Picking the vanilla from the garden in the fresh air, using it to make a dish of vanilla breadcrumbs and grilled chicken thighs, listening to the gentle birdsong under the blue sky, I accidentally fell asleep... Miki Nakatani spends most of the year at home in Austria, enjoying a daily life with nature. Although she said that she had tanned as a result, she was more beautiful than ever, with a graceful smile.
On the other hand, as an actor, Miki Nakatani, who has excellent acting skills, continues to release her unique charm. Her capable and elegant manners, combined with her natural sense of happiness and playfulness, show us happiness regardless of age.
Miki Nakatani
actor
Born in Tokyo in 1976. After his debut in 1993, he starred in many popular TV series, movies, and stage plays. He starred in the film "The Life of the Abandoned Matsuko", which won many awards such as the Japan Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the Individual Award at the Kii Kuniya Drama Awards for her stage play "Shotgun", and won the Yomiuri Drama Award for Best Actress for her stage play "My Gifted Family". In recent years, he has starred in works such as "Lovers with a Home" and "Haru - Daughter of a Comprehensive Trading Company". The starring Netflix series "FOLLOWERS" is currently airing. In the film "The Prime Minister's Husband", which was released on September 23, he played the role of the protagonist Rinzi. Publications include "Stay in Austria" and other books.
Liberation from the days of desperate work, enhance the charm in the combination of work and leisure
I spend about half of the year in small villas in Austria, halfway up the mountainside of a small mountain peak about 600 meters above sea level, about 45 minutes by car from Salzburg. While living here with my family, I would leave work for a while and prepare three meals a day at home, clean up, learn German, and take care of the yard. I am particularly keen on weeding now, how to raise plants well, so that Slugs do not eat plants is my current urgent problem to solve.
After living in full contact with nature like this, I don't cover my entire face much as I used to when I eat in the yard or ride on a road bike. So even if you wear a hat and sunglasses, you will wear sunscreen and bring vitamin C nutrients, but you will still tan a lot (laughs). However, there is no pressure and the body is also very healthy. After living there, my sleep quality improved a lot, and I usually went to bed around 11 o'clock at night, and even if I didn't set an alarm clock, I could wake up on time at 7 a.m. the next day. I used to take a nap at noon when I used to work, but now I take a nap in the yard every day, and maybe for this reason, my skin is getting better.
It seems that no matter how good the skin care products are used, they are not worth ensuring that the sleep time is effective. The skincare steps are getting simpler, as long as you don't go to the street, you won't even wear makeup. What bothers me the most now is my hair, which is so soft that it's not surprising that I'm bald any day (laughs). So the most important thing to take care of is the hair.
I didn't go to the salon very often, and after the epidemic, the shop was no longer open, so I almost never went anymore, and when my hair was messy, I always tied a ponytail. This time back in Japan, I am actively caring for my hair. I take deep sea fish oil all year round to prevent oxidative stress. I found a lemon-flavored one that I took on time in the morning, middle, and evening.
The diversity of beauty learned in Austria creates its own elegance
But last year, perhaps because I lifted a heavy object while tending to the yard, the old disease of congenital hip dysplasia recurred, and the hip joint began to hurt, so I went to a nursing center not far from home, where athletes regulate their bodies. Through treatment with a physical therapist, I learned that it is important to rest while exercising.
While receiving professional treatment, I also consulted on how to exercise at home, including using the weight of the body to stretch the external rotator muscles of the hip joint, and lying on the side to do the knee opening movement. After exercise, the pain basically disappears, and even if the pain reappears, it recovers quickly. Underwater training is also very effective. After the epidemic, I gained 3 kilograms, so I began to drink green tea containing gallic catechins often, which helped me lose weight, and with the home exercise just mentioned, I finally managed to return to my original weight.
