[First in Hyogo Prefecture] Use of an app that is good for the brain and a health point service – Start of operation of health point “Hime Sanpo” with Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
*Bespura*
Press release: September 5, 2024
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[First in Hyogo Prefecture] Use of an app that is good for the brain and a health point service – Start of operation of health point “Hime Sanpo” with Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture
*~Using digital technology to help improve the health of the elderly and create purpose in life~*
* Vespura Co., Ltd. (President: Toyama
Yosuke (hereinafter referred to as Vespura) is a health point collaboration service for local governments that utilizes the brain and body health app “Brain Good App” in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture (Hideyasu Kiyomoto).
The Mayor of Himeji City (Hereinafter referred to as Himeji City) has introduced a new smartphone app and will begin operating it in Himeji City from September 2, 2024 as a project that uses digital technology to support elderly people’s health promotion and purpose in life. Thank you. *
Himeji City health policy “Hime Sanpo”
* ■ Tips for staying healthy by having fun walking along Himeji Road: “Himesanpo” *
Himeji City’s health point project “Hime Sanpo” is a project that helps each elderly person have fun while increasing their interest in health promotion and establishing healthy lifestyle habits. Start by introducing a point service.
“Himesanpo” will be awarded when you achieve the health goals suggested by the app such as proper exercise and diet, or when you participate in events set by Himeji City. “Hime Sanpo” aims to create a healthy and long-lived Himeji city by creating opportunities for senior citizens living in Himeji city to go out and establishing healthy habits.
* ■What kind of things have you been able to do? *
You can earn points by participating in events designated by Himeji City, walking with this app, exercising your brain, and eating foods that are good for your brain, so you can have fun and easily acquire healthy habits. The points you save can be exchanged for PayPay points and used for shopping, etc.
* ■How to start “Himesanpo”? *
Anyone who is a Himeji citizen over the age of 65 and has a smartphone can start using Himesanpo. Please install the smartphone app “Good for the Brain (iPhone/Android)” and apply for “Himesanpo” from the Himeji City menu. For details, please check the Himeji City website below. [Himeji City: Frailty prevention app and “Hime Sanpo”]
https://www.city.himeji.lg.jp/bousai/0000028350.html
* ■What is a brain health maintenance app based on brain science, “A good app for the brain”?*
Apps that are good for your brain
This is a completely free health app that allows you to manage multiple activities such as exercise, brain training, and meals, developed based on research conducted by Karolinska Institutet, a world authority in dementia research (*).
(*)The world’s first study to prove that combining dietary guidance, exercise guidance, cognitive training, lifestyle guidance, etc. is effective in suppressing the progression of mild cognitive
dysfunction.
This app was launched in 2017 and has received numerous awards from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, local governments, and the Cabinet Office ImPACT.
* ■ Health promotion for local governments “Brain-friendly apps x health point service” *
Health app x health point service
“Brain-Good App x Health Point Service” is a service aimed at promoting health and revitalizing business in local governments. In addition to health activities such as walking and monitoring vital signs using the app that is good for the brain, if you participate in social activities such as volunteering, you will receive health points, and the points you earn can be converted into “PayPay points” etc., which will improve the health of local government citizens. This is an innovative service that will boost the local economy.
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*This service has been introduced in more than 20 local governments across the country, and is mainly used to digitize local government health points, nursing care prevention points, and volunteer points. * (Some of the municipalities that have introduced it: Hachioji City, Tokyo, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, Koshigaya City, Saitama Prefecture, Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture, Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, Matsuyama City, Ehime Prefecture, Nankoku City, Kochi Prefecture, Tsuno Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, Yamato Village, Kagoshima Prefecture) , Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Mihara City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Yaita City, Tochigi Prefecture, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, etc.)
* ◆Company profile*
Company name: Vespura Co., Ltd.
Representative: Yosuke Toyama
Head office location: Exaspace 3C, 5-18-10 Jingumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Established: April 2012
URL: https://bspr.co.jp/
Contact: info@bspr.co.jp