A big city but not a big city, as Deenis says. Definitely a provincial city.
Ai Ai is a going concern with an adult day workshop downstairs an elementary school age after school program upstairs. Several pre-school programs are administered at different locations. In Japan, not every organization has a website and even fewer have websites in English. So if you try to firn "Ai Ai" using a google search, you cannot find it.
Nobuko has worked there her whole professional life; she also speaks throughout Japan about treatments for autistic children and adults.
Cute picture...except she has her eyes closed....
