Briller

About

Found on Kyushu, Briller sits in Chikushino, at Harisurichuo, 2 Chome−6−23 on the second floor. The salon is placed in a residential corner of the city, well away from the main tourist trail but within reach of the island's larger towns.

Travelling from Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Beppu, Yufuin, Miyazaki or Sasebo is straightforward, as Chikushino lies close to the Fukuoka urban area and the road and rail routes that connect these places. Briller works as a hairdresser, and a 4.3 out of 5 average from 11 reviews marks it as a sound choice for a cut or colour while on Kyushu.

The salon keeps a website at beauty.hotpepper.jp, where appointments can be arranged. Japanese is the national language, written with kanji characters plus the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, so a translation app helps when booking.

Kyushu runs through four distinct seasons, with hot humid summers and cold winters that bring snow in the north, so timing a visit around the weather is worth doing. Cherry blossom season is marked across Japan with hanami picnics under flowering sakura trees, and spring is a fine time to be on the island. Japanese meals commonly centre on rice served with miso soup, pickles and grilled fish, which makes eating locally simple.