Each retreat has the capacity for up to more than 30 customers at the same time. It opened in , performs more than 20 massages per year - therapeutic, relaxing, strictly non-sexual - and has almost only full-time, professional male and female therapists with permanent positions and good salaries. The retreat is a fusion of beautiful Japanese, Chinese and Nordic design elements. DaiKai presently has an international team of about 30 full-time therapists from both Asia and Europe.
The majority have a Bachelor of Physical Therapy education backgrounds or Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine, plus specialized massage training and thousands of hours of massage experience. The team exchanges massages between themselves regularly to learn from each other and keep improving their knowledge and skills. DaiKai specializes in high quality massages for relaxation, anti-stress and general wellness. Some of the therapists are also specialized in prenatal massage, baby massage and are trained instructors for giving courses in massage for home use for couples or friends.
They are massage and wellness enthusiasts who were inspired by the combination of Asian massage traditions and modern wellness trends, and opened DaiKai because they felt that Oslo needed a quiet, beautiful place for relaxing, high quality massages alone or together with friends or family.
DaiKai promotes social massage, i. In addition to single rooms, DaiKai also has double rooms, triple rooms, private suites and a larger foot-massage area.
DaiKai regularly receives groups of between 10 and 20 persons. While coming from all parts of Norwegian society, there is a high percentage of customers famous from arts and media both in Norway and abroad. The prices are presently NOK per hour 60 minutes for any of the treatments with one therapist. Four-handed treatments with two therapists cost NOK per hour. Tea, fruit and slippers are included.
