[Mika the Office Worker.] Watching my favorite person achieve their dream made me love essays even more.
Essayist Mika the Office Worker.
This text was written in the "Afterword" of the book. What this means is that Mika, who was just a very ordinary office worker, became an essayist.
When I read these words, I actually teared up.
You might be thinking, "Why are you crying???" This feeling is perhaps close to the sensation of watching a favorite person grow. I can't quite put it into words.
I think I first learned about this book from some article on note.
[A note article becoming a book?!]
I was surprised by that. I also learned later that she is someone who won an incredible award.
Do you all know about the "Hoshino Resorts" facilities?
In my mind, I had images of [Ultra-luxury hotels], [High prices], [Superb hospitality] like this. What I learned for the first time after reading this book is that it's not just one big group called "Hoshino Resorts," but that there are grades like Risonare, KAI, and OMO. And also, that each facility has its own concept.
This book describes the methods used by Mika, a very ordinary office worker, to conquer all Hoshino Resorts over four years, as well as her impressions from actually staying there.
It was a book that made me imagine as if I were tagging along, with the daily life leading up to going to Hoshino Resorts, the extraordinary experiences at Hoshino Resorts, the meals, how she spent her time, and what the inside of the hotels looked like. This is incredibly interesting.
Since we are of the same generation, women in our 30s, the words that come up in Mika's conversations with her friends are spot on for my generation!
From talk about Ayumi Hamasaki in our student days to the word "Tai-Pro" (Type Project) appearing recently, I felt a great sense of familiarity.
Personally, I also found it extremely interesting that she stayed at hotels she named "training" before going to Hoshino Resorts.
I was surprised that there were so many Hoshino Resorts within Japan, and I was even more surprised that there are Hoshino Resorts outside the country, such as in Guam and Hawaii.
Anyway, I finished reading it in no time.
When I finished reading this book, I thought, "
Maybe I like essays."
An essay is a genre of writing that freely strings together the author's actual experiences, personal feelings, and the realizations or thoughts gained from them, without being bound by a specific format.
Are the articles I write on note also close to essays?
I want to read other people's essays too.
That's all for now.
Thank you for reading until the end.
Please do read "The extreme theory of an office worker who spent 4 million yen to conquer all Hoshino Resorts through an ultra-frugal lifestyle"!