Mari Fujimoto

About The Author

Mari Fujimoto is the Director of Japanese Studies at Queens College, City University of New York where she teaches and lectures in all aspects of Japanese language, linguistics and popular culture. She believes that learning a language is the first step towards understanding the values and beliefs of a culture. Born in Tokyo, she studied at Queens College for her bachelor’s degree and at the Graduate Centre of the City University of New York for her PhD in Linguistics. She now lives in New York with her husband, fun-loving twins and two dogs.

Books by Mari Fujimoto

Ikigai

43 Japanese words to live by

By Mari Fujimoto
Photographs by Michael Kenna

Discover the art of mindfulness through words, phrases, haikus and photographs that reflect the stillness and meditative nature of Japanese culture. 

Living in today’s frenetic world, I often feel disconnected – from reality, from people and from nature. I believe that is why i...

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