As one of the folically challenged, I have always had to scratch the remaining hair on my head at the thought of visiting a Japanese barber. At a cost of around ￥4000, the average Japanese haircut is hard to justify for someone like myself.
So, suffice to say I was impressed when I first encountered the Japanese haircut chain known as QB House, where you can get a cut for around ￥1000.
The business formula is rather simple: standardization and volume, volume, volume. Before you enter the shop, there is a light outside indicating the approximate wait time. Inside, you put your money into a machine (￥1000 notes only) and it spews out a ticket. When one of the chairs is free, you had over your ticket to the barber and get your haircut.
While some may lament the fact that the barbers aren’t so chatty, and the service can be a bit impersonal, it’s hard to argue with ￥1000 .
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