Sotai therapy center " Akatoki-An " （あかとき庵）

26/08/2025

【New Publications】
I apologize for the delay in reporting, my new article was published in the July 2025 issue of NAJOM - North American Journal of Oriental Medicine （北米東洋医学誌).

This issue features a special section on “Stimulation: How much and When?”. I wrote an article about Sotai Series:Recreating Keizo Hashimoto's Practice Part-4 Emphasize the Big toe and little finger. Please subscribe to the Journal!

I’ll write about infant neurosis in the next issue.

Many excellent writers have contributed articles to this journal. You can read the articles in both Japanese and English.

Thanks.

P.S.
The first photo was taken at Okitama Shrine in Ise City, Mie Prefecture, Japan ,my hometown.

12/05/2025

【My Student's Testimonial from Israel】
Amit Gissis is Reflexologist and Reiki Healer living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

She studied my technical SOTAI training in April 2025.

She sent me her feedback about it.I’m very happy. 
Thank you very much !!
🔽 🔽 🔽
"Learned a lot beyond physical techniques"

I wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generosity and the way you shared your knowledge with me.

Starting with the pleasant and relaxing clinic in beautiful area of Kyoto. 

The professional way in which you explained the information and especially making sure that I understood the feelings myself and preforming correctly. 

Thank you very much for being able to understand what interests me and will benefit myself and my patients and then for teaching me beyond the basic program. 

It was meaningful and exciting for me. I learned a lot beyond physical techniques and I will keep the knowledge I have learned from you and try to apply it in my life and work.

As a beginner therapist, I was worried studying Sotai which I know very little about, but I quickly realized help me to develop a better therapist character in general and made me want to learn more about it.


Amit Gissis fromTel Aviv Israel,
Reflexologist ,Reiki Healer

23/03/2025

【Delving Deeper into the Art of Sotai for Overseas Practitioners】

My SOTAI DVD and Online course was published
from Blue Poppy Enterprises in 2020.

Almost five years have passed since its publication and I’ve had many new discoveries.

So,I wrote an article about it, which was published in the March 2025 issue of NAJOM - North American Journal of Oriental Medicine 北米東洋医学誌 .

It was published in March for readers in
26 countries.

When the journal was published, Cara came to study Sotai at my treatment office.

She has a doctorate in acupuncture medicine from the United States and has an acupuncture clinic in Hungary.

I was able to teach her what I wrote in my paper. And I took her to my mentor’s study group.

NAJOM has many great authors.
I hope many people will read it!

10/01/2025

【Glad to Hear from an Acupuncturist in New York】

Davin is a licensed acupuncturist and herbalist living in New York, U.S.A.

He studied my technical SOTAI training last year.

He sent me his feedback about it. I’m very happy. Thank you very much !!
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“Taught me ways to build
confidence and comfort!”

It was a privilege to be able to learn Sotai from Hiro Komatsu. His lessons involved a lot of practical time learning different Sotai techniques.

I learned a new therapeutic modality I started using right away in my clinical practice.

Not only have the Sotai techniques been useful in working with my patients—his lessons influenced my mentality as a practitioner and taught me ways to build confidence and comfort by cultivating greater awareness between the practitioner and their patient.

I’ve learned many modalities as a practitioner of Traditional Chinese Medicine and cultivating this discipline through my time spent learning with Hiro has helped my practice no matter the therapeutic modality I am using.

In addition to the Sotai techniques themselves, his kindness, discipline, and way of thinking was very much appreciated !

Davin Ramlogan from New York,U.S.A

09/12/2024

【Palpation and Manipulation in Sotai】
My article was published in North American Journal of Oriental Medicine Number 92 November 2024.

I took this picture with one of my students who is an acupuncturist in New York🇺🇸

I hope my article will be useful to many medical professional.

NAJOM - North American Journal of Oriental Medicine 北米東洋医学誌

Thanks.

12/11/2024

【How about my SOTAI lesson?】
Testimonial of my student.
Yaron Fink
D.Ac, CST, CSI
Acupunture, Shiatsu, Structural Integration
Stress, Pain Clinic, Postural Alignment.

10/11/2024

Yaron Fink is acupuncturist and Shiatsu practitioner from Greece🇬🇷

He and his wife attended my technical SOTAI training for 3 days. They liked my lessons so much that we shot a video interview on the last day of the lesson.

He has visited Japan more than 100 times. I found out why on the last day of the lesson.

He has been a professional fashion model since he was 16 years old and has worked in fashion magazine fashion shows around the world.
　
He also worked as a professional model in Japan. I will post his interview video soon.

04/09/2024

My article was published in the July 2024 issue of NAJOM - North American Journal of Oriental Medicine （北米東洋医学誌）.

This issue features a special section on “What is an Acupoint?” and has many great articles. I wrote an article about Sotai Series:Recreating Keizo Hashimoto's Practice Part-3. Please subscribe to the Journal! I submitted my new article for the November issue on Sunday.

Photo: Akita Prefecture's Namahage and NAJOM

12/06/2024

Tiare came to my treatment center with her daughter through Bob Quin who invited me to the US for my Sotai seminar. They were pleased with my Sotai session.

I have been also active as a politician since last year, so I cannot come to the U.S., but I would like to go back to the U.S. for teaching Sotai when my political activities are calmed down.

Tiare is an acupuncturist and she bought my DVD published in the US. Thank you very much and have a wonderful trip to Japan🇯🇵

22/04/2024

I have been treating patients and doing political activity since last July.

Although I am very busy,I have not stopped contributing articles to NAJOM(North American Journal of Oriental Medicine 北米東洋医学誌).

NAJOM celebrated its 30th anniversary with its 90th issue published in March 2024.

I am proud of that.Let’s continue to spread the excellence of Japanese traditional medicine to the world.

28/03/2024

Thanks for referring my article!

01/12/2023

My article was published in the November 2023 issue of NAJOM - North American Journal of Oriental Medicine 北米東洋医学誌.This issue features a special section on “The Teishin Revolution, ” and has many great articles. I wrote an article about Recreating Keizo Hashimoto's Practice Part-1. Please subscribe to the Journal!

Have you got yours?

A very special Fall 2023 issue of NAJOM, “The Teishin Revolution,” Number 89, is off the press!

Subscribers can download the digital version now, and for the those of you waiting for a hardcopy, it’s on the way. Thanks to all of you who helped make this happen. 🙏🏽