Kamiya Hairdressing

Had haircut at Kamiya, rude stylist and does not try to think of ways to cut into hairstyle I wanted. Basically rushed me out the door, made eyes with other stylists and said no more time for minor tweaks. Was most rude experience ever and was not happy with haircut.

I sincerely hope they hire someone speaks English better to be their representative. I called in to make an appointment, I told the girl any time before 4 pm. Then she asked me «so 4 pm?». I said «before 4». She said «so how about 5?». I asked «5 am?!». Then she realized she proposed a wrong time. We finally got one time but eventually she messed my appointment up with the uptown location. It’s very difficult for people who don’t speak Japanese.

Miyuki dumped me! I had been going to Miyuki for my haircut for several years — back when it was called JJ Hair Salon — and was always extremely happy with the cut I got. I got the older (lower) price for my cut — I guess because I had been going so long — but would have paid the higher prices for Miyuki’s skill and expertise. Of course, she was always busy, but I didn’t mind booking so far in advance.
So about a year ago, after my last haircut, when I tried to book my next appointment I was told Miyuki was booked and the receptionist asked me to select another stylist. I told her I would wait for Miyuki, but she said Miyuki was too booked up and that she would call me when once she was taking appointments again. I never got a call.
Anyways, I did find another salon so I never followed up with them.

No offense to people who really like this salon, but I had a terrible coloring experience and my hair looks so blotchy after last friday’s visit
I have dark hair and wanted a balayage that transitions into a dark mahogany. In theory I shouldnt need to bleach my hair to achieve this since it was only a couple shades lighter than my natural hair… but the hairdresser convinced me that I needed to do it and I trusted his opinion as an expert.
As soon as he started bleaching i realized something was not right as there was no transition from bleached hair to unbleached hair, the edges were abrupt… i didnt say anything since again, i thought they knew what they were doing…
After bleach he went on to color my WHOLE HEAD mahogany… and when everything was finally washed and dried it became clear that it was blotchy, with no gradience/​transition whatsoever.
They ended up charging me over $ 250 for the bleach + balayage + trim (for the price of a haircut).
Its been a week and after a few washes my hair is turning brassy/​orangy…
If you still choose to come to this salon… at least do your research and get the best guy possible to do it instead of a newb -.-

Heard about this salon near my place from my friend. Read all the good comments about this hair salon on Unilocal and thought we finally found a high end Japanese hair salon.
We went dying hair and cut hair together. I had great experience but my friend had bad experience on dying her hair because we choose the same colour and clearly her hair is not showing anything like mine, the colour was barely noticible.
Two days ago I booked an appointment to straighten my hair for the highest price possible and I just spend 300 dollars to get my roots FRIED like straws after I got home. Talked to the hair stylist the next day and she said she can fix it today. However my hair is FRIED AGAIN today! My hair is rough brittle stiff hard curly and kinky all inside. My heart is broken seeing my hair that I baby all the time get damaged and finally we talked and got my money back.
I’ve straightened my hair 5+times and this is the first time I spend so much money on straighten my hair but got the worst result ever. I cannot stand my kinky brittle hair poking my neck all the time and decided to go to Sora to get my hair at least back to normal. Yes I’m perming my hair, three days within a week…
I’m gonna say I am not gonna blame my stylist because she is such a sweetheart and great in every way except that she got my hair damaged like never before. But be aware of this hair salons straighten skill. I’ve seen similar experience as mine. And if you ever wonder if it works on ur hair or not, please just test a strand of hair to see if ur hair is gonna explode after straightened. That is just what I regret that I did not do. Ended up frying my hair twice in three days…
Hope this is useful for you and if you ever get any idea on how to fix extremely damaged hair like mine please kindly let me know. Thanks.

**My Favourite Hair Salon to Date**
I got a cut & ombré/​balayage from Hiromi and it was the best experience I’ve ever had at a hair salon. She cut exactly what I asked for and the colour came out better than I expected. She was so sweet and did such an excellent job.
I have always had a problem with going to other salons because often they shy away from coloring my hair because it will turn into a colour I «won’t» like because I have Asian hair. What I LOVE about this place is that they are very much experienced with Asian hair so they know what you’re going for and will give you what you want with their knowledgeable suggestions.
It also wasn’t terribly expensive. I’m used to spending a lot of money at places that don’t do as a great a job so this was the cherry on top to such a great experience!
I will definitely be coming back in the future :)

This place used to be called J.J. Hair Salon prior to being bought and renamed to Kamiya. There is real talent here, especially if you get your hair cut by Max or Miyuki, the owners. I had my hair cut by Miyuki for the longest time and she does a phenomenal job. Honestly, she is the best hairstylist I’ve ever had; she is kind, personable, and very experienced.
The only reason I’ve stopped coming is because I don’t go downtown anymore due to work and school. I’ve brought many friends to this salon and they received their cuts from other stylists such as Hiromi, Mai and Nana.
I haven’t come here for a while, so I am a bit surprised at some of the poor reviews — I know there have been new hires since my time here, so this may have affected the quality. Nevertheless, phenomenal hair salon, I hope to check in here sometime.

