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Apparently only the blind can be licensed masseurs in Japan (telegraph.co.uk)
submitted by awesomesaucesaywhat
imau91 13 points 5y ago
On one hand, this is kinda horrible and discriminating (both for sighted people wanting to be masseuses and for the blind who are all put in the "good at massaging" camp) - but a part of me feels happy and validated in a sense, since I'm about to start massage school this year. :D
BeardedJerry 1 points 5y ago
I feel the same and I want to take a massage course. It sucks that they have to tell sighted people they can't but it sucks a lot harder how difficult it can be to get a job as a blind person
KillerLag 1 points 5y ago
I heard a few countries have laws like that. A coworker of mine from Poland was trained as a masseur and he mentioned it. I don't know if that is still true, though, he left Poland many years ago. He mentioned a few other countries but I forget which ones now.
awesomesaucesaywhat [OP] 1 points 5y ago
That's pretty much how I feel! I can go both ways on this. Congrats on school!
tururun 2 points 5y ago
There is actually a movie called The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi, who is a blind samurai masseur.
OMFPALM 1 points 5y ago
It's a law of Japanese origins that exists in South Korea.
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