The Japan Red Cross Society is offering a number of new “services” they hope will entice people to donate blood. Among these are hand massages by young women in maid outfits, manicures, hair health evaluation, and fortune telling.

At the Akiba Blood Donation Room in Tokyo’s Akihabara district, home of the country’s maid-loving otaku culture, donors are met by a young woman dressed in a maid outfit who provides a 10-minute hand massage. The hand masseuses are actually staff members of a reflexology salon located near the blood center.

A spokesman for the blood center confessed that some have asked if such perks are really necessary. The center, however, started it for the first 10 donors on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as the number of donors on weekdays was usually less than half of those on weekends.

At the Shinjuku East Exit Blood Donation Room, services such as manicures and hair checks are provided by members of the Japan Hair Science Association, while the Yurakucho Blood Donation Room has started offering tarot card and palm reading.

All of these services are aimed at increasing the number of people who donate blood on a regular basis. According to the Japan Red Cross Society, this number has been on the decline, and is expected to get worse as Japan’s population ages.