A Japanese-inspired guide to living a happier, more fulfilled life.
Japonisme explores the Japanese art of finding contentment and includes practical tips and tricks to live a happier, healthier, more thoughtful life. What is your ikigai (purpose)? How do you practice mindfulness in the unpredictability and chaos of everyday life? From shinrinyoku (forest bathing), calligraphy, ikebana (flower arranging) to tea ceremonies and their approach to food, the Japanese have found contentment through traditions, philosophies, and the practice of art. This book shows how we can all incorporate aspects of Japonisme into our daily lives.
Enhance your lifestyle and enrich your mind by looking at lifethrough the lens of wabi-sabi (the transient nature of life),kintsugi (repairing broken ceramics with gold) or kaizen(habit-forming techniques), in an accessible, practical way.
About the Author
Erin Niimi Longhurst is a half-Japanese, half- British writer and columnist, and the author of Japonisme: Ikigai, forest bathing, wabi-sabi and more. She is a director at a digital agency, working with purpose-led organisations to help them tell stories more effectively online. She has a degree in Social Anthropology from the University of Manchester, and currently splits her time between London and New York.
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