Japan Beauty Salon Scraper (HotPepper Beauty)

Scrape beauty salon data from HotPepper Beauty (beauty.hotpepper.jp), Japan's #1 beauty salon booking platform with over 200,000 listed salons. This is the only structured data extraction tool for HotPepper Beauty — the official API was discontinued in 2017, and there are zero competitors on Apify Store.

What data does it extract?

This Actor scrapes comprehensive salon metadata from HotPepper Beauty, covering all four major categories: Hair, Nail, Relaxation/Massage, and Esthetics.

Data is extracted using a 3-layer strategy for maximum reliability:

1. JSON-LD structured data (HairSalon schema) — most reliable source
2. Custom JavaScript data (jsiSalonGraphData) — customer demographics
3. HTML info tables — supplementary details

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	string	Unique salon ID (e.g., slnH000145984)
name	string	Salon name
address	string	Full address
category	string	Genre: hair, nail, relax, esthe
phone	string	Business phone number
latitude	number	Latitude coordinate
longitude	number	Longitude coordinate
rating	number	Average rating (0-5)
reviewCount	number	Number of reviews
priceRange	string	Price range text
access	string	Nearest station and walk time
hours	string	Business hours
closedDays	string	Regular closed days
cutPrice	string	Base cut price
seats	number	Number of seats
staffCount	number	Number of staff
parking	string	Parking availability
paymentMethods	string	Accepted payment methods
features	string[]	Feature tags (kodawari conditions)
genderRatio	object	Customer gender ratio (ladies/mens %)
ageDistribution	number[]	Customer age distribution
description	string	Salon description (100 chars)
imageUrl	string	Main salon image URL
sourceUrl	string	Original page URL
scrapedAt	string	Scrape timestamp (ISO 8601)

Usage

Basic usage — Scrape hair salons in Kanto region

{
  "area": "SA",
  "genre": "hair",
  "maxResults": 100
}

Scrape nail salons in Tokyo

{
  "area": "SA",
  "genre": "nail",
  "prefecture": "13",
  "maxResults": 200
}

Fast listing-only mode (no detail pages)

{
  "area": "SA",
  "genre": "hair",
  "maxResults": 500,
  "scrapeDetails": false
}

Sample output

{
  "id": "slnH000145984",
  "name": "AFLOAT JAPAN",
  "address": "東京都港区南青山5-6-26 青山246ビル5F",
  "source": "hotpepper-beauty",
  "sourceUrl": "https://beauty.hotpepper.jp/slnH000145984/",
  "category": "hair",
  "phone": "03-5778-9191",
  "latitude": 35.6625,
  "longitude": 139.7122,
  "rating": 4.62,
  "reviewCount": 3245,
  "priceRange": "¥6,000〜¥12,000",
  "access": "表参道駅 徒歩3分",
  "hours": "月〜金 11:00〜21:00 / 土日祝 10:00〜19:00",
  "closedDays": "火曜日",
  "cutPrice": "¥6,600〜",
  "seats": 20,
  "staffCount": 35,
  "parking": "なし（近隣にコインパーキングあり）",
  "paymentMethods": "VISA/MasterCard/JCB/AMEX/PayPay",
  "features": ["駅徒歩5分以内", "ヘアセット", "着付け", "朝10時前でも受付OK"],
  "genderRatio": { "ladies": 75, "mens": 25 },
  "ageDistribution": [5, 20, 35, 25, 15],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-04-11T12:00:00.000Z",
  "schemaVersion": "1.0"
}

Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
area	string	"SA"	Region code: SA(Kanto), SB(Kansai), SC(Tokai), SD(Hokkaido), SE(Tohoku), SF(Chugoku), SG(Kyushu), SH(Hokushinetsu), SI(Shikoku)
subArea	string	—	Sub-area code (e.g., macAA=Shinjuku). Leave empty for all.
genre	string	"hair"	Salon genre: hair, nail, relax, esthe
prefecture	string	—	Prefecture code (e.g., 13=Tokyo). Overrides area.
maxResults	integer	100	Maximum number of salons to scrape (up to 10,000)
scrapeDetails	boolean	true	Scrape detail pages for full data (disable for fast listing-only)

Technical Details

• CheerioCrawler (HTTP-only, no browser) — 10x cheaper than Playwright-based scrapers
• Rate limited to 20 requests/minute with max 2 concurrent connections
• Zod schema validation ensures data quality before output
• Automatic deduplication by salon ID
• JSON-LD parsing for structured, reliable data extraction

Data Quality and Legal Compliance

• robots.txt compliant — salon listing and detail pages are not disallowed
• Metadata only — no copyrighted content (descriptions truncated to 100 chars)
• Business public information only — phone numbers are business lines, not personal
• No PII collected — no individual names, personal emails, or personal phone numbers
• Rate limited — conservative request pacing to minimize server impact

Use Cases

• Beauty industry market research — analyze salon density, pricing, and ratings by region
• Competitor analysis — benchmark your salon against local competitors
• Salon discovery apps — build location-based salon finder services
• Marketing analytics — understand customer demographics and popular features
• Real estate analysis — beauty salon density as a commercial area indicator
• HR/recruitment — staff count and growth trends in the beauty industry

Pricing

$3 per 1,000 results (PPE — Pay Per Event)

Why this Actor?

HotPepper Beauty's official API was discontinued in 2017. There is no other way to get structured salon data from Japan's largest beauty platform. This Actor fills that gap with reliable, schema-validated data extraction using JSON-LD structured data for maximum accuracy.

Zero competitors on Apify Store — this is the first and only HotPepper Beauty scraper available.