Acu-Massage Hawaii

I’ve been seeing Kaori for a back and neck issues. She has done wonders! I would recommend her to anyone in pain!!!

Kaori is awesome! Although my massage was a while ago, I am seriously thinking of her now as my body is quite tense in need of a massage! She is a tiny lady with a mighty touch! The best part of the massage was the scalp massage. Wow — super relaxing from literally, head-​to-​toe.

Kaori is my new favorite friend! She’s extremely knowledgable about the human anatomy, and really knows how to give your body what it needs.
Acu-​Massage is located on the second floor of the same center as Frost City. Don’t drive too fast on South Beretania Street, this white building is almost immediately on your right after the intersection.
I found Kaori because she is a Participating Provider with my insurance, and my poor aching body needed to be pampered soooooo badly. She also does acupuncture (catchy business name, huh? Acu-​Massage, get it?) but my review is solely for her massage service.
I had these crazy knots between my shoulder blades and Kaori LITERALLY karate-​chop/​tae-​kwon-​do/​beat-​the-​crap out of my knots. I won’t lie, I got a little sweaty on the table because it was slightly sore, but OOOHHHH! It hurt sooo good! My back was a little tender the following day, but I’ve never felt so relaxed after, she’s AMAZING!!! She also finished off by putting this soothing minty cream on me, and I left feeling rejuvenated and not one bit sticky.
FYI– this is not a luxury spa experience. Her office space is more of a clinic-​feel, and her therapy is really more medicinal than a day-​at-​the-​spa treatment. But trust me, I’d let her beat me up any day!

I’ve seen Kaori two times, so far. She seems to thoroughly know the human body — she gives an amazing massage! Not a fufu type spa, this is the real deal — more of a medical massage. I know that she also offers acupuncture & she’s also a doula (but I haven’t used those services). She accepts my ASH insurance, too. I am definitely going to see her regularly!

I thought I’d take a chance and see how this place was. Being pregnant and desperate to relieve my back and foot pain, but not wanting to spend too much money, I tried this place out. When I tried this place, the website was working, so not sure what happened to the website since then.
Now, don’t come here if you want like 5-​star spa experience or if you want to pampered by 3 different people and want to spend the day being doted on. Nope, this is not the place. If you want a no-​frills massage or acupuncture or both, this is the place.
I wasn’t sure if she would even do acupuncture on me since I’m too far along in pregnancy but I was so desperate with my feet and back pain, even if she told me massage only I would be happy. Sure enough I was right. No acupuncture for me so had to settle for massage only.
Her prices are VERY reasonable for massage. 55 for 60 mins for massage only or combo of massage/​acupuncture. No fillers in the time, she does the WHOLE time and maybe a couple extra minutes if you’re lucky. She was VERY attentive to the amount of pressure (i like it hard… *insert that’s what she said joke here*) and honestly, I haven’t had a good masseuse in a LOOONG time that did it exactly how I wanted it. i think next time around i’d get a longer massage (she also does 90 min massages). She was very good with my feet and lowerback/​tailbone area that have been giving me problems and was very conscientious of the pressure points to avoid on me. She explained everything before hand (which areas she cannot massage or apply too much pressure too) which I really appreciated since I haven’t been to a masseuse yet that has done that.
I think that night after my massage, i slept for the first time without any pain in my feet or back. I’d been living with back/​foot pain for 2 months at that point, and even now, it’s been 3 weeks and I haven’t had any significant pain like I did before.
Kaori was very attentive to me and my pain needs so I went home happy and relaxed! Highly highly recommend this place!
I believe it’s appointment only, no walkins. It’s located between Blazin Steaks and Jiffy Lube by University in the strip mall building area. If you know where FrostCity is, this is in the same building. 2^nd floor, parking lot is shared with the other tenants but seems like it always has parking. may seem a bit sketchy, but it’s fine.

5 stars for quality of massage and price. You are not paying for ambiance but will get a fantastic, relaxing and worthy of $ ⁸⁰⁄₉₀ min massage. Kaori is so sweet and attentive to your needs. I appreciate her hard work and very reasonable prices as its not practical to always check into a 4 – 5 star resort to get a good deep tissue massage. She is wonderful and I will continue to support her business.

First time here, parking was a little tricky. Got the Acupuncture/​massage combo. Was just what the just what I need. Kaori is very skilled at what she does!

I went to Acu-​Massage because I lost some feeling and control of my left arm. It happens from time to time (paddling/​surfing) but never this severe.
I have had accupuncture before, but not with massage. The experience at Acu-​Massage was everything I had hoped for! I fell asleep during the accupuncture treatment.
From insertion of the needles to the massage afterwards, Kaori knew exactly where the problem areas were.
I highly recommend Kaori and Acu-​Massage Hawaii!

Kaori is awesome. I discovered her at the now closed Nail Garage, but fortunately, she has her own massage spot in the University area. She is highly trained in massage, acupunture, and acupressure, and her knowledge of the human body makes her a great therapist. She incorporates so many techniques — the massage is incredibly relaxing, therapeautic, yogalike, and blissful all at once. I’m a former massage therapist myself, and I now solely go to Kaori. Plus she is more affordable than most spas.

Excellent! Kaori knows what she is doing and really helped with pain relief! Thank you!