Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service

What Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service does

Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service (京都府社会福祉事業団 / KSJ) is a social welfare corporation (社会福祉法人) established on August 2, 1977, under Japanese social welfare law and headquartered in Kyoto City, Japan. The organization operates as the designated manager of multiple Kyoto Prefecture social welfare facilities, delivering integrated welfare services across the human lifespan — from early childhood developmental support to elderly care — through 7 core facilities that span disability welfare (physical, developmental, and visual), rehabilitation medicine, elderly nursing and protective care, mother-child family support, child protection, and vocational training.

The core operational portfolio includes the Mental and Physical Disability Welfare Center with an affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital; Rakunan Dormitory (combined 100-bed nursing home and 100-bed protective care facility); Higashiyama Mother-Child Living Support Facility (20 families); the Visual Disability Welfare Center (vocational school for blind practitioners in anma, acupuncture, and moxibustion, with 931 graduates produced); Momoyama Gakuen (27-bed disability children's residence and 30-bed child protection facility); the Children's Developmental Support Center (Step Center) with attached clinic; and the Developmental Disability Support Center (Habataki). The corporation employs 33 types of specialized professionals including physicians, rehabilitation specialists, welfare workers, nurses, and teachers, and holds NTC Competitive Strength Training Base designation from the Sports Agency of Japan for Para-Powerlifting.

The business model is non-commercial: revenue derives from Kyoto Prefecture government subsidies for designated facility management, income-based user service fees administered through municipal welfare offices, and government funding for contracted welfare operations. In 2025-2026, the organization expanded its service portfolio with the launch of the Pregnancy and Childcare Consultation Center and the Welfare-Medical Comprehensive Consultation Center, and signed a cooperation agreement with Wakasa Town for medical, welfare, and nursing service provision. Access to services occurs through municipal welfare offices, direct facility contact, or newly introduced SNS-based consultation channels.

Name

Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service

Legal name

社会福祉法人京都府社会福祉事業団

Website

https://ksj.or.jp

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service is a designated non-profit operator of 7 Kyoto Prefecture welfare facilities providing integrated disability, rehabilitation, elderly, child, and mother-child welfare services across the lifespan.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Social Welfare Services

NAICS

Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (62412), Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities (62321), Child and Youth Services (62411), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Temporary Shelters (624221)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Disability Services & Assistive Solutions (Accessibility, Assistive Tech) (BPAGALAM)

akta.pro secondary industries

Child Welfare, Foster Care & Adoption Services (BPAGAEAE), Specialized Assisted Living for Developmental/Intellectual Disabilities (Adult) (HLADABAJ), State/Provincial Human Services & Benefits Administration (Welfare, Disability, Child & Family) (BPAIABAI)

Keywords

• Social welfare services
• Disability support services
• Rehabilitation hospital
• Elderly care facilities
• Child welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyoto

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Social Welfare Services Revenue: Operates Type 1 and Type 2 social welfare services as a Social Welfare Corporation. Revenue derives from government subsidies for designated management of Kyoto Prefecture social welfare facilities, service fees from users (based on income), and public funding for welfare operations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service is a non-profit social welfare corporation (社会福祉法人) operating 7 facilities across Kyoto Prefecture providing comprehensive cradle-to-elderly welfare services including disability support (physical, developmental, and visual), rehabilitation hospital services, elderly nursing home and protective care, mother-child family support, child welfare (residential disability care and child protection), and children's developmental support services. The organization also runs a vocational training school for visually impaired individuals (anma massage, acupuncture, and moxibustion licensing programs) and consultation centers for pregnancy, childcare, and welfare/medical advice.

Product overview

Kyoto Prefectural Social Welfare Service operates as a unified social welfare organization consisting of 7 main facilities and specialized centers providing comprehensive care across the lifespan—from early childhood development to elderly care. The portfolio includes: disability welfare centers with rehabilitation hospitals; elderly care facilities (nursing homes and protective care); mother-child support facilities; specialized vocational training for visually disabled individuals (anma massage/acupuncture schools); child welfare institutions (disability and protection); children's developmental support centers with clinical services; and developmental disability consultation centers. Facilities are supported by centralized management systems and coordinated through shared consultation services, creating an integrated welfare-medical network across Kyoto Prefecture.

