🍀With Gratitude🍀 Therapeutic Care Free Trial Session Held

This time, the Certified NPO Japan Therapeutic Care Association (Headquarters: Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture) will hold a free trial session of "Therapeutic Care" to commemorate receiving a letter of appreciation from the Fukuoka Prefectural Governor as a "Volunteer Contributor to Social Welfare".

We, the Certified NPO Japan Therapeutic Care Association, received a letter of appreciation from the Fukuoka Prefectural Governor in fiscal year 2025, recommended by Dazaifu City, as a volunteer contributor to social welfare.

We are very happy and grateful that our association's persistent volunteer activities, which have continued for 27 years since the current honorary director, Michiyo Akioshi, was entrusted by the British Red Cross to popularize it in Japan, have been recognized.

This letter of appreciation was made possible by the recommendation from Dazaifu City, and we are filled with gratitude to Dazaifu City and the many people who have supported us so far.

The letter of appreciation was presented by former Dazaifu Mayor Daizo Kusuda at Dazaifu City Hall (December 2025).

Therefore, this time, we have planned a trial session to deliver warmth with hands full of gratitude.

Wouldn't you like to take a break and be healed by this gently stroking care born in the UK?

- ■Date: June 18 (Thursday) 10:00-12:00 (Doors open 9:50) - ＊Approximately 15 minutes per person - ＊Can be received with clothes on. No aroma oils will be used. - ■Venue: Dazaifu City Ikiiki Information Center Room 203 - (3-1 Gojo, Dazaifu City) - ＊1 minute walk from Nishitetsu Gojo Station / Parking available - ■Participation Fee: Free - ＊No prior application required - ■Organizer: Certified NPO Japan Therapeutic Care Association - ■Sponsor: Dazaifu City

About Our Association: As a certified NPO recognized by Fukuoka Prefecture, we conduct various social contribution activities through Therapeutic Care®, such as in elderly care facilities, palliative care wards, disaster-stricken areas, and child-rearing support. WEB: https://lit.link/therapycare

About Therapeutic Care®: Meaning "care with therapeutic power," it is a touch therapy devised by the British Red Cross in 1996. By gently stroking shoulders, back, and neck over clothes, it provides peace through the warmth of hands. It is an easy and safe mental care that does not require changing clothes, nor the use of tools or medicaments like oils, and can be immediately provided in shelters or temporary housing.

Contact: Certified NPO Japan Therapeutic Care Association Headquarters Office, Contact Person: Higuchi 2-6-1-202 Gojo, Dazaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture TEL: 092-928-1546 (Weekdays 10:00-16:00)