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Day 1: Celebrating Respect for the Aged Day in a Remote Japanese Village
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Day 1: Celebrating Respect for the Aged Day in a Remote Japanese Village

It’s Respect for the Aged Day here in Japan 🇯🇵—a national holiday that began back in 1947 as “Old Folks Day” before being renamed in the ’60s. I just learned that you officially qualify as “aged” here at 70… which makes me a newbie to...
  • Sep 14, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:06
Prepping for Respect For The Aged Festival #Longevity #Japan #nevertoolate
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Prepping for Respect For The Aged Festival #Longevity #Japan #nevertoolate

When the village where you are moored asks you to wear a sumo belt, you don’t say no! It`s Preparation day in Buren Village for the Respect for the Aged Festival. The sumo ring here is over 100 years old, and Kitamura-san, 80 years young, is still part...
  • Sep 13, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:11
30 Days, 30 Videos: My Solo Journey Beyond the Blue Zone #SlowTravelJapan #LongevityQuest #author
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30 Days, 30 Videos: My Solo Journey Beyond the Blue Zone #SlowTravelJapan #LongevityQuest #author

This weekend I begin a 30-day solo journey up the Pacific coast of Japan—not on my own sailboat Wahine, but aboard ferries and big boats captained by others. I’ll be revisiting waters I once sailed, exploring longevity hotspots, and asking tough questi...
  • Sep 12, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:01
6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Buying a Boat #BoatingLife #Buyingaboat #LearnToBoat
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6 Things I Wish I Knew Before Buying a Boat #BoatingLife #Buyingaboat #LearnToBoat

Dreaming of owning a boat? Before you even buy one, there are six things I wish I had practiced or studied more. These are skills and habits that would have eased my anxiety, sped up my learning curve, and made the first days onboard far smoother. The best...
  • Sep 03, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:08:05
Somewhere in Japan: Secret Beaches and Charming Harbors #SailingJapan #SecretBeaches #liveaboard
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Somewhere in Japan: Secret Beaches and Charming Harbors #SailingJapan #SecretBeaches #liveaboard

Blue skies. A sparkling coastline. A secret beach for a midday dip. This is sailing in Japan — beautiful, empty, almost untouched. In the Med or Caribbean, this would be crowded with yachts. Here, I counted just two others in the harbor. That’s what ma...
  • Sep 01, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:38
Mold Check, Sea View, and Sailing Lessons Ahead #SailingLife #Liveaboard #NeverTooLate
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Mold Check, Sea View, and Sailing Lessons Ahead #SailingLife #Liveaboard #NeverTooLate

Back on board Wahine after six weeks away. No mold (a sailor’s small victory!) and Buren Bay is as beautiful as ever. In this short, I share a quick check-in and a teaser for my upcoming video: the five things I wish I had done before buying a boat. Whet...
  • Aug 28, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:04
Back from the City, Into the Elements #SailingLife#OceanViews#NeverTooLate
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Back from the City, Into the Elements #SailingLife#OceanViews#NeverTooLate

"After six weeks in the city, I return to the island—and am greeted by a sailor’s perfect picture: a calm sea, blue skies, and a squall cloud rolling in. City life has its rhythm, but here the horizon reminds you of raw, quiet power. For sailors, rain ...
  • Aug 25, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:00
Early morning encounter the . #boatlife #bosozoku #japan
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Early morning encounter the . #boatlife #bosozoku #japan

Could they be the land equivalent of JetSkiers? :) in terms of sound pollution? Three more days and I am back on board Wahine. check out more videos at @pacificsolo.com
  • Aug 20, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:00
Last Day in Tokyo #imperialpalace #walking #japan
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Last Day in Tokyo #imperialpalace #walking #japan

Walking around the Imperial Palace and heading back soon to the boat. Watch full video here. https://youtu.be/SW0xbYIrxHE?si=X8tr_1u9ErK-Pi1P #imperialpalace #walking #japan
  • Aug 18, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:04
The Island of Dreams – Where My Sailing Journey Began #sailinglife #tokyobay #itsnevertoolate
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The Island of Dreams – Where My Sailing Journey Began #sailinglife #tokyobay #itsnevertoolate

Wahine’s home when I found her was at Yumenoshima Marina — Tokyo’s “Island of Dreams.” Built on landfill, transformed into a marina and park, it was here that my journey with Wahine truly began. On this day off from writing, meetings, and even b...
  • Aug 17, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:04:35
Letting the Mind Breathe in Tokyo’s Heat #MindfulMoments, #Japan #TokyoSkytree
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Letting the Mind Breathe in Tokyo’s Heat #MindfulMoments, #Japan #TokyoSkytree

Day 5 in Tokyo. I am away from Wahine for 6 weeks, having family time and writing and working. This is my second stint in Tokyo this summer. The city is sweltering—hot, humid, relentless. But even here, in a place that never sleeps, there's value in st...
  • Aug 07, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:56
Manga Predictions and Quiet Goodbyes #boatlife #japan #writerslife
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Manga Predictions and Quiet Goodbyes #boatlife #japan #writerslife

