Erin Niimi Longhurst

Erin is a British-Japanese author based in London. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Time Out, the BBC, Vogue, Stylist, El Mundo, Elle Vietnam, Reader’s Digest, and The Sunday Times.

She is the author of Japonisme (HarperCollins, 2018), Omoiyari (HarperCollins, 2020), and A Little Book of Japanese Contentments (Chronicle Books, 2018). Her work is influenced by her dual heritage, and focuses on her passion for food (having completed the Leiths School of Food and Wine Essentials Course), Ikigai (finding purpose), Ikebana (flower arranging), and Shinrinyoku (forest bathing).

Erin recently published Meet Your Matcha (2026) with HarperCollins and is currently working on her next big project.