Sakiko Matoishi, 47 years old, has been going to the hair salon, Hair Mission, for 15 years.  Her hairstylist, Mari Motojima, is more than just her hairstylist, but also a friend to go out for dinner.

Hiromi Yamamoto, 43 years old, is a wedding MC and she met her hair stylist, Mai Sugioka, through work.  Before meeting Ms. Sugioka, Hiromi used to go to different hair salons and sometime cut her hair by herself.

Kumiko Kamakari, 53 years old, changed hair salon because she was not comfortable with male hairstylists in general.  She looked on internet for female only hair salon and found a new one closed to her station called DOOR.

Kumiko Fukushima, 46 years old, is the owner of an online shop for clothes and accessories from New York City.

“My children are 19 and 17 years old. Since they are grown up, I started business on my own. I used to live in NYC for 7 years due to my husband’s work. When I was in NYC, I realized the  importance of techniques depending on hair type. In general I highly respect the Japanese hairstylists ones.” Kumiko said.

Miho Sasagawa, 40 years old, is a mother of 2 children. After her second birth, she looked for a hair salon which  was close to her home – this is how she found her favorite salon, Garage.

Kinuyo Kataoka, 41 years old, is a regular client at Jessica hair salon, introduced to her by her nailist friend.

“I have been to Jessica for 1 year and half.  It has a relaxing atmosphere and I feel comfortable to ask anything about my hair.”

Kuniko Ishihara, 58 years old, has been a client of hair salon MASHU for 6 years. At the beginning, her hairstylist was the former manager of the salon, then he introduced the current manager Ms. Yuka Takagi to Kuniko when he moved to another salon.

Tae Tokunaga, 40 years old, is working at interior décor shop.

“I met my hairstylist, Mr. Kashiwagi, when I applied for reader hair model for fashion magazine. He changed my style completely to create cutting edge bob style which was really popular. Since then he has been my hairstylist for 6 years, and bob became my standard hair which has long enough length to tie up my hair.” Tae said.

Mika Kanno, 48 years old, is a working mother of 3 children; 18, 20, and 22 years old. Since her childrens are grown up, she has now more time for herself.

Yasuko Miyashita, 50 years old, is an office worker.  She goes to her hair salon, musee, every 10 days!