From a Village of 29 … to Tokyo #JapanSolo #Longevity #Community
I’ve just left the remote island village of 29 people in southern Japan, where my boat is moored, and arrived in Tokyo for a conference on aging and gerontology with IAFOR ( The International Academic Forum)
Before that, I’m walking across the city to meet my Tokyo “MOAI”—a small, regular community that stays connected both in person and digitally.
It’s a reminder of something I’m seeing again and again across Japan’s longevity hotspots:
Community isn’t one thing.
It’s many.
And perhaps that’s part of the art of living long and well.
Lowell Sheppard is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, Founder of the Never Too Academy, Special Advisor with IAFOR ( International Academic Forum), and author of ten books.
Through Japan Solo, he shares field notes on longevity, community, and independent living across Japan.
His forthcoming book, Longevity and the Art of Community: Lessons from Japan, explores how community supports living long—and living well.
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Lowell Sheppard: The 71-year-old 'Never Too Later' who traded life in Tokyo for a solo odyssey, transitioning from Pacific ambitions to the Japan Solo longevity project.
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