Author: Satoka Sotome

Jumping the Long Rope “What begins as a story about a team member leaving the company quickly evolves into a profound journey of self-discovery. Satoka explores the tension between simply belonging to a group and actually carving out your own path. It’s a powerful read that challenges the reader to look beyond output and efficiency,…

Behind the Uniform Skirt “The book pulses like a living, breathing entity, almost as if it were an alter ego of Sotome. While exploring ‘ikigai,’ it simultaneously offers a quiet critique of the very concept – which is so often conveniently consumed abroad as a Japanese value alongside ‘Zen.’ The zeitgeist condensed into the phrase…