Takuro Nakajima
Kutsurogi Soft Seitai Salon
Ota, Gunma
Koto saysCranial work with real precision.
- Email booking not available yet
- English is difficult at the salon. Bring a translation app.
- No salon website
Experience seitai in Japan, in hands you can trust.
Seitai is Japan's own hands-on bodywork. Solechika introduces six sensei, each recommended by Tadahiro Koto, who has taught seitai to other practitioners since 2013.
Tadahiro Koto at work.
整体
A Japanese culture of the hands.
The word means, roughly, putting the body in order. A sensei works with their hands on your whole body, and every sensei works a little differently.
Say it “say-tie”. You'll often see these two characters on the door. It isn't medical care, so think of it as something to experience while you're in Japan.
10,570 seminar seats. Six recommendations.
Who should you trust with your body in a country you don't know? Tadahiro Koto opened his own salon in 2004 and has taught other practitioners since 2013. Students ask to be listed here, and not all of them are.
Figures reported by Koto as of 28 February 2026: 730 seminars. Attendance counts repeat participants.
Who is Tadahiro Koto?
Six sensei he would send you to.
Sensei (先生) is how people in Japan address a teacher, or anyone they look up to for their skill. It's what you'd call the people on this page.
A note on language. You can write in English to any salon that takes email bookings. At the salon, Kazuaki Kawada can work in English. With the others, English is difficult, so please bring a translation app and use what Japanese you can.
Kazuaki Kawada
Yurigaoka Chiropractic
Kawasaki, near Tokyo
Koto saysYurigaoka has Kawada. That alone is one more reason to go there.
- Email in English
- English at the salon
- English website ↗
Ren Yajima
Rə:eN
Yokohama
Koto saysHe left this work, walked another path, and came back to it with real resolve.
- Email in English
- English is difficult at the salon. Bring a translation app.
- Salon website in Japanese only
Kenta Yamanaka
Seitai Salon KoShuKa
Nagoya
Koto saysHe says openly that he wants to live like a cat. Soft on the outside, steady at the core.
- Email in English
- English is difficult at the salon. Bring a translation app.
- Salon website in Japanese only
Akihiro Nakamura
Movin’
Himeji, Hyogo
Koto saysNo self-promotion. Word simply spreads, from the next town and beyond.
- Email booking not available yet
- English is difficult at the salon. Bring a translation app.
- Salon website in Japanese only
Yoshikazu Yamashita
Fascia Seitai Somuart
Okayama
Koto saysMany years living abroad. I think that is where the warmth comes from.
- Email booking not available yet
- English is difficult at the salon. Bring a translation app.
- Salon website in Japanese only
When you visit Japan.
Treat it as an experience, not a cure. Write to the salon before you land, so there's time to find an opening.
- Yokohama, Nagoya, Himeji and Okayama all have Shinkansen stations.
- Kawasaki is on the Odakyu Line from Shinjuku in Tokyo.
- Writing in English doesn't mean the session is in English. Most sessions need a translation app.
If you live in Japan.
Look for someone you can keep going back to. Koto is plain about it: one session rarely settles everything.
- Start with who you can reach easily from home or work.
- Most sensei will need you to use a translation app at the salon.
- Seitai sits alongside your doctor. It doesn't replace one.
Where the sensei are.
Near Tokyo, in Nagoya, and west along the Shinkansen toward Okayama. Ota is north of Tokyo, in Gunma.
Before you go.
- Is it chiropractic?
- It can overlap, but they aren't the same thing. Kazuaki Kawada trained in chiropractic, and others work quite differently. Looking for a chiropractor in Japan?
- Will someone crack my back?
- Not necessarily. What Koto teaches is cranial adjustment and gentle whole-body work. Each sensei's page explains their own style, and here's what a first session is like.
- Do I need to speak Japanese?
- Not to get in touch: you can write in English to any salon that takes email bookings. At the salon, Kazuaki Kawada can work in English. With the others, English is difficult, so bring a translation app and use what Japanese you can.
- Is it medical care?
- No. Seitai is not a nationally licensed profession in Japan, and it doesn't replace a doctor. If you are unwell, please see a doctor first.
Book by email, directly with the salon.
Email bookings go straight to the salon you choose. There's no need to phone.
- Choose a sensei who takes email bookings.
- Email the salon with the details listed here.
- The salon replies to you.
Your email can be in English. Your session may not be. Kazuaki Kawada can work in English. With the others, please bring a translation app and use what Japanese you can.
Solechika introduces practitioners and does not take bookings or pass on messages.
What to put in your email
- Your nameThe name you would like to be called.
- Living in Japan, or visitingIf you are visiting, say where you are coming from.
- Where you will beYour neighborhood, hotel area or nearest station.
- Dates and timesGive up to three options, so there is room to find an opening.
- What you would like help withA sentence or two is plenty.
- Anything they should know firstFor example, a recent injury, surgery or pregnancy.
- Your languageSay how much Japanese you speak, and whether you can use a translation app at the salon.
Choose a sensei to see the salon’s email address.
See an example
Subject: Seitai session request / 施術のご相談 Dear Kawada-sensei, I found you on Solechika and would like to ask about a seitai session. Name / お名前: Sam Lee Living in Japan, or visiting / 在住・旅行: Visiting from Canada Where I will be / 滞在場所: Near Shinjuku Station, Tokyo Dates and times, up to three options / 希望日時（3つまで）: 12 March after 14:00, 13 March morning, 14 March any time What I would like help with / ご相談内容: Stiff shoulders and a sore lower back Anything you should know first / 事前に伝えたいこと: Nothing in particular My language / 言語（日本語の程度、翻訳アプリの有無）: English only. I can use a translation app.
Your email goes straight to the salon, and the salon replies to you. Short, simple sentences help, because replies may be written with a translation tool. Please email rather than phone.