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Brands

• サン・アビリティーズ城陽: 心身障害者福祉センター附属の体育館。パラスポーツの拠点として、パラ・パワーリフティングのNTC競技別強化拠点にも指定されている。
• 東山ファミリーホーム
• すてっぷセンター
• はばたき
• あしはらの丘
• 糺の森会
• 母子生活支援施設
• ぐーちょきぱー
• はあとらっぷ
• ひまわり

Products and services

• Mental and Physical Disability Welfare Center (心身障害者福祉センター) A comprehensive welfare center providing disability support services including residential care, daily life training, consultation support, and sports facilities for people with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities. Operates a rehabilitation hospital on the same premises for integrated medical and welfare support.
• Affiliated Rehabilitation Hospital (附属リハビリテーション病院) A rehabilitation hospital offering orthopedic, neurological, urological, and dental services with a focus on community-oriented medical care, sports medicine support including para-sports, and a specialized higher brain dysfunction outpatient clinic. Open to the general public.
• Rakunan Dormitory (洛南寮) A combined welfare facility offering nursing home care for elderly (100 capacity) and protective care facility for people with disabilities (100 capacity), providing comprehensive support for daily living and independence.
• Higashiyama Mother-Child Living Support Facility / Higashiyama Family Home (東山母子生活支援施設) A mother-child support facility with 20 family capacity providing safety, security, and independence support for single mothers and their children, including childcare and aftercare services. Includes support for DV survivors.
• Visual Disability Welfare Center (視力障害者福祉センター) A specialized vocational training facility for visually disabled individuals offering nationally accredited programs for anma massage, acupuncture, and moxibustion licensing (20 students annually across two departments). Has produced 931 graduates as of March.
• Momoyama Gakuen (桃山学園)

Named customers5 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered significant, core and minor.

• Wakasa Town (和束町)significantStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 April 2026Medical, welfare, and nursing service provision cooperation agreement signed in April 2026. The agreement covers health promotion for town residents, lectures on health/welfare topics, and regular physician dispatch from the Rehabilitation Hospital to Wakasa Town National Health Insurance Clinic.
• Kyoto Prefectural Medical University (京都府立医科大学)coreTechnology or IntegrationMedical collaboration with physician dispatch from the university hospital. Provides surgical procedures, drug therapy, hospitalization, and comprehensive rehabilitation support. Enables advanced medical treatments within the regional hospital setting.
• Nanjinguto Hospital (南京都病院)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation of free shuttle bus service connecting the Rehabilitation Hospital with nearby stations (Shin-Tanabe, Kyotanabe, Tonoshō, Yamashina-Aotani) for patient convenience.
• Light House Shujaku (ライトハウス朱雀)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerElderly comprehensive support facility that serves as clinical training site for visually impaired students at the Visual Disability Welfare Center.
• Kyoto SME Owners Association (京都中小企業家同友会)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for work experience programs at Momoyama Gakuen, providing employment experience opportunities for children at the child welfare facility.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• LITALICO: Listed Japanese company providing disability welfare and employment-transition services, including developmental disability support. Directly overlaps with the subject's developmental disability, vocational training, and welfare-to-employment service lines, but operates on a commercial equity-funded model versus the subject's designated-manager structure.
• Kyoto City Council of Social Welfare (京都市社会福祉協議会): City-level social welfare council operating in the same Kyoto geography with overlapping case management, consultation, and community welfare services. Direct municipal-level peer to the subject's prefectural-level mandate, with services frequently intersecting or co-delivered.

Broad incumbents

• National Council of Social Welfare (全国社会福祉協議会): National umbrella body for social welfare councils and corporations in Japan. Operates at a national scale rather than service-delivery level, but the subject organization is structurally a member and operates under the same 社協 / social welfare framework.
• Saiseikai Foundation (恩賜財団 済生会): Japan's largest traditional social welfare corporation, operating hospitals and welfare facilities nationwide since 1911. Highly comparable as a nonprofit 済生会-style social welfare corporation delivering integrated medical-welfare services at scale, though broader geographically than the Kyoto-focused subject.
• Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers (JEED): National government-affiliated agency supporting employment of elderly and persons with disabilities, including vocational rehabilitation. Comparable to the subject's rehabilitation hospital and employment-support functions but operating nationwide as a public agency.

Others

• Japanese Red Cross Society (日本赤十字社): Major Japanese humanitarian and welfare organization operating hospitals and welfare services nationwide. Analogous in being a designated nonprofit operator of integrated medical and welfare infrastructure, though with a humanitarian mandate rather than disability-focused delivery.

Emerging players

• Pasona Group (パソナグループ): Diversified HR services group with Pasona Heartful subsidiary focusing on disability employment support and welfare staffing. Compares on disability employment and welfare-to-work services, but operates commercially and nationally versus the subject's nonprofit Kyoto-Prefecture focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kyoto_jigyoudan
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCfLSuuiPQkYYXzOIOw4x0TQ
• Instagraminstagram.com/ksj_2222212

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries10 records

Funding overview

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