With a beautiful wife and four kids, all in their late teens and early twenties, Taro has a lot to work for. And likewise, his family is so close that all of his kids have worked for him or are currently still working for Taro, helping head up all the Mikuni locations in different ways.
One of the ways his kids sometimes help out is by assisting him while he teaches his Sushiology classes. With the help of several of his most trusted staff, Taro teaches classroom lecture style while simultaneously creating delicious works of sushi art and walking around frequently to interact and to check work.
In his class he explains that “Mikuni” translates into “Kingdom of God,” which was the main reason the restaurant was established. I also learned another cool fact about Mikunis from
reading his book, Abundance, written by Taro himself, along with L.G. Mansfield. That is, Taro revolves his life and restaurant largely around the belief in the “Symbolism of Five.”
According to his book, “Japanese people believe that all five senses come into play when a meal is served: smelling an enticing aroma, tasting delicious food, seeing an artful arrangement on
ELEVA8UP {September 2015}