It was the day of September 1st,1998, when we opened our first Japan Shiatsu Clinic on Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. At that time, it was only one practitioner and one small treatment room, but it was the first step with full of hope and passion, and just like the Shiatsu therapy in Japan, which is regarded one of the world’s greatest pride in the Japanese culture and in the traditional Japanese hands-on therapy, we wanted to have many people as possible to recognize Shiatsu and spread it out from the North Vancouver location to all over the world. And so, the time has passed…

Now, we are very fortunate to have 8 Japan Shiatsu Clinics in all 7 municipalities, and in our first Japan Shiatsu Clinic, we merged into now what is called the Canadian College of Shiatsu Therapy. We’ve still have that passion since opening the first clinic, which has been taking over to all practitioners as a corporate philosophy. To show our appreciation, we are taking part in some of the events organized by these communities, by donating Shiatsu coupons, and we hope in the near future, we will have the opportunity to support your organizaion.

Our hope is to have many people to receive the original Japanese Shiatsu and love it. All of our staff continues to practice the best treatments with a feeling of delightfulness and gratitude to each and every client. We look forward to your continued support in the future.

Kiyoshi Ikenaga
Chair, Ikenaga Shiatsu International Holdings