Open the door to a small studio tucked away on a street near Kokubunji Station in western Tokyo on a Friday evening, and you'll find a group of young adults making jam or Japanese ponzu citrus-based sauce as they chat quietly amongst themselves.
The scene might not strike an innocent bystander as anything out of the ordinary, but the lives of these people are anything but.
The majority of the people who gather here are those who have suffered abuse in various shapes and forms, and have struggled to find the support they need to get back on track as adults.
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