ストーンレイク尚夏,​ Shoka was born in Fukuoka, Japan.

Having grown up in Buddhist temple family, Japanese culture and arts have been present throughout her life. Naturally, she was drawn to Japanese art and started Shodo (calligraphy) practice in early elementary school. Her interest was cultivated while living with her grandmother who was practicing Japanese traditional art including Calligraphy and Haiku.

 

Then her interest further developed when Shoka moved to the US. Her appreciation of her own culture and art grew as she started living and raising her child in a foreign country.  

 

Shoka has operated a Japanese immersion art program for youth and adults since 2010, and has been certified as a calligraphy instructor by Bunka Shodo Japan since 2016. She has been teaching Japanese style calligraphy since 2017 and is currently pursuing a teaching certificate from the Japan Etegami Association in Tokyo. Shoka is an active member of etegami tomonokai (Japanese-style postcard making friendship group). In 2024, she received a teaching certificate from Sogetsu Ikebana (Japanese-style flower art)

and she is a member of Ikebana International. 

In her free time she enjoys yoga, fermented food making, wellness and mindfulness activities.​

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​​ 北九州大学外国部学部卒業　

1996年渡米

カリフォルニア州立大学教育心理学修士号卒業

日米で教育とメンタルヘルス業務

2010年アメリカオレゴン州ポートランで日本語プリスクール寺子屋創立

2014年〜2016年在住

2016年文化書道学会書道師範取得

2017年書道会和桜の会設立　

​現在日本語アート＆書道教室主宰

趣味：ウェルネス全般, 発酵食、ヨガ、華道、菜園等