Press & Media
SEAM runs select shops carrying 197 salon-exclusive hair care brands, together with hair and head spa salons, across seven stores nationwide
Alongside interviews, shoots, product loans and comment, we are also open to talking about carrying our products or a pop-up
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We also take messages by direct message on Instagram @seam_japan
Boilerplate
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SEAM is a hair care specialist with seven stores nationwide, each pairing a select shop of 197 salon-exclusive hair care brands from around the world with a hair salon and a head spa salon
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SEAM is a hair care specialist operated by hanico Inc. At the salon entrance sits a select shop gathering 197 salon-exclusive brands from around the world, so the treatment and home care are suggested as one continuous thing
Our own Hair Finder reads 27 types drawn from thickness, density and wave, layered with your treatment history and the state of your hair now, and suggests the few products that person needs today. The results remain as a chart and can be used as they are in the in-store consultation
Head spas are in fully private rooms at every store, designed to loosen not only the scalp but the neck, shoulders and around the eyes
Reading: SEAM / In Latin script: SEAM / Operated by hanico Inc.
Fact Sheet
197
Brands we carry
All salon-exclusive, all through authorized channels
1,776
Products listed
429 of them, chosen and suggested by the finder
7
Stores
Ginza · Omotesando · Sapporo · Osaka · Nagoya · Fukuoka · Utsunomiya
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Your hair type
Judged by thickness × density × wave
It is our Sapporo store that has won the Hot Pepper Beauty Gold Prize four years running (2023–2026)
It is not an award for the other stores, so please take care in how it is described
You can check how many people have taken the Hair Finder, and the completion rate, any time via the public API
Topics
Depending on the piece, our stylists, spa therapists or our founder will answer
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Why we read the hair you were born with, the history since, and the state it is in now as three separate things — we can talk about the 27 type axes and how the results are built
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From the perspective of a buyer carrying 197 brands: differences in ingredients and design, how to choose across price bands, and how to think about refills
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Why we include the neck, shoulders and around the eyes as well as the scalp, how the fully private rooms are designed, and the treatment using hydrogen and carbonation
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How the commission is designed, fully private rooms, a 100% return rate after parental leave, and what a salon with a shop at the front does to the way you work
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A way of carrying the finder's chart straight into the in-store consultation, and the thinking behind the members-only online shop
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We can also discuss lending products for shoots, or shooting in our stores
Business
We are open to talking about carrying your products, pop-ups and events
We welcome proposals from brands, retail properties and manufacturers
01 · Wholesale
SEAM carries 197 brands, mostly salon-exclusive. If it is a product we can handle through authorized channels, we would be glad to hear about it
We can discuss placement across all seven stores and our members-only online shop
02 · Pop-up
Do talk to us about pop-ups in shopping centres and department stores, or building a limited-run floor. A SEAM floor is always built together with the Hair Finder
We welcome both invitations to open somewhere and joint projects with brands
03 · Collaboration
We are open to building things together too — hair care product development, or work built on our finder data
If anything needs to stay confidential, please tell us so
What to tell us when you get in touch
Company and contact name / an outline of your proposal / when you would like it
For a product proposal, please include the brand name and its current distribution
Company
Contact
We are glad to talk while a piece is still taking shape
Please tell us the outlet, an outline of the piece, and when you plan to publish
We also take messages by direct message on Instagram @seam_japan
If it is urgent, call 011-218-7930 (hanico Inc.)