📕Published author on ikigai with 45M+ views. Born, raised, and based in Tokyo🗼, I’m here to share my writer’s journey with you.

Sharing the beauty of Japanese aesthetics and Chadō (the Japanese tea ceremony) 🌸 Japanese🇯🇵 裏千家✉️For writing collaborations : naokoorihara.writing@gmail.com

Wall Street Investment Banker → Entrepreneur & Startup Consultant. “Top 10 Entrepreneurs of 2020” Yahoo Finance. CEO of Beta Bowl. Mom of 3 furbabies ❤

Japanologist. History lover. Poet at heart.

Sharing lived experiences of structural harm, healing, and voice — writing from in-between places, between cultures, between systems.

Tokyo-based “Salaryman” of JPN company | English-Japanese Translator | Lifestyle/Natures/Anime/Manga/Book | Runner, Hiker and Swimmer | Dog person