Austria and Japan are jet lag, so I will use the mobile phone app to read the Japanese morning magazine at night, I use the app to restore the layout of the magazine itself when reading, I will read several books at a time, compared with each other, which is also a big benefit of online reading. It's not to say read every word, but to look at the headlines to find the reports and commentaries you're interested in. Because actors are always exposed to fictional worlds, I love reading materials that can know real events. Such ordinary daily life is irreplaceable happiness, and now I face life with peace of mind and open mind every day.
When you learn not to say "NO" but "YES", life becomes pleasant and rich
I married german viola player Thilo Fechner at the age of 42, learned a lot from him and changed my lifestyle. Before I got married, I had only work in my life. Although I sometimes win time to rest, because I am too busy and tired at work, I have a rest day and just sleep at home. Occasionally, he reads books or appreciates art, but still prefers to recover his tired body. My husband's mantra is "Life is too short not to enjoy," which means "life is short and you have to be happy." Listening to this sentence, I began to have an epiphany, you can't work for the sake of work, but to work for the enjoyment of life. Work is important, but it is not the ultimate goal in itself, it is only a part of life. With this idea, I felt a lot more relaxed inside.
In addition to summer vacations and Christmas holidays, Europeans also take vacations on the grounds of traveling with their families. For their own rest time, some shop owners also close during the summer when business is at their best and tourists are the most. This is not possible in Japanese society. Seeing their way of life, I can't help but want to enjoy my life.
My husband's daughter J would come to the house regularly, so I had an unexpected time with my children, and she was very cute. When I first met, she didn't want to eat the food I cooked, and she was very disappointed. But lately she'll say, "Miki, don't be an actress and become a chef." Sometimes when I first arrived at my house, I washed my hands and asked, "What do you eat today?" "I was very happy to hear it. While mom's meal was certainly the best for her, coming to me to try different types of meals became one of her pleasures, and now she tells me what she wants to eat. The profession of actor requires a long period of time to work, and can not provide a good environment for children to grow up, so I have never planned to have children.
Although J is not my own daughter and personally raised, because of knowing her, I have gained unexpected happiness, such as a treasure. I didn't want to be a mother either, I was more like a friend to her. A restructured family like ours may be a little special in Japan, but it's not uncommon in Austria, where they naturally accept people and things that are different from their own.
In the movie "The Prime Minister's Husband", I played Japan's first female prime minister, Rinko, who bowed to the people with the support of her beloved husband. The film mainly describes the importance of juggling work and childcare. In fact, I have a lot of staff around me who quit because of having children, and many companies say, "If you can build more nurseries, you can retain good women in the workplace", but it has not been able to achieve this. I especially hope that this will be achieved, so that the workplace environment in Japan will improve. My husband doesn't cook but will be responsible for cleaning and laundry. So I made some stock food before I went back to Japan, and he said, "It's too much of a waste of time to spend time cooking before you go, so don't do it." "Germans think it's normal for a wife to have a job, and even wonder how they can make a wife a housewife." Really appreciated him.
I don't live for others like Rinko, and sometimes I want to complain. I look forward to rural life, but the ideal and reality are different, there is no air conditioning and no screen windows in the countryside, which is very inconvenient. But if you change the perspective of the problem, you can see the new world. So now I'm learning to live with affirmation before complaining and saying "NO." To think about how to make the impossible possible, I hope that the rest of my life will start with "YES".
J said he wanted shaved ice, so I bought a white bear shaving machine as a gift and an antique glass bowl to hold shaved ice. Just thinking about what flavor of shaved ice to make her happy.
"The Prime Minister's Husband" tells the story of Japan's first female prime minister and first husband
The protagonist, Rinko (Miki Nakatani), was elected Japan's first female prime minister and the youngest prime minister in history, and the husband of an ornithologist, Hiwa (Kei Tanaka), had to provoke the girder of her first husband. The good life of the couple has changed drastically in the 12th year after marriage. In the face of the difficulties ahead, where should the female prime minister's husband go? In addition, the dignified and beautiful, elegant and generous Miki Nakatani is also one of the highlights.