I've been inspired by Japanese hair stylists for years.  At hair shows many of the platform artists are flown in and while many can't speak English (to explain their techniques) just watching them at their craft leaves me spell bound. 

The Japanese artists are the ultimate perfectionists and are masters in their field, able to capture the look of American Caucasian hair which is not easy given the limitations of commonly course, straight hair texture, transforming the Asian models hair by using advanced cutting skills to give more movement and texture.

You can see how a similar shape can result in two wholly different 'looks' from the sweetness of "Hello Kitty" Anime'  to the bold rocker styles as Jrock, etc.  

Both trend setting and wearable since they translate extremely well to American hair in both texture and color.

Spring 2008 Edition... Cawaii Hair Magazine:

Following up from my earlier post, I wanted to mention a new (to me) Hair Magazine (containing over 500 images) that I found online and had sent to me from a Japanese resource (ebay).

The photographs show a wide variety of styles from short to long and are young and fresh wearable styles. Another great feature of the magazine is a section that shows up to 4 views of each hair style.  Front view, left side, right side, and back view.  Also, there is a face shape guide to show what face shapes can best wear each cut. 

Editions of this (Cawaii) magazine are published 4 times a year; Spring, Summer, Fall & Winter.