Chisato Motoi

Insurance Worker

Finance / Banking / Insurance

Former insurance worker Chisato Motoi has maintained interests in several aspects of traditional Japanese culture for many years. While attending university, she joined the school’s Japanese Association. Today, Chisato Motoi enjoys cooking Japanese dishes like sushi and tempura, studying the history of the kimono, and practicing Sogetsu flower arrangement. Founded in 1927, the Sogetsu school comes out of the Japanese ikebana flower arranging tradition. It revolves around three basic stem angles, called Shin, Soe, and Hikae, which are used to create sweeping arrangements of striking beauty. In addition to learning the principles of Sogetsu ikebana, Chisato Motoi has joined a Shigin tradi