Our company is based in Nara City, Japan, and provides work in the traditional Japanese origami culture of making “Senbazuru” to people with disabilities who have difficulty finding employment in companies due to physical or mental challenges.

With various disabilities, even simple tasks that anyone could do are not easy for these people.
But they have a strong desire to “maintain connections with society.”

A “senbazuru” is a bundle of 1,000 cranes. In Japan, cranes are considered symbols of longevity and good fortune, and so they have been given as gifts to loved ones with deep prayers.

The members fold each little crane with a prayer in their heart.

“We hope that they will fly across the world in our place, as we have no freedom of movement.”

ꕤ*.ﾟCompany Name
Aomushisha General Incorporated Association

ꕤ*.ﾟFounding
May 2, 2022

ꕤ*.ﾟrepresentative director
Aiko Yamazoe

ꕤ*.ﾟHead office location
〒630-8271
Ishihara Building, 42 Bouyashikicho, Nara City

ꕤ*.ﾟcontact address
contact@aomushi.jp

 

【Representative’s philosophy】

The motivation for establishing this organization was the idea of ​​”I want to become a platform that connects people with difficulties in independence in various situations with society.”

I was one of those who were forced to live in poverty despite their personal will, such as those who wanted to work but had issues and housewives who had difficulty moving around.

I want to create something that can be proposed to motivated people, just like my past self who was searching for and searching for a job that was not too difficult.

I believe that supporting connections with society is what will lead to rich benefits for both people and society, rather than temporarily getting by with financial support or other means.

 

【My encounter with welfare】

Aomushisha Tefu Tefu Lab opened in June 2024 as a business facility for independent training and continued employment support type B.

I am the representative, a single mother who is working hard to raise her children, and I found an introduction to welfare as an extension of my role in raising two children with developmental disabilities.

As I have been exposed to the trial and error of the supporters who work with children, the scenery I have seen as a recipient of support has been a mixture of darkness and dazzle, and it has been a path filled with a variety of confusing emotions.

Before I knew it, 20 years of being a mother have passed, and looking back from the starting point, I have realized that what is most needed for welfare to evolve is the voice of the people involved.

Even if each opinion is small, when there are many of them, they can become a group that can mobilize great power and create a rich system.

Those who provide support are not in a position to teach others anything.

Our facility provides services that are based on the premise that both the recipient and the provider are the main players.