The planted seed was now growing into something very special. Around the early 1960s, Sengo decided to return to the USA settling down in what is now Seattle’s International District. Instead of farming, Sengo returned with his family to cultivate a new career. He initially worked out of his apartment and started to provide his unique shiatsu treatments to those in need of healing.

Word soon spread about Sengo’s amazing treatments and a local judge suffering from back issues heard about Sengo. After being treated and amazed with the results, he helped Sengo to secure a business license and establish a practice outside of his home.

Sengo established his official Shiatsu practice at its current location on the corner of 16th Ave South and South Washington Street in Seattle in the mid-1960s. Later, in the early 1970s, a few of his sons, Roy, Mike, Patrick, and son-in-law George, apprenticed under him and joined my grandfather in expanding his shiatsu practice.

In 1985, Sengo became ill with leukemia. My father, Roy, while visiting his father in the hospital one night, was asked by the night nurse why Sengo never requested any pain pills since she was sure he must be in terrible pain. When my father asked his father if he knew he could request painkillers, Sengo told him, "Do you know why I have no pain?" My father replied, "No." My grandfather answered, "For many many years, I took people’s pain away and now they are taking my pain away." Sengo passed away peacefully at the age of 80 having spent most of his life dedicated to helping people feel better and live better.