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Shelves and floors crowded with Ultraman, Godzilla and other hero figures

Yurigaoka Chiropractic, Kawasaki, near Tokyo

Kazuaki Kawada

Chiropractic and seitai, surrounded by more than 300 hero figures.

How to bookWhy the figures?
Kazuaki Kawada gesturing toward his figures with a smile
Language
  • Email in EnglishWrite to the salon in English.
  • English at the salonHe has studied English since childhood, and guests from overseas visit his clinic.
  • English website ↗
The work
Cranial, joint and visceral adjustments. No hard kneading and no cracking of joints.
People often come for
Stiff shoulders, back pain and headaches.
Background
A chiropractic school, then Koto’s seminars. In practice here since 2011.
Getting there
8 minutes’ walk from Yurigaoka Station or 9 from Yomiuriland-mae Station, on the Odakyu Line.
Hours
Weekdays 10:00–12:00 and 14:00–19:00. Weekends and holidays 9:00–11:00 and 14:00–18:00. Closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. By appointment only.
Fees
See the fees on his English site ↗
Good to talk about
Ultraman, Godzilla, Marvel and Star Wars.
A first session
About 55 minutes, plus a first assessment, ¥13,000. Cash or major credit cards.
Booking
By email only, directly with the salon
Find the salon
Instagram ↗Google Maps ↗

The figures were hiding from his dog.

New clients all ask the same thing: why does a clinic have this many figures? The honest answer is that Kawada moved them here to keep them safe from his Shiba Inu.

It changed the room. People smile, start talking, and the tension goes. He calls the place a secret base, somewhere you can drop your shoulders and feel like yourself again.

It matters to him because of how he got here. A hard office career left him unwell in body and mind, and that’s when he saw how closely the two are tied. He enrolled at a chiropractic school, worked by day and studied by night, and opened his own clinic in 2011.

Some of his overseas guests first met him through figure and tokusatsu fandom online, then came to see him when they visited Japan.

Kazuaki Kawada with guests from overseas at his clinic
With guests from overseas.
A half-scale Ultraman figure in the clinic
His favorite: half-scale Ultraman figures made by Tsuburaya Productions.
“The practitioner isn’t the lead. The client is. I want to be the one backstage.”
On the work
“Ultraman is strong and kind. When the other side is the weaker one, he saves them instead of defeating them.”
On his hero
“Language and culture differ, of course. But the look on someone’s face when their body eases is the same everywhere.”
On guests from overseas

Why Tadahiro Koto recommends Kazuaki

Yurigaoka has Kawada. That alone is one more reason to go there.

He has come to my study groups without a break since 2020, learning muscle, joint and cranial work step by step. When he feels it still isn’t enough, he travels to my salon, receives my work himself, and keeps learning.

He reads people closely. He takes in what they feel, worries with them and laughs with them. He has built trust through steady work, not through flash.

No one beats him on Ultraman, Godzilla, Marvel and Star Wars. If you love them, you really must go.

Tadahiro Koto's signatureWho is Tadahiro Koto?

Getting to the salon.

1F, Yamato Heights, 3-11-9 Takaishi, Asao-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 215-0003

For taxis and map apps

〒215-0003 神奈川県川崎市麻生区高石3-11-9 大和ハイツ1F

Coming from Shinjuku? Get off at Yomiuriland-mae Station. Driving? He covers ¥600 at the coin parking two minutes away.

Open in Google Maps ↗

The entrance to Yurigaoka Chiropractic
Look for this entrance. The sign reads ゆりがおか整体院.

Book by email, directly with the salon.

Please email rather than phone. It gives everyone time to get the details right.

  1. Email the salon with the details listed here.
  2. Kazuaki checks the dates.
  3. The salon replies to you.

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