, but Yuki made insightful comments like «oh but that’s reddish» «oh that’s cooler, that’s ashier,» making me realize that the color «medium brown» is much more complex.
3. After deciding on a medium «ash brown» color, Lea used two different colors one after the other. Coloring the bottom part of my hair first, then using a lighter color for the roots, while timing is everything.
4. SHAMPOO MASSAGE — I WANTED TO DIE. And I wanted to emit involuntary noises as she put some pressure through my scalp and wrapped a nice, hot towelette around my neck. But I contained myself, for the most part. The massage was then extended for extra «hair treatment.»
My Unilocal profile question/​answer: «Don’t Tell Anyone Else But…
I like it when other people wash my hair»
— Du Japon, why do you do this to me? You set the standards so high now.
5. Dry, cut, style.
Constant questions, such as — «Are you okay?» «Is it too hot?» «Is it too cold?» «How is it?» «Do you want more or less?» «Aren’t you hungry” — assured me that we were heading toward the right direction.
For an indecisive girl who came in here only thinking, «I don’t want to look like a J-​POP star» and «I want to look like beyonce,» they did a pretty good job of steering me to the right light.

Oh man. Probably the best hair cut I’ve had in the past decade. I’m sorry to say, NorCal does not do it well. I decided to go to Du Japon after trolling Unilocal and asking my friends for recommendations.
In addition, this place is located in japantown. After your hair cut, you can get some shabu shabu, froyo, and even have a karaōke session if you want. Take your time because you get a whole day’s worth of parking validated!
The staff here is super nice and my god, it was pretty relaxing. I got a massage during the shampooing, which is always welcomed. The guy must have spent 5 minutes just massaging my head. After that, I even got a warm towel to wipe my face. I had Yuki cut my hair which was an awesome decision since I had no idea who was good and who wasn’t before arriving.
She looked at my nappy hair and decided what was best for it. I hadn’t gotten a hair cut in 2 months, so it was pretty much ready to be styled. I gave her the general idea of what I wanted and she brought out a book to do some visual comparison. Calm and collected, she worked through the mess and came out with an awesome finished product. By only using scissors, she lightened up my hair and gave it new life. The cut and shampoo took about 40 minutes. 40 minutes of winning! In total, my cut was $ 55 which is pretty reasonable considering the service and attention to detail.
Du Japon is awesome and worth every dollar spent. Ridiculous service and great stylists. Probably the kindest ive been treated ay a hair salon, and a place that I’d seriously consider making my go to spot.

It was time for Janelle’s semi-​annual haircut, woohooo!
… but where to go???
Even having lived in LA for so long, I had actually never gotten my hair cut down here since I would usually just go to a particular small Vietnamese salon in Norcal during my trips back home. With no trips home planned in the near future + my split ends bothering me more by the day, I turned to Unilocal to solve my problems + ended up choosing Du Japon Hair Club in Little Tokyo
. With its high reviews, proximity to where I live, + the number of reviews seemingly praising the stylists’ abilities with «Asian hair,» it was a done deal. I made an appointment in the morning for that afternoon.
My hair was washed, cut, dried + styled by Nana, who did a good job of asking a lot of questions to make sure we both understood the length + style that I wanted it: 4 – 5 inches in long layers coming to a V-​shape in the back. One thing that bugged me though was that she initially refused to believe that my hair really is 1) naturally wavy + 2) that it can get really frizzy. Of all people, would I really lie to a hairstylist as she is washing my hair in preparation to cut + style it? Anyways, I liked the good scrub she gave my scalp during the wash, + the cut went well as I trusted her enough that I zoned out reading some girly magazine for most of it.
The issue with the wavy frizziness came up when she was drying my hair… I asked her to be careful styling with the blow-​drier (since I always dry it naturally) only to have my hair pretty much puff up into a spastic bush. Yes, a spastic bush! I would have been a perfect candidate for those «before» photos in Frizz-​Ease commercials. –_​-​««««» Nana then pulled out the flat iron to straighten my hair as requested since her attempts with the blow-​drier + round brush had failed, + thus eventually my hair was tamed. *phew* I guess they’re too used to working with «Asian hair» that my abnormal hair for an Asian girl was too much to handle.
Everything was $ 60 + tip… I’m not high maintenance, but this is DOUBLE what I pay back home for the same quality of cut + better styling. The salon was neat + had decent décor inside
, but I don’t know… something makes me hope that I can find a little place around LA similar to what I’m familiar with. Sure it was my 1^st time coming in so they’ll probably believe me next time when I warn the stylist about my hair, but it’s questionable whether there will be a next time or not seeing as I have several months to look around for a different salon before my next cut. 3 stars seems fair enough for now…
Anyways, here’s my immediate «before» + «after» photos taken in the building garage, where parking for all day is free with validation.
Too bad my hair isn’t naturally straight to look like it did post-​cut every day. Boooo.