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Encountering What Has Yet to Find Words.

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[NON-PROFIT] Our Mission — General Incorporated Association kototama

Within everyone lies a desire to do something or to live in a particular way.

These aspirations are not given to us by someone else. They gradually begin to take shape through time spent in nature, encounters with culture and people, and quiet moments of turning our attention inward.

Through Japanese culture, General Incorporated Association kototama nurtures opportunities for people to encounter the thoughts and aspirations within themselves that have not yet found words.

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[NON-PROFIT] What Our Non-Profit Status Means

What Is a Non-Profit-Type General Incorporated Association?

A non-profit-type general incorporated association is a form of general incorporated association in Japan that operates in accordance with specific requirements designed to ensure its non-profit nature.

Its purpose is not to distribute the resources generated through its activities to its members, but to use those resources in support of the purposes and activities for which the organisation was established.

A fundamental principle of operating as a non-profit organisation is that its resources are used not for the private benefit of particular individuals, but to fulfil the organisation’s purposes and to sustain and develop its activities for the wider community.

How kototama Operates as a Non-Profit Organisation

General Incorporated Association kototama is established and operated as a non-profit-type general incorporated association in Japan. We do not distribute surplus to our members. Our resources are used to support the purposes of the Association and its activities in three areas: passing Japanese culture on to future generations, supporting activities through IT and digital transformation, and providing opportunities for people to attend to their minds and bodies.

Through this structure, we aim to ensure that the resources entrusted to the Association are used to sustain and develop activities that serve its stated purposes.

[NON-PROFIT] Activities and Impact — General Incorporated Association kototama

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Passing Japanese Culture on to the Future

We create opportunities for people to engage directly with Japanese culture and traditional skills.

By touching materials, working with their hands and attending carefully to subtle differences in fragrance, colour and form, participants encounter not only techniques, but also ways of relating to nature, materials and themselves that have been passed down through Japanese culture.

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Turning Aspirations into Something That Can Be Shared

The thoughts, values and skills held by craftspeople and organisations do not always begin as clearly organised words.

Through careful dialogue, we help draw out what matters most, give it words and structure, and express it through websites, design, information architecture and digital communication.

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Understanding Your Body and Finding Ways of Moving That Suit You

Through bodywork informed by classical Japanese martial arts, together with yoga and Pilates classes, we create opportunities for people to understand the condition and characteristics of their own bodies.

Rather than forcing the body into a prescribed form, we value finding ways of moving that suit each individual.

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