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Hiroko Yoda: Eight Million Ways to Happiness

How meaning, purpose and gratitude are woven into Japanese culture

Hiroko Yoda (Photo credit Dan Szpara)
Ailsa Piper (Photo credit Nicholas Coghlan)
For years, the West has turned to Japan for wisdom on how to live a simple, joyful and courageous life.

In Eight Million Ways to Happiness, writer and cultural historian Hiroko Yoda dives deep into the spiritual centre of modern Japanese life and the Shinto, Buddhist and Shugendō traditions that have shaped it. Following her own journey of loss and realisation, Hiroko introduces powerful tools for meaning, connection and peace.

Be inspired by the insights Hiroko shares in conversation with Ailsa Piper.
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