July began with a scare caused by a Manga Prediction and an unprecedented earthquake swarm near by. but what followed was deeper—a quiet goodbye. In this meditative video essay, I reflect on what it means to leave my sailboat Wahine for a time, the gr...
  • Jul 29, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:05:55
Back on Land and Facing the Scale: Yikes #boatlife #sunrise #fitness
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Back on Land and Facing the Scale: Yikes #boatlife #sunrise #fitness

Boat life may be good for the soul… but not for the waistline. Back on land, walking every day in one of my favorite valleys in Japan, I’m reminded of when I used to cycle 70 km before breakfast. Now? I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been at 95 kilos. ...
  • Jul 28, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:03
Back on my Feet and Wahine is Safe #japan #ikigai #bluezone
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Back on my Feet and Wahine is Safe #japan #ikigai #bluezone

New Meditative Video Coming soon Lowell here from Pacific Solo and the Never Too Late Academy. I’m back on the mainland, diving deeper into longevity research across Japan—building on Blue Zones and Ikigai. After three days off my feet from blisters, I...
  • Jul 26, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:02
Leaving My Sailboat to Write a Book #BoatLife #WritersLife #NeverTooLate
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Leaving My Sailboat to Write a Book #BoatLife #WritersLife #NeverTooLate

Goodbye, Wahine… for now. I’m heading to mainland Japan for a few weeks to work on the second draft of my book and continue research. Life aboard a sailboat, especially in typhoon season, means constant prep. She’s secured, bug-bombed (yuck), and fl...
  • Jul 15, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:44
Zero Breeze Mark 2 Honest Score After 2 Years #boatlife #portableairconditioner #writerslife
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Zero Breeze Mark 2 Honest Score After 2 Years #boatlife #portableairconditioner #writerslife

How does the Zero Breeze Mark 2 really hold up after 2 years on a boat in Japan’s heat and humidity? I’ve been using mine on my sailboat Wahine as a portable air conditioner during typhoon prep and writing retreats. I’m not a tech guy, so setup took...
  • Jul 13, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:59
Yay! My Portable AC Is Working Again! #boatlife #writerslife #japan
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Yay! My Portable AC Is Working Again! #boatlife #writerslife #japan

Hi, Lowell here from Pacific Solo and the Never Too Late Academy, aboard my Gib Sea 402 Wahine, moored in Buren Bay on Japan’s Amami Island. With one typhoon heading toward China (safe travels, friends) and another brewing for next week, I’m prepping ...
  • Jul 12, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:01
This 150 Dollar Island Car Just Made Boat Life Easier! #japan #boatlife #travel
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This 150 Dollar Island Car Just Made Boat Life Easier! #japan #boatlife #travel

Living on a boat in remote Japan has its beauty… and its challenges. I’m moored in a quiet bay, in a remote spot on Amami Island, where the bus comes just a couple of times a day. With typhoon season approaching and writing deadlines too, I needed som...
  • Jul 10, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:01
Its July 6th in Japan. What`s Going on? #japan #islandlife #awareness
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Its July 6th in Japan. What`s Going on? #japan #islandlife #awareness

What’s happening in Japan right now? Some tourists cancelled trips over a manga doomsday prediction for July 5th. Social media ran with it. But here in Amami, just south of the Tokara Islands, the sea kayaking festival went on, and the village of 29 whe...
  • Jul 05, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:28
Living on a Boat in Japan: Typhoon Coming? #boatlife #japan #solosailor
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Living on a Boat in Japan: Typhoon Coming? #boatlife #japan #solosailor

There’s a typhoon in the forecast—at least according to one of the weather models—and it could sweep right over Amami next week. So it’s prep time aboard Wahine. Today I’m taking down the jib sail, adding fenders, securing gear, and making sure b...
  • Jul 05, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:55
It’s July 4. Why I’m sleeping onshore the next few days #july5prediction #japan #islandlife
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It’s July 4. Why I’m sleeping onshore the next few days #july5prediction #japan #islandlife

It’s not because it’s July 4th that I’m staying on shore — I’m Canadian. But something curious is happening here in Japan. Tourists are cancelling their trips because of a decades-old manga prediction about a disaster on July 5th — and oddly en...
  • Jul 04, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:58
Solstice Musings
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Solstice Musings

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  • Jul 03, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:39
What a Week: Laughter and Tears. #Solstice #WoodyAllen #lifeanddeath
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What a Week: Laughter and Tears. #Solstice #WoodyAllen #lifeanddeath

"I`m Not Dying. Not Yet". This week, just after the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, holds layers of meaning for me. - Six years ago, I moved aboard Wahine and launched the Pacific Solo dream. - 39 Years ago this week, we welcomed our firs...
  • Jun 30, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:09
Broken Gear, Sweat and Sunblock #boatlife #travel #sailingjapan
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Broken Gear, Sweat and Sunblock #boatlife #travel #sailingjapan

Maintenance My Way. Some people are wired for repairs. I’m… not one of them. Today I’m rowing ashore to get my broken Zero Breeze air conditioner looked at (and its stubborn battery). Thankfully, my friend Martin is an electrical wizard—because my...
  • Jun 29, 2025
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:01:13
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