{"product_id":"the-japanese-art-of-slow-takeshi-mori-9798249679767","title":"The Japanese Art of Slow Living: A Quieter Way to Be Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou are not lazy for wanting a slower life. You are awake.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou eat lunch at your desk. You scroll through your phone while your children are talking. You cannot remember the last time you cooked a meal without trying to be efficient about it. You know the names of a hundred productivity tools and not a single wildflower growing in your neighbourhood. You are tired - not from working too hard, but from living too fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not a productivity strategy. It is not \"slow down so you can speed up again.\" It is an invitation to live at a pace where life can actually be felt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Art of Slow Living\u003c\/i\u003e draws on eight Japanese concepts that offer a vocabulary for the life you have been craving but could not name: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYutori\u003c\/b\u003e - spaciousness. The room to breathe between things. \u003cb\u003eIchiji-isseki\u003c\/b\u003e - one hour, one seat. The sacred first hour of the morning. \u003cb\u003eWashoku\u003c\/b\u003e - the harmony of food. Eating as presence, not fuel. \u003cb\u003eAruku\u003c\/b\u003e - walking without arriving. Movement as meditation. \u003cb\u003eMono no aware\u003c\/b\u003e - slowing down enough to notice what is passing. \u003cb\u003eKanso\u003c\/b\u003e - simplicity. The home that invites stillness. \u003cb\u003eKisetsukan\u003c\/b\u003e - seasonal awareness. Living in rhythm with nature, not the calendar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter opens with a story from Japanese life, introduces a concept, and closes with a simple practice - no apps, no tracking, no optimising. Just a quieter, more beautiful way to move through the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the over-scheduled, the screen-addicted, the secretly exhausted. For anyone who suspects that life was not meant to be lived at this speed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Japanese Art of Slow Living\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth book in Takeshi Mori's series exploring Japanese wisdom for modern life. Read it slowly. Ideally with tea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere is no hurry. There never was.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Takeshi Mori\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249679767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Takeshi Mori","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520274411775,"sku":"9798249679767","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b591640-cf68-4445-b91b-1c843e4fa858.jpg?v=1778741776","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-japanese-art-of-slow-takeshi-mori-9798249679767","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}