“The Yellow Person”— A Story About an Engineering Ph.D. Who Travels Monthly from Kitami, Hokkaido

There is a man named Mr. Isoe who travels every month from Kitami, Hokkaido, to my salon in Meguro, Tokyo.

He is a highly respected engineering Ph.D. who even wrote a testimonial for the KaradaNaoru website.

But he was not always healthy.

Originally, he had suffered for years from severe unexplained dizziness.

Standing was difficult.

Even sitting was painful.

Despite being in such a serious condition, every hospital he visited reportedly told him there was “nothing abnormal.”

Of course, I do not mean to criticize doctors.

But throughout history, humanity has often labeled things that could not yet be measured by the science of the time as “normal” or “unexplained.”

Later, many illnesses were eventually identified as:

• viral infections

• autoimmune conditions

• genetic factors

  
  

History is full of such examples.

That is why, whenever I hear the phrase “nothing abnormal,” I sometimes wonder if it simply means:

“Current technology cannot yet explain it.”

After his first session at the Meguro salon, Mr. Isoe’s dizziness improved significantly, and since then he has continued coming regularly.

It has now been nearly four years.

Among the many sessions we have had together, there is one episode I still often share with students and clients.

I believe it happened two or three years ago.

As usual, I lightly placed my hands on his head and observed the state of his body.

Suddenly, the phrase:

“Yellow person”

appeared in my mind.

Even I had no idea what it meant.

So I asked him directly:

“Does the phrase ‘yellow person’ mean anything to you?”

Naturally, he looked puzzled.

“What do you mean?”

A completely reasonable response.

Then, after thinking for a moment, he said:

“Ah… actually, yesterday I met a woman who was carrying a Minion very carefully.”

Apparently, the woman always carried a Minion plush toy inside her bag wherever she went.

Yellow person.

Minion.

The connection certainly fit.

Of course, I am not trying to make any definitive claims based on this alone.

However, personally, I believe people unconsciously pour emotions into many kinds of objects.

Stuffed animals.

Accessories.

Spaces.

Homes

Photographs.

When strong emotions accumulate over many years, perhaps such things cease to be merely “objects.”

There are truly all kinds of people in this world.

And perhaps the human body and human sensitivity are far more delicate than modern science can currently explain.