First time getting my hair bleached and coloured at a salon. I chose Kamiya because I’d seen a lot of great reviews and photos on Unilocal,and I was looking for a stylist familiar with Asian hair.
Tetsuo was my stylist. It took two visits: one for the cut and first round of bleach+toning, another for the second round of bleach and colour.
I adored the haircut (a cute pixie cut with shaved sides) but the colour wasn’t at all what I’d hoped for: I wanted a purple fading to light lavender, but received a magenta that faded to a grey-​purple. Thankfully, Tetsuo was really considerate of my complaint and gave me a discount off the price. The total was $ 260. It was the most I’d ever spent on hair but I suppose that’s the price of bleaching your hair from black to platinum+cut+colour+wash.
Although this wasn’t the hair I’d hoped for, I’m still happy with the cut. Tetsuo is a great guy, with almost a decade’s experience styling hair — I definitely recommend him as a stylist.

Great place!
What to expect from this place: top notch service, expert hair artist, quality products and a salon that leaves a client looking forward to their return.
My favourite part of the hair salon experience is the shampooing and conditioning. Its a double treat — amazing deep head/​neck massage and awesome smelling hair products. I would pay just to get my hair washed.
All the employees are from Japan and all the hair stylist are from Japan. All the hair stylist have over 5 – 10 years experience and are super kind. The best part I appreciate is they create small talk. My stylist also gave me great tips to keep hair healthy and different ways to keep it strong.
Another impressive thing about this place is you pay the same price for a stylist with 10 years experience as you would for a 2 years of experience.
See you Kamiya in a few months, maybe some colour next time?!

Being my first time, I’m super happy with the results (simply love it!!)Take-san did a wonderful head massage and Hiro-​san was super nice as he did my blue highlights. Being pampered with tea and hard candy, I couldn’t ask for anything more. Took many selfies with Hiro-​san. I really want to go back next time with friends

Just had a haircut with Hiromi. Extremely professional and courteous.
The service was great and I definitely got the value for money. She understood how my hair works and gave me the haircut I wanted. She will be cutting my hair from now on.

Their stylist are awesome! I got ombré from the stylist
hiromi.She is gorgeous and did my hair sooooo good!

pissed off and worst customer experience at kamiya.
i had an appointment opened a week ago with hero at 4:30pm and due to the location change i got lost and by calling them later i know where they move to and was there late for 20 mins. so hero refused to do my hair cut bc he is with another customer now who doesn’t have an appointment wtf.
they show no respect to customer and not even a sorry. they said they only have one hr for each appointment while i was only late for 20 mins !! where is my left 40! i will never come bk again they lost a old customer who have been there for 4 year!

Before i went to Yonge and Finch location, i was worried that if the stylists would be as good as ones in the downtown location.
My stylist was Hiroko and she was amazing!
I was kind of indecisive about my color. I wanted to get at least one shade lighter than what I had originally but worried it won’t show that much differences.
Hiroko was really patient to discuss about it with me and showed me some pictures and color samples.
The result turned out really good! I definitely loved my color and my cut!
Since I had long hairs, the colour was $ 85 and cut was $ 45. It was a bit expensive but I was satisfied with what I had!

