＜Story of salon owner Satoshi Dáte＞

Here’s a brief background of mine.
Since I was little I was never accustomed to Japanese society. It was very stuffy to live while being aware of the differences from the surroundings, and I was afraid to become an adult who created such a world.
I was shy, unconfident, unable to communicate, and was said to be “dark.” I was afraid to speak in public and had few friends.
When I decided to study abroad for the first time, my junior high school friend made a fool of me saying“You don’t know the reality”, and at that time I didn’t know what to say back. I attended an art preparatory school aiming for Tokyo University of the Arts, but I failed the exams and was completely overwhelmed.

However, at this time, the words However, at this time, the words came to my mind.

This was when I realized that it wouldn’t do anything if I just kept facing the wall that was standing against me, or if I kept going like others.
From there, life changed.
After a one-month stay in Boston and New York, which was a turning point in my life, I decided to study fashion in London. I graduated from the world-famous art university St Martins Women’s Clothing Division, where directors of brands such as Dior and Givenchy were enrolled.
As I started my new study abroad life in London, I faced the feeling of loneliness in a different culture and tried to pave the way for myself. I was faced with various difficulties, and I was often driven to the edge of despair and frustration.
However, by accepting myself, understanding myself more deeply, and gradually raising the hurdles, I was able to overcome various challenges. I was deeply immersed in different cultures, had various discussions with people with different ideas and backgrounds, and incorporated everything.

After this, I will participated in London Fashion Week, but I entered the world of art where I wanted to try expressions that communicate directly with each other.

In recent years, I’ve been doing Aikido and Kashima Shinryu for my practice and trying to heal my trauma with Jung psychotherapy.

And I also try to heal people. As a counselor and life coach, I have been consulting many people. Nowadays, “QET” Quality of Existence Therapy (a therapy in which both the listener and the narrator exchange true words and give awareness to the narrator in the space between the resting unconsciousness and consciousness) brings out the true self.

By exploring the deep spiritual world with the counselor, I gradually began to see what the truth was.

And so, I started working with NPOs related to suicide prevention, regional development, and human rights in Japan.
Focusing on educational settings, I visit orphanages, schools, etc., hold workshops and lectures with students, and convey what I have learned in different cultures.
People are “pure and innocent like babies”, and like “hermits -> master ?” at the same time, by having enlightenment, reason, and intellect, I think that an ideal balanced way of life can be achieved.

If you are mentally naked, have no weapons or armor as you are, change the negative things you receive from the outside into positives, and create a transparent garment that accepts anything, I think you will be able to obtain “true happiness for yourself.”

Through my experience in the UK?, various emotions such as passion, delicacy, loneliness, sadness, and anger were gradually affirmed, healed, and I found my true self in my empty heart and was filled with it.

I am still in training, but I hope that the knowledge I gained from my experience will be used as a new guideline for your development. And I believe that we can create a more wonderful world by learning and supporting each other.