Organization

Five founding members, a Council of seven.

Corporate Information

Name	General Incorporated Association Yuchelin
Corporate number	3010405024656
Address	Hamamatsucho Daiya Bldg. 2F, 2-2-15 Hamamatsucho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0013, Japan
Representative Director	Kyoko Kitade
Secretariat	YOKUSULU LLC
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Founding Members

Founding Members (Directors)

Founded by five specialists: an onsen specialist, a bath sommelier, a historic onsen architecture specialist, a tourism researcher and an engineering researcher.

Kyoko Kitade
Representative Director / Onsen Specialist
Takeshi Matsunaga
Director / Bath Sommelier
Kaoru Mukaida
Director / Historic Onsen Architecture Specialist
Masaki Yamashita
Director / Fellow, JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.
Masaki Saito
Director / Professor, School of Humanities, Tokai University

Council

The Council

A Council of experts in balneology, onsen science, tourism studies and onsen criticism oversees the evaluation system (in Japanese syllabary order).

Michio Ishikawa
Onsen Critic
Takaaki Kobori
Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University
Masaki Saito(also a Director)
Professor, School of Humanities, Tokai University
Hideo Takizawa
Director of Research, Central Research Institute for Hot Springs
Masaharu Maeda
Professor Emeritus, International University of Health and Welfare
Yasunori Mori
Senior Academic Specialist, Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
Masaki Yamashita(also a Director)
Fellow, JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.
Hideyuki NagashimaObserver
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science / Advisor, Central Research Institute for Hot Springs

Structure

Organizational Chart

General Meeting of Members

Board of Directors

Secretariat (YOKUSULU LLC)

Inspectors (from FY2027)

Council

Oversight of evaluation