• Early life

  • Born in Kyoto City, and raised in its northern part near Takano river surrounded by rich suburban nature, and located close to the 5 mountains famous for Obon mountain bonfire.

  • Exposure to Christianity in one of Japan's representative mission schools, Doshi-sha from junior high school to woman's college, where she graduated with a diploma in Classical Music.

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• Career in music

  • Music teacher in several high schools and in a nursing institute

  • Founder and leader of a Music Therapy research institute

  • Developer of original musical instruments for therapeutic purposes in the Netherlands

  • University lecturer in original improvisational music therapy theory

  • Arranger/Performer in a professional folk music band

  • Composed various music for commercials and architectural spaces

  • Produced music for RPG games

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• Artistitc pursuit in daily life

  • Kimono kitsuke (art and technique of how to wear Kimonos) instructor certificate

  • Various contest awards in cooking: tsukemono, low-salt cooking for patients (video & Japanese recipe & magazine by National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center)

  • Japanese sweets design course certificates and biennale invitation/exhibition enrollment

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• Social activities

  • Co-founder and director for a Music Therapy non-profit organization

  • The NPO's activity redefinition and expansion as NPO Society for Rebalance Kyoto into the area of regaining of the balance in daily life based on multi-faceted Japanese cultural tradition and good senses for beauty

  • Planner of community lecture series for law knowledge,  work therapy etc

  • Planner of Kitsuke visiting lectures to penitentiary institutes

  • Co-founder of the general partnership "Project Japan" to promote Japanese trad art elements for re-balancing daily life through cultural exchange

  • Guest curator of a museum based in Amsterdam and Barcelona