Kamiya does it again!
Here’s a quick TL;DR of my last review: Spoke to Mai, hair stylist, who confidently broke down the steps she would need to take to help my hair, which literally had a black — platinum blonde ombré, to achieve an instagram worthy hair transformation.
The entire experience was fantastic, I honestly can’t think of anything negative worth mentioning, Mai did a great job beginning to end.
She regards each client and their hair with the utmost respect, and as a reflection of her creativity. Unlike most hair stylists who try to completely deter you from your hair goal, or try to meet you half way, Mai will extend her services to tilt in your preference. During my entire stay, around 4 hours, I never felt rushed or neglected; she also did a great job of accommodating and balancing her other appointments. (Not to mention she has a great personality, and has the best stories! ¹⁰⁄₁₀ cried out of laughter. She’s so much fun!) Mai really is a great example of what a lot of imagine to be the perfect hair stylist, and it’s with great excitement [and reluctance because I know how much harder it will be to snag an appointment with her] that I implore any one thinking about Kamiya to seek her out.
I was in the Salon from 10AM until a bit after 2PM for my big hair day:
1) trim
I had spent the day before mentally preparing myself for the possibility that I would have to take off more than 2 inches. That amount may be peanuts to some… but every centimetre counts when you’re trying to grow and maintain long hair!
Once I sat in that chair, I immediately pledged that she could even cut my hair to my shoulders if she felt it was needed. [Having previously coloured hair immediately jeopardizes any future colouring processes, specifically in terms of even application.]
Maybe it was the hesitation in my voice, or the fact that I was doing everything to hide my clammy hands, but Mai assured me that she wouldn’t need to take off more than ½ an inch.
She spent at least a good 20 minutes shaping my hair into a blunter style; combing though, trimming, and always going back to double check her work.
2) lower base colour to match my roots
A pervious hair modelling experience left me with a base colour that was on a medium brown level. (Not cute against my dark brown roots.) Because the original hair stylist was aiming more for a balayage look, the base colour did not ease into my lighter ends like a traditional ombré. Instead, certain sections of my hair were significantly lighter. [pre-​lightened with bleach with the base colour over, and just bleached highlights.]
Mai dealt the dark brown dye like a pro, and erased those highlights into yesterday. It’s insane how perfectly the base colour now matches my roots — I can’t even tell where my regrowth was!
3) raise ombré
This part made me extremely nervous; would the newly bleached section of my hair transition well into the existing? I have to say that it may be another week and a half before I can truly confirm this one as the dark toner still hasn’t washed out. However, based on how my hair looked like prior to toner, I am certain that Mai did a lovely job blending everything in.
For those interested, she did not use Olaplex. A professional hair stylist is more than capable of maintaining the health of your hair without such a product with proper monitoring, and knowledge.
She applied a 25 level developer on the medium blonde of my hair, and a 35 developer on the section we were trying to raise; happy to report that my hair has only suffered very minor damage — nothing a few coconut oil treatments can’t improve.
4) apply dark [ash black to dark purple] toner (circa MaryCake)
In an attempt to please my traditional Asian parents, I asked Mai to tone my hair to a dark colour. We agreed that a dark ash brown /​black would suit my roots, and a dark purple with blue and brown undertones would help the ombré portion.
The toner was applied at the hair washing station. Can’t pin point time lines, but I couldn’t have been there longer than 40 minutes. This was also around the time where Mai’s other appointment came in. She instructed a hair assistant to look over the process, and explained the specific shampoo and conditioner that needed to be applied.
Neck pains were experience, but that’s expected with anyone who has a thick set of long hair. What really helped was the piping hot neck towel that was regularly replaced in between washes. [If you have sensitive skin, I would let them know before wash.]
The assistant was very gentle and through in rinsing, shampooing and conditioning my hair, but did apply a good amount of pressure during the head massage; bliss.
Other than blow dry and styling, that concludes my hair adventure at Kamiya! I’m counting down the days until the toner fades from my hair to book again with Mai. There’s nothing like leaving a salon with fabulous hair, and finding a talented stylist to go back to.

I had a haircut with hiromi yesterday. She was really good and friendly but did not speak English too well so I had to explain /​repeat a few times. I showed her the picture of how I want to style it and she got it bang on. She put a lot of effort in making my hair look pretty :) I booked the appointment online and came 5 mins early, she was on time!
The salon overall was pretty busy (Sunday evening) and it was a clean and comfortable environment! I would come back again!

I have been here several times for a hair cut. I have been here when they were in their old location near the Queen subway station. I had a hair cut yesterday with Hiroko. I have to say although the pricing for Kamiya has gone up, the experience I would say worth it. I was abke to do online booking, which to me is great, very convenient since I am always busy and on the go. The staff at Kamiya are all very nice and friendly. The overall environment is also more comfortable then the old downtown location. My stylist Hiroko was very good. She cut my hair the way I wanted it. I would definitely keep coming back.

Kamiya is moving! Downtown salon is closed till Feb ¹⁴⁄₁₅. New address is 220 Victoria St.
2^nd location at Yonge and Finch is now open! 5585 Yonge St Unit A.

I LOVE Kamiya.
I’ve been there several times and I have recommended it to a lot of individuals and they have all left very satisfied.
The location is great, Its very easy for me to go there after work and get a quick cut. The facilities aren’t the greatest, but they are moving soon to a new location on Victoria Secret.
Price wise its prettty average, its not cheap but its not overly priced, and the service and care you’re getting is definitely worth what you’re paying for. All the staff is amazing there, they listen to what you want and if you show them a picture, they will produce exactly that. Unlike a lot of hairdressers they only incorporate small details of what you want and will claim that it won’t look good for your face.
Of the times I’ve gone there I’ve had Aki, Saeko and Tomo help me. All of them are great. The service is consistent among all of the stylist. They take their time and really look at the small details. Even with the english Barrier they are still able to produce a great hair cut and colour.
This is a great salon to go to, they know what they are doing and are very friendly!

Place is extremely hit and miss. I am a guy and after tax and tips it came out to $ 45. I was not satisfied with my haircut … at all.
The service was great when I entered, as they took care of my outerwear and bags then served me to get a scalp massage which was enjoyable.
Following that, I had showed some pictures of the style I wanted and the man said he was unable to do it (uhhh). At this point I was questioning his abilities as a stylist because the length of my hair was definitely long enough to create the look. Instead of pulling the hair back, he also pulled it to the side to create the comb over look which I extremely despise, as it is an extremely typical Asian look.
With the use of scissors, he literally only snipped a total of 15 times or so. No layering techniques or whatsoever. I felt like not a lot of effort was being placed into the $ 45 or so cut. Although I did not get the stylist people suggested, (I got Kosuke), I still feel that he is unqualified to be charging that much for a typical comb over that my friends can do for me.
All in all, I doubt I will be returning here as the pricing for men is ridiculous for a mediocre cut. I went here a few weeks ago and am still regretting the cut. Three stars only for their polite greetings and service.