Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
by Héctor García & Francesc Miralles
Adults
The Japanese idea of a reason to get up each morning, drawn from the long-lived people of Okinawa.
- Author
- Héctor García & Francesc Miralles
- Age
- For grown-ups
- Type
- Conscious Living, Non-fiction
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Hutchinson / Penguin
- Readers rate it
- 3.75 / 5 on Goodreads
- In India
- Available
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