1. The everyday table
Home meals, convenience stores, canteens, cost and access without judging a culture.
eBook: Japan, food and mental health
A book project about everyday food in Japan, depression, culture and what should not be oversimplified.
Premise
No romanticising and no miracle foods.
I want to explore how the food environment, daily rhythm, loneliness, community and access to meals intersect with mental wellbeing in Japan. I will not present Japanese food as a treatment for depression or transplant one culture directly into the reader's life.
Each chapter will separate cultural observations, scientific evidence and practical ideas.
Planned chapters
First structural draft.
2. Routine, work and loneliness
How time, shift work, eating alone and community may shape everyday choices.
3. What evidence says
Dietary patterns, limits of observational studies and caution about causality.
4. Mental health
The role of professional treatment and the boundaries of nutrition advice.
5. Practice without copying
Adaptable ideas without pretending there is a single Japanese model.
6. Recipes and context
Simple dishes with substitution guidance for ingredients available in different countries.
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