📙 The launch of tidying guru Marie Kondo’s new book may be sparking joy, but Japan so far is happy to leave her on the shelf
Marie Kondo has built a global mega-brand with her distinct take on living, but not everyone in Japan is convinced From the lavender-scented parlours of Chelsea to chakra-riddled Los Angeles, the launch of tidying guru Marie Kondo’s new book may be sparking joy, but Japan so far is happy to leave her on the shelf.
“She does not have the same cultural cache in Japan because they are so many other people like her there,” she said, adding that Kondo has been criticised in Japan for the pseudo-spiritual aspects of her brand. Attitudes to Konmarie, as Ms Kondo is know in Japan, can be dismissive said Asako Gemma who works in PR in Tokyo.
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