Recognition of our school and our association from Japan
Namikoshi Shiatsu Europa (NSE) is the organization that maintains contact with the Japan Shiatsu College of Tokyo and coordinates the various national realities regarding Namikoshi Shiatsu in Europe. It is currently based in Madrid, Spain, and brings together schools and associations in France, Italy, Portugal, Holland, Spain and Switzerland.
On December 14, 2004, the Japan Shiatsu College of Tokyo, through a letter by Hiroshi Aoki, responsible for foreign relations, on behalf of the President of the Japan Shiatsu College of Tokyo Kazutami Namikoshi, confirmed the assignment of Master Shigeru Onoda, President of the Escuela Japonesa de Shiatsu de Madrid, as the official representative of the Japan Shiatsu College in Europe.
On June 9, 2005, in Rome, at the headquarters of the Associazione Professionale Italiana Shiatsu (APIS), an agreement was signed between our organization and the President of "Namikoshi Shiatsu Europa" Master Shigeru Onoda. As a result of this understanding, our School and our Association have been officially recognized in a direct way by the Japan Shiatsu College in Tokyo and authorized to spread the Namikoshi Method in Switzerland and are part of the "Namikoshi Shiatsu Europe".
On January 2, 2017, an agreement was entered into with Namikoshi Shiatsu Europe. Our Association has exclusive rights in the use and control of the dissemination of the Namikoshi Shiatsu method and for the use of the name and its symbols in Switzerland.