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March 31, 2006
Japanese Ear Cleaning: The Next Big Spa Treatment?
I've linked to Springwise before and now that they have a blog they update daily, I'll probably be linking to them even more because every time I visit the website, at least one story catches my attention.
This time, it's a short write-up about Japanese ear cleaning. I recently wrote about ear cleaning in India for Student Traveler Magazine. The Japanese take is much more upscale.
Spring wise reports "Using an ear-pick equipped with a tiny camera, professional ear cleaners can show clients exactly how much wax is being removed. The Mimi Kurin salon, shown above, opened in December 2005, and charges JPY 500 (EUR 3.50 / USD 4.25) for a quick five-minute clean, with the deluxe twenty-minute service going for JPY 2,000."
Seventy percent of Mimi Kurin's customers are men, and the service has been so successful that a second store will open in Yokohama later this month.
Read write-up here.
Posted by insideoutmag at March 31, 2006 09:51 AM
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