{
  "slug": "hair-salons-japantown",
  "question": "What is known about hair salons in Japantown, San Francisco?",
  "kind": "neighborhood",
  "topic": "Japantown",
  "neighborhood": "japantown",
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "sf-arty-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "arty-japantown",
        "name": "Arty"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "Published numeric menu evidence",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.artyhair.com/price.html",
              "label": "salon website",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:40:27Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "Recorded website link; final appointment checked on provider",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://www.artyhair.com/",
              "label": "manual",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T16:46:49Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-bubble-pop-electric-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "bubble-pop-electric-japantown",
        "name": "Bubble Pop Electric"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "No matched establishment record; this does not establish unlicensed operation",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "Published numeric menu evidence",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://bubblepopelectricsalon.com/services/hair/",
              "label": "salon website",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T17:32:15Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-camellia-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "camellia-japantown",
        "name": "Camellia"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-futaba-hair-salon-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "futaba-hair-salon-japantown",
        "name": "Futaba Hair Salon"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-hair-in-design-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "hair-in-design-japantown",
        "name": "Hair In Design"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-hue-hair-salon-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "hue-hair-salon-japantown",
        "name": "Hue Hair Salon"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "delinquent establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "Recorded square link; final appointment checked on provider",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://huehairsalonsf.com/",
              "label": "manual",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:50:51Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-kaori-hair-salon-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "kaori-hair-salon-japantown",
        "name": "Kaori Hair Salon"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-nepenji-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "nepenji-japantown",
        "name": "Nepenji"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "current establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "Published numeric menu evidence",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://nepenji.wordpress.com/menu/",
              "label": "salon website",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:40:32Z"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "sf-rhoda-goldman-plaza-salon-japantown",
      "salon": {
        "slug": "rhoda-goldman-plaza-salon-japantown",
        "name": "Rhoda Goldman Plaza Salon"
      },
      "subject": "Japantown",
      "cells": [
        {
          "label": "Licence record",
          "value": "delinquent establishment record; not an assessment of service quality",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://search.dca.ca.gov/",
              "label": "state license",
              "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
              "checked_at": null
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "label": "First-party priced menu",
          "value": "No recorded numeric salon-owned menu",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Online booking route",
          "value": "No qualifying online booking route recorded",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Business hours",
          "value": "Hours unknown",
          "sources": []
        },
        {
          "label": "Geography",
          "value": "Strict Japantown; nearby salons excluded",
          "sources": [
            {
              "url": "https://data.sfgov.org/resource/j2bu-swwd.geojson",
              "label": "derived",
              "data_as_of": null,
              "checked_at": "2026-10-22T13:39:05Z"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": [
    {
      "key": "salons",
      "label": "Strict-neighborhood listings",
      "value": 9,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "sf-arty-japantown",
        "sf-bubble-pop-electric-japantown",
        "sf-camellia-japantown",
        "sf-futaba-hair-salon-japantown",
        "sf-hair-in-design-japantown",
        "sf-hue-hair-salon-japantown",
        "sf-kaori-hair-salon-japantown",
        "sf-nepenji-japantown",
        "sf-rhoda-goldman-plaza-salon-japantown"
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "current_licenses",
      "label": "Matched establishment records marked current",
      "value": 6,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "sf-arty-japantown",
        "sf-camellia-japantown",
        "sf-futaba-hair-salon-japantown",
        "sf-hair-in-design-japantown",
        "sf-kaori-hair-salon-japantown",
        "sf-nepenji-japantown"
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "priced_salons",
      "label": "Salons with first-party numeric prices",
      "value": 3,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "sf-arty-japantown",
        "sf-bubble-pop-electric-japantown",
        "sf-nepenji-japantown"
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "online_booking",
      "label": "Recorded online booking routes",
      "value": 2,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "sf-arty-japantown",
        "sf-hue-hair-salon-japantown"
      ]
    },
    {
      "key": "confirmed_hours",
      "label": "Verified first-party/manual business hours",
      "value": 0,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": []
    },
    {
      "key": "community_hours",
      "label": "OSM-only community-reported hours",
      "value": 0,
      "unit": "count",
      "evidence_ids": []
    }
  ],
  "answer": "The catalog records 9 salons strictly in Japantown: 3 publish numeric prices on their own sites and 2 have a recorded online booking route. Matched establishment records are marked current for 6 listings as of their source dates; verified first-party or manual hours are recorded for 0. The alphabetical evidence table shows the gaps and sources without ranking quality.",
  "method": "Neighborhood membership uses the catalog’s DataSF Analysis Neighborhood, with no nearby expansion. Counts are unique salons, not menu items. A current establishment record is a dated database observation; it is not a stylist qualification check. Priced-menu coverage excludes booking-provider menus.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "title": "Strict versus nearby",
      "text": "This guide covers only Japantown. The neighborhood directory separately labels nearby options. A decision request expands only when geography=nearby is explicitly supplied; different neighborhoods are not silently merged."
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "This is recorded catalog evidence, not a complete market survey or a ranking of salon quality.",
    "Published prices, business hours and booking links do not confirm a free appointment. Final scope, quote and policies need merchant confirmation.",
    "Community-reported hours remain unconfirmed. A matched licence is not a recommendation, and absence of a match is not proof of an absent licence.",
    "Missing prices, links and hours describe coverage gaps; they do not establish that a business lacks those services."
  ],
  "upstream_queries": [
    {
      "path": "/api/v1/search?mode=merchants&view=full&neighborhood=japantown&include_nearby=false&limit=100",
      "note": "Retrieve every page of strict merchant results; retain only this canonical neighborhood. Guide counts exclude nearby options."
    }
  ],
  "last_updated": "2026-10-22T17:32:15Z",
  "data_as_of": "2026-10-01",
  "checked_at": "2026-10-22T17:32:15Z",
  "oldest_observation": "2026-10-01",
  "salon_slugs": [
    "arty-japantown",
    "bubble-pop-electric-japantown",
    "camellia-japantown",
    "futaba-hair-salon-japantown",
    "hair-in-design-japantown",
    "hue-hair-salon-japantown",
    "kaori-hair-salon-japantown",
    "nepenji-japantown",
    "rhoda-goldman-plaza-salon-japantown"
  ],
  "task_slugs": [],
  "dataset_revision": "b-merchants@2026-10-23T11:05:07Z#4f15ef234749;price-kinds@2026-10-24T09:56:47Z+public-research@e360e97d86a8+handoffs@eeeb1675e507",
  "decision_facts_revision": "decision-facts@2026-10-23T15:34:38Z"
}