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| 1956 |
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Mayumi was born in Aichi Prefecture in Japan on a small island known as Shinojima floating in the middle of the Mikawa Gulf. There she was raised as the youngest of 4 sisters and 1 brother. Her family owns a traditional Japanese hotel. Despite the surroundings of this tradition, since she was a small child she always followed her own path. Resisting her fatherfs instructions to fall in line and live a normal life. |
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| 1972 |
Mayumi went to the mainland and entered Nagoya Municipal High School of
Commerce. During this time she lived with her older sister and together they would cook their own meals and commute to school. While in high school her favorite pass time was handball.
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| 1974 |
She entered Aichi Toho Junior College. While in college she become involved
in the hippie movement where she made many friends including her future husband Keiji Nishimura. It was at this time that she discovered and began to learn about natural foods and Steiner educational system.
She then joined the Sentimental Family to support the band Sentimental City Romance.
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| 1976 |
After she graduated from college she continue to be a part of
Sentimental Family while also working at her familyfs hotel. |
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| 1979 |
New Years Eve, Mayumi attended a Grateful Dead concert in San Francisco.
Reading Jerry Garciafs book gA signpost to New Spaceh greatly influenced her thinking.
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| 1980 |
Mayumi married Keiji while he was studying abroad in the United States. |
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| 1981 |
When Mayumi visited Keiji in the United States, she came across and was
deeply moved by the book gNew Dietc.h Written by the father of Macrobiotics George Ohsawa. She immediately began practicing macrobiotics and within 10 days began to feel the positive affects and changes within her body.
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| 1982 |
Mayumi moved to Boston to study Macrobiotics. She lived at the home of Michio and Aveline Kushi, where she began studying the cooking and macrobiotic way of life. Once she cooked and prepared the food for a party in honor of the famous singer
John Denver.
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| 1983 |
She moved to Becket Massachusetts to help establish the Kushi Institute, where she was instrumental in helping shape the new curriculum. This was a curriculum that looked at ways to heal cancer through macrobiotic eating and lifestyle. |
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| 1984 |
Mayumifs first child Lisa was born at home. The midwife was unable to make it so Mayumi gave birth without her. |
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| 1988 |
Her second child Norihiko was also born at home.iThis time the midwife made it on timej. |
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| 1989 |
She accepted a cancer patient into her home and provided macrobiotic cooking for them. |
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| 1992 |
Mayumi temporarily moved back to Japan with her two children. |
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| 1994 |
She returned to Becket and resumed her job teaching and cooking at the Kushi Institute. At the same time she began learning Aikido. |
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| 1997 |
She visited a Macrobiotic community in Ionia, Alaska for one month. |
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| 1999 |
Mayumi decided to move to the macrobiotic community in Alaska. Before moving to Alaska she received her first grade black belt in Aikido. |
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| 2000 |
She returned to Becket from Alaska. She continued to cook macrobiotic meals for cancer patients, teach at the Kushi Institute and working at the Japanese restaurant Bizen in Great Barrington, MA. |
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| 2001 |
Mayumi became Madonnafs private chef and accompanied her on her World Tour. |
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| 2004 |
She accompanied Madonna on her gReinvention Tourh. |
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| 2005 |
Mayumifs first book gA Big Universe in a small kitchenh was published by Kanaria Press. |
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| 2006 |
She accompanied Madonna on her gConfessions on the Dance Floor Tourh. |
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| 2007 |
Her second book gMayumifs Best Recipes for Beautiful Skinh was published by Shufu and Seikatsu Press. |
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| 2008 |
Mayumi moved from Madonnafs home in London to begin her own work in Japan.
Her third book
gHappy Petiet Macrobioticsh will be out this spring from Kodansya Press.
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