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Héctor García

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Héctor García is a citizen of Japan, where he has lived for over a decade, and of Spain, where he was born. He is the author of several books about Japanese culture, including two worldwide bestsellers, A Geek in Japan and Ikigai. A former software engineer, he worked at CERN in Switzerland before moving to Japan.

Books by Héctor García

Ikigai

2014 offered The life-changing magic of tidying
2016 surrounded us with hygge
In 2017, we’ll discover our ikigai

Ikigai – the Japanese secret to a long and happy life from the world’s longest living people.

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