+81 3-6806-8691
Hari & KyuAcupuncture & moxibustion for visitors to Tokyo
Legs that have walked too far. A neck that never recovered from the flight. Sleep that still thinks it is in another time zone. Lie down for an hour with a nationally licensed acupuncturist who is also a physical therapist — at our studio in Minowa, or in your own hotel room.
For whomGood reasons to come in
Your practitionerWho will be treating you
Takamitsu Fujii
Director, Assist Co., Ltd.
TreatmentsWhat a session is made of
Japanese-style needling: very fine needles, inserted shallowly, often with a guide tube. If you have had acupuncture elsewhere, expect this to be gentler. Most people feel a dull, spreading heaviness rather than a sharp point, and a fair number fall asleep. Used for muscular pain, headaches, poor sleep, digestion, and the flat tiredness that comes with long travel.
Dried mugwort, warmed over a point until the heat sinks in, then removed before it becomes uncomfortable. It is the quiet half of the treatment and the half most visitors have never tried. Good for cold hands and feet, stiff old injuries, and for settling the whole system down at the end of a session.
Manual therapy on the joints and soft tissue, and two or three exercises you can actually do in a hotel room with no equipment. This is the part that comes from the day job: if your shoulder has been stiff for nine years, needles alone are not going to keep it loose once you fly home.
None of these are compulsory and none of them are upsold on the table. Ask for them when you book, or say yes during the consultation — we will tell you the price before we start. Cupping leaves round marks for a few days, so consider your holiday photographs first.
PricePrices, in full
Every price on this page includes 10% Japanese consumption tax. There is no first-visit surcharge, no membership, and no course you have to sign up for. Cash, major credit cards and QR payment (PayPay) are all fine.
Traveller's Reset
50 minutes
¥15,000incl. tax
The one to book on a travel day, or as a first try.
Signature session
80 minutes
¥24,000incl. tax
Enough time to treat the cause, not only the ache.
Deep Reset
110 minutes
¥32,000incl. tax
For long-standing trouble, or a long stay in Japan.
At your hotel
75 minutes, we come to you
¥36,000incl. tax & travel
Best for late arrivals, families, and anyone who would rather not go out again.
Hotel visits: travel anywhere in Tokyo's 23 wards is included in the price, and we will quote before you commit if you are staying further out. In-room treatment needs the accommodation's permission — most Tokyo hotels are used to it, a few are not, so tell us the hotel name when you book and we will check for you.
Cancellation: free up to 24 hours before your appointment. Within 24 hours we charge 50%, and 100% for a no-show, because the slot cannot be resold at that notice. Flights are late and trains stop — if something goes wrong on the day, call us and we will do what we can. These sessions are private and self-pay, so nothing is billed to Japanese health insurance. The price covers the length of the session, an English consultation with written notes and receipt, and — for hotel visits — our travel to you.
Your visitHow an appointment runs
Use the form at the bottom of this page, or email us. Tell us your dates, what hurts, and where you are staying. We reply in English, usually within one business day.
Come ten minutes early. Shoes off at the door, as in any Japanese building. Wear or bring loose, comfortable clothing — leggings and a t-shirt are ideal.
Ten to fifteen minutes. What brings you in, how you are sleeping, what you have been doing to yourself on this trip, and anything in your medical history we should know. Then a physical assessment where it is relevant.
Needles, moxa and hands. You will be warm and mostly still. Afterwards: a cup of tea, a written plan in English, and payment. No pressure to book again.
AccessGetting here
We are in Arakawa, the quiet north-east corner of the city, between Ueno and the Sumida river. It is the Tokyo of shopping streets and two-storey houses rather than towers — and it is closer to the tourist map than it looks.
Look for the wooden sign with the orange footprint and the word あしすと, above a glass door with potted olive trees outside. If you cannot find it, call and we will come out to the street for you.
Address Mon Cher Minowa 1B, 1-16-1 Higashi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-0014
In Japanese, to show a taxi driver 東京都荒川区東日暮里1-16-1 モンシェール三ノ輪1B
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alsoGetting around, if walking is hard
Assist also runs a wheelchair-accessible taxi service with drivers trained in personal care, covering Arakawa and the neighbouring wards. If a wheelchair or a stretcher is part of your trip, mention it when you book the treatment and we will arrange the journey too.
FAQQuestions people ask first
Japanese-style needles are among the thinnest used anywhere — finer than a sewing needle, and inserted only a few millimetres in most places. Insertion itself is usually not felt. What you do feel is a dull, heavy, spreading sensation around the point, which is the part that is doing the work. If anything is genuinely painful, say so and it comes straight out.
No. Booking, your intake form, your treatment notes and your receipt are all handled in English. The spoken conversation is English supported by a translation app where a word runs out. Nobody is left guessing what is about to happen to them.
Two or three days is comfortable, and a week is better in spring and autumn. Same-day requests are worth sending — we sometimes have a gap — but weekday afternoons are the easiest slots to find. Evenings and weekends can usually be arranged if you ask in advance.
Yes. We bring a folding table, clean linen and everything else; you need a floor space about two metres by one. The only catch is the hotel's own rules — most Tokyo hotels are used to in-room treatments, a few are not. Give us the hotel name when you book and we will confirm before you pay anything.
Leave a few hours before a long hot bath, and go easy on alcohol the same evening — both do the opposite of what the treatment is for. A short shower is fine. Water, food and an early night are the ideal follow-up, which is admittedly not what most people are in Tokyo for.
Cash in yen, major credit cards, or QR payment such as PayPay. Prices on this page include tax and there are no service charges added at the end. Tipping is not a custom in Japan and we would rather you did not — if you want to say thank you, tell a friend or leave us a review.
That works. At the studio we can usually book consecutive slots so nobody waits long. At a hotel, a second guest in the same visit is ¥28,000 for 60 minutes, with no second travel charge. For three or more, write to us and we will put a plan and a total together before you decide.
That depends entirely on your policy, and we cannot promise anything. What we can do is give you an itemised receipt in English showing the date, the practitioner, the licences held, and what was done. Ask at the desk and it takes a minute.
BookingRequest an appointment
Send the form and we will reply in English with a time, a price, and directions. Nothing is confirmed until we write back, and nothing is charged until you are here.
+81 3-6806-8691Rehabilitation Center AssistPhone 9:00–17:00 on weekdays, Japan time. Evenings and weekends by arrangement
trlab.assist@gmail.comWe ask about your body and your health in order to treat you safely. What you write here is used for your appointment and nothing else. The full privacy policy is on our Japanese site; ask us and we will explain any part of it in English.
Not sure which session to book? Describe what is bothering you and we will suggest one. It is genuinely easier for us that way.
Write to us in English. We will tell you honestly whether an hour with us is worth your time.
