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Tokujiro Namikoshi

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Death23 years ago
Date of birth November 3,1905
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Shikoku
Japan
Date of died September 25,2000
DiedBunkyo
Tokyo
Japan
BooksShiatsu: Japanese Finger Pressure Therapy
Children Toru Namikoshi
Job Internist
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Tokujiro Namikoshi Life story


Tokujiro Namikoshi is the founder of Shiatsu therapy. He was born on the island of Shikoku. As a young boy of seven, he discovered his hands-on therapy pressure method while treating his mother's rheumatoid arthritis. He named this method "Shiatsu". In 1940, he established the Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo.

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