Yuko Sakurai
Macrobiotic Cooking School Lima main campus instructor
Macrobiotic Cooking School Lima Fujigaoka branch (Nagomi) founder
Graduate of Macrobiotic Cooking School Lima Master’s program, certified instructor, certified medical chef.
Yuko was born in Hong Kong and raised there until the age of 6. During that time, the sight of mothers and children begging on the streets due to the wealth disparity in Hong Kong remained in her head, leading her to research wealth disparity and inequality during her times when she was a university student. Yuko’s research focused on Bhutan’s “Gross National Happiness” which even lead her to travel to Bhutan to investigate, continuously questioning what true wealth and happiness mean. After becoming an adult, she quit her job and went to a graduate program in the Philippines, continuing her research on street children (child labor) while doing observation in the streets and slums. She works towards world peace from the perspective of these socially vulnerable children, wishing to protect them from danger, free them from hunger, and provide them with education. read more…