This book is problematic. Rather than specifically discussing the topic it proposes to discuss (ikigai), it covers a weird mish-mash of Asian traditions, some of which are not native to Japan or Japanese culture. It gives cliched advice about eating vegetables, exercising and meditating. To me, this read as an exoticization of Asian cultures, and I’m not here for it. I was hoping it would actually cover ikigai which was briefly covered in the first chapter but barely grazed below the surface of what ikigai is before moving into things already covered (and covered much better) by the book The Blue Zones by Dan Buettner. The book was unorganized and unoriginal and problematic. Do not recommend.