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So, you want to live to be 100? The answers to live a long and happy life can come from Japan that has the longest average life expectancy in the world (83.84 years) and where 2 million inhabitants have reached the age of 90. Believe it or not, 6 of the older aligns live people come from Japan, including Nabi Tajima from Kagoshima, aged 117 and the last living human born in the 19th century!

How could so many Japanese live so long?

What are some of the things that Japanese has good?

In this episode, John travels to the Tottori prefecture in the area around Mt Daisen where his friend Tomiko-san gives him advice on how to live a long life and how she has lived to be 106 years old and to always work on the farm!

His secret?

Tofu.

She started doing tofu in the 1950s when doctors said that residents needed to reduce high blood pressure. She made her own tofu for her family and diet combined with good habits, including staying busy and working hard strengthened her mind and body. She still walks and writes Tanka poetry.

I also ask Mr. Seichi, my Japanese neighbor of 97 years his secret and I hear a Shinto priest on his thoughts and personal experiences living a very long and happy life in Japan.