Nepenji Japan Center Beauty Clinic

OMG! 🤩 First try, found my salon in the Bay. Having missed Japan deeply since our couple months there a year ago, I felt pulled to this location, and Yoshino did MARVELOUS art on my hair! She listened intently to the stipulations of my custom haircut blend (wolf hawk mullet?) & asked for permission or direction with each major step, as it’d been a while for a cut. She listened when I had an opinion, AND when I asked for her artistic preference, she chose beautifully 💯! Coming back for sure. Yuka who set the appointment (& all else there!) ALL were so sweet and welcoming. A true diamond in the rough in San Francisco! Bonus: the prices are the only thing not SF (more Japanese) about it, QUITE modest especially for the level of service. -¶

I’ve been eyeing this salon for a while since it’s always busy whenever I’m in Japantown, so I finally decided to book a classic bob on the last day of 2025. Ardee did an amazing job! He’s super friendly, welcoming, and really attentive to detail. He’s also been working at this salon for 6 years, which definitely shows in his work. This is officially my go-to spot for haircuts in SF. Thanks for the great service, and Happy New Year 2026! ✨

I DO NOT recommend if you have thick, textured hair! My hair dresser didn’t take time to understand my hair texture, he cut off 4 inches when I asked for 2, and his cutting technique was so poor!!!!! The haircut is extremely choppy even when straight and if I leave it wavy, it puffs up/ looks extra frizzy. This is NOT because of my hair texture. I’ve had short hair long ago and it didn’t look like this when wavy. During the haircut I told him the front turned out too short, he could see I wasn’t happy. He tells me “your haircut will be nice when styled”. I don’t want to be styling it everyday!!!!! ANY HAIR LOOKS GOOD STYLED! What nonsense advice is that. NEVER going back.

Yuka & Owen are great stylists! Not only are they friendly, but are very detailed-orientated and seek perfection with their work. They care about giving you the best haircut possible. I highly recommend!!

So sad I didn’t get to experience a hair cut here. I took about 2 trams and 1 bus to get here to ONLY come see them. To then get turned away because they were completely booked. I emphasized their website didn’t have an option to make an appointment and I had called and no one picked up. And the response was simply “sorry we are full” to be frank, I didn’t get acknowledged when I walked in because the receptionist was on his phone, and I had to greet him to get his attention. He asked me if I wanted to come back tomorrow and make an appointment but unfortunately I have work 7-6 and they close at 6. So I came today on my only day off. Mind you I did extensive research on how to book an appointment and there was no way to do so online. The only option was to call but no one picked up…