What does it mean?
What does Ikigai mean?
Ikigai is The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life.
Where it comes from
Okinawa, Japan. The word lives in the long lineage of purpose-oriented practice, but its specific shape is unmistakably Japan — and that shape is part of the answer.
What the practice actually is
Ikigai (þöƒÒüìþö▓µûÉ) is the reason you wake up in the morning. It lives at the meeting point of what you love, what you are good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for. Discover yours ÔÇö practically, not theoretically.
If you want to go deeper
A short definition is a doorway, not a room. The full practice — the framework, the daily tools, the verses or maxims, the warnings, what to do today — lives in the concept hub below.