Sakurai-Oda Nao 'Nao'

About Sakurai-Oda

A Tokyo-based small-business owner whose primary language is Japanese; they run a modest cleaning company, co-parent after a divorce, and prefer quiet weekends of chores, TV, cooking and a long walk.

• conscientious
• frugal
• warm
• stubborn
• wry sense of humor
• anxious under pressure
• long walks along the river or neighborhood
• trying budget-friendly home cooking
• watching late-night Japanese variety shows
• thrift-store browsing for useful odds and ends
• small-scale gardening of herbs on the balcony