The first leg of her 2009 U.S. tour featured events in the East Village, Books Kinokuniya New York, and the Brooklyn Book Festival, where she got to meet firsthand with readers and new students—old and young, male and female—looking to better themselves through some of KIMIKO’s posture postive techniques.  Taking time to give each new reader she met some insight to her life and the changes she has made over the last decade, KIMIKO touched the lives of dozens of people in New York.

KIMIKO’s West Coast tour includes lessons in Los Angeles, Gardena, San Jose and San Francisco.  She will also be signing books and demonstrating her Posture Walking techniques at Books Kinokuniya Los Angeles and Books Kinokuniya San Jose.  In San Francisco, KIMIKO will be joined by renowned orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Garrick at the Book Passage in the historic Ferry Building, Monday September 21st.

September 19, 2009 (Saturday) 1:30pm-3:30pm
Books Kinokuniya Los Angeles
123 Astronaut E. Onizuka St., Los Angeles, CA 90012

September 21, 2009 (Monday) 6:00pm-7:00pm
Book Passage Bookstore
with Dr. James Garrick in attendance
1 Ferry Building, #42, San Francisco, CA 94111

September 22, 2009 (Tuesday) 3:00pm-4:00pm
Books Kinokuniya San Jose
685 Saratoga Ave., San Jose, CA 95129

IMPORTANT UPDATE: Saturday’s event at Books Kinokuniya will take place at 2:00pm instead of 1:00pm as previously scheduled.

With Fashion Week upon us, the eyes of the world will focus on the many men and women who will grace the runways of the dozens of events hosted by New York’s trend-setting studios.  But how do these people walk with such power and confidence? It’s mental!

Surrounded by stress and a deteriorating figure, KIMIKO decided she would turn her life around and took steps towards rejuvenating her mind and body through a simple feat that she performed countless times a day: walking. Before long, KIMIKO was moving in a direction towards international wellness acclaim. Eventually she would strut her way to a point where she was sharing her techniques to feel younger and look stronger to thousands of Posture Walkers around the globe.

This weekend join entrepreneur and everywoman KIMIKO as she will be signing her new book Walking Your Way to a Better Life and demonstrating the teachings from its pages. With KIMIKO as your guide, there’s no telling how far your two legs will take you, as you improve your life, one step at a time.  Walk it, baby!!

September 12, 2009 (Saturday), 2:00pm-3:00pm
Location: Books Kinokuniya New York, 1073 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan, NY

September 13, 2009 (Sunday) 1:00pm-2:30pm
2009 Brooklyn Book Festival
Borough Hall Plaza, 209 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY

In Vertical’s quest to deliver the best published content Japan has to offer, we unearthed two distictively original titles destined to push the limits of the body and mind.

A decade ago KIMIKO was your average housewife… then she turned her positivity switch on! By harnessing the power of posture walking KIMIKO instantly changed her physical and mental attitude. Suddenly she was slimmer, stronger, and more confident. Soon she would use her newfound self to take on the world one step at a time as an international wellness guru. By reading Walking Your Way to a Better Life, you will be taking your first step on the journey to a better, brighter, and stronger future.

In The Summer of the Ubume, the mind may be life’s only true terror. Bibliophile and part-time Shinto priest Akihiko Chuzenji may be the only man who can clearly see why the supernatural is only as “real” as we believe it to be. To this man, who balances on the line between logic and faith, it is emotion, ignorance, and doubt which are much more frightening than the ghouls or hell-spawn that may haunt us from the darkness. So, it is his job to bring forth the truth, if he is to rid a broken family of their demons.

With summer soon coming to an end, many readers are refreshed, revitalized, and ready to turn a new page in their lives. Vertical’s new books should be your first two steps to unleashing your full reading potential! Buy your copies and experience a new way of reading today!

We all take walking for granted but simply put, it is one of the easiest ways to improve fitness. As KIMIKO, author and international wellness guru, found out, by walking properly you can look better, feel stronger, and change your overall outlook on life. So once you’ve gone into weight control orbit, why not shoot for the stars and try Walking Your Way to a Better Life? Like Okada’s diet memoir, which advocated the use of just pen and paper and a cerebrum, KIMIKO’s book is all about making a habit of something that doesn’t cost you: the use of your two legs.

Take your first step by reading this free preview.

Oh, and if for some reason you haven’t bought Okada’s fantastic book yet… this preview ought to spur you on!