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Working long hours and encouraged to go drinking with colleagues after leaving the office, many miss trains home and spend the night on the street instead.
But when paired with octogenarian taxi drivers, ever-present convenience store workers and rush hours lasting well into the night, Japan’s pervasive work ethic becomes disconcertingly apparent.
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Relishing the freedom and opportunities, Kokado believes this multi-faceted approach to a career is key to balancing work and ikigai: “Ikigai shouldn’t be fixed.