Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
What is Ikigai? In Japanese, ikigai is written by combining the symbols that mean “life” with “to be worthwhile.” About the author Héctor García and Francesc Miralles are the coauthors of The Book of Ichigo Ichie: The Art of Making the Most of Every Moment, the Japanese Way. Héctor is a citizen of Japan, where he has lived for over a decade, and is the author of A Geek in Japan, a #1 bestseller in Japan. Francesc is the author of a number of bestselling self-help and inspirational books and of the novel Love in Lowercase, which has been translated into twenty languages. Summary of this beautiful book This book covers many topics related to the “art of living.” The authors define ikigai and the rules of ikigai—they conducted a total of one hundred interviews in Ogimi, Okinawa to try to understand the longevity secrets of centenarians and supercentenarians. “What do Japanese artisans, engineers, Zen philosophy, and cuisin