{"id":379,"date":"2022-04-19T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/?post_type=webzine&#038;p=379"},"modified":"2023-12-05T16:11:55","modified_gmt":"2023-12-05T07:11:55","slug":"work-good-hyakushokuya-20220419","status":"publish","type":"webzine","link":"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/webzine\/work-good-hyakushokuya-20220419\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the World a Tiny Bit Better &#8211; Akemi Nakamura (Hyakushokuya)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WORK MILL offers inspiration to create your \u201cWORK GOOD,\u201d your own unique style of work. We carried out a survey with people who have been featured in past issues of the WORK MILL web magazine to find out what \u201cWORK GOOD\u201d means to each of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What does &#8220;WORK GOOD&#8221; mean to you?<\/li><li>What do you keep in mind every day to realize your \u201cWORK GOOD\u201d?<\/li><li>What do you feel your purpose is in work?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these three questions, we will learn more about  \u201cWORK GOOD\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"is-style-wm wp-block-heading\"><strong>When I See That the World Has Become Even a Tiny Bit Better, I Feel That my Work Has Purpose<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-wm-interviewer\"> <span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; color: initial;\">What does &#8220;WORK GOOD&#8221; mean to you?<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoying everything eagerly and to the fullest: my work, my family, and my hobbies! Sacrificing nothing, quitting nothing, and balancing my time to create a work style that is sustainable and tailored to me. Also, because I set the goal to make my dreams come true through my work, work becomes a place where I can make my dreams come true. I think this is my own unique style of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-wm-interviewer\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; color: initial;\">What do you keep in mind everyday to realize your \u201cWORK GOOD\u201d?<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I work hard and eagerly, so when I\u2019m at work, it has my full attention! How to efficiently increase productivity, how to use my freed-up mind during my commute, how to learn more efficiently without spending money\u2026! I\u2019m always thinking about these things, working at 1.2x speed to be done by 5PM and have time for my children and my hobbies (manga and anime).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-wm-interviewer\"><span style=\"font-size: 1.125rem; color: initial;\">What do you feel your purpose is in work?<\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I actually see that the world has changed or become even a tiny bit better as a result of my work, I feel that my work has purpose. At my restaurants, I have introduced a policy to send all employees home at 5:45PM, with no overtime, while maintaining profits. My greatest satisfaction is to see other companies and industries wanting to reform their own styles of work, and the thought that my efforts up until now have had some small influence on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-wm-bgg\">\u2015Akemi Nakamura<br>Representative Director at minitts, Inc. Born in Kyoto Prefecture in 1984. A graduate of Kyoto University of Education, after a stint in public relations for a vocational school, she opened Hyakushokuya, a restaurant specializing in Japanese beef steak <em>donburi<\/em> (rice bowls) in 2012. She then opened restaurants specializing in <em>sukiyaki<\/em> and meat sushi. While her restaurants are extremely popular and attract long lines of customers every day, they have drawn attention for having realized a \u201czero overtime\u201d policy. In 2017, she was selected for \u201cNew Diversity Management Selection 100.\u201d In 2019, she won the top award as Nikkei WOMAN\u2019s \u201cWoman of the Year 2019.\u201d In June of the same year, she opened \u201cHyakushokuya 1\/2.\u201d She is the author of <em>Reducing Sales:How I Escaped Performance Supremacy <\/em>(Writes Publishing)<gwmw style=\"display:none;\"><\/gwmw><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*Profile at the time of the interview in the following article (Japanese). <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kbl-internal-link \"><div class=\"wp-embed wp-embed-own post-381 webzine type-webzine status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-entrepreneurship tag-leadership tag-management tag-wellbeing tag-work-life-balance pickup-pickup block-edited\">\n\n\t<p class=\"wp-embed-also-read\">\n\t\t<span>Related Article<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-embed-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9396-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9396-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9396-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9396.webp 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-body\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-embed-heading\">Overcome the Fear of Failure to Take on New Challenges &#8211; Akemi Nakamura (Hyakushokuya)<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-embed-date\">\n\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2022.04.20\">2022.04.20<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>With four branches in Kyoto City, Hyakushokuya has become famous for its signature dishes such as steak donburi, sukiyaki, and meat sushi, gaining widespread attention from both local residents and foreign tourists from abroad. However, regardless of the number of customers lining up, it only serves 100 meals per day. The restaurant is only open [&hellip;]<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-embed-link btn btn-sm btn-secondary\" href=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/webzine\/hyakushokuya-entrepreneur-20220420\/\" target=\"_top\" aria-label=\"Continue reading Overcome the Fear of Failure to Take on New Challenges &#8211; Akemi Nakamura (Hyakushokuya)\">\n\t\t\t\tRead Article\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<footer class=\"wp-embed-footer\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-site-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\" target=\"_top\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/cropped-wm-icon-32x32.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/cropped-wm-icon-150x150.png 2x\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-embed-site-icon\" \/><span>WORK MILL ENGLISH<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"kbl-internal-link \"><div class=\"wp-embed wp-embed-own post-382 webzine type-webzine status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-entrepreneurship tag-leadership tag-management tag-wellbeing tag-work-life-balance pickup-pickup block-edited\">\n\n\t<p class=\"wp-embed-also-read\">\n\t\t<span>Related Article<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"wp-embed-container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-featured-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9240-e1568697242151-300x200.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9240-e1568697242151-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9240-e1568697242151-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/workmill.jp\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2022\/04\/IMGI9240-e1568697242151.webp 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-body\">\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-embed-heading\">Not Everyone Has to Be an Autonomous Employee &#8211; Hyakushokuya\u2019s Open-Minded Management<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-embed-date\">\n\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2022.04.27\">2022.04.27<\/time>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-embed-excerpt\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>With four branches in Kyoto City, Hyakushokuya has become famous for its signature dishes such as steak donburi, sukiyaki, and meat sushi, gaining widespread attention from both local residents and foreign tourists from abroad. 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