A Week with Chiharu is a seven-day glimpse into the life of 91-year-old Chiharu as she spends time with her son Mitsu and me in Buren Bay, Japan. Through ordinary moments—sharing meals, singing, sailing, walking, and simply enjoying each day's adventures—I'm exploring what everyday life can teach us about aging well, community, and the art of growing older. Day 4 The day began, as it often does, with sunrise, Radio Taiso, and breakfast. Today's special treat was locally grown passion fruit. After breakfast came haiku, before Chiharu headed off with her son Mitsu to enjoy lunch with friends and an afternoon of music and singing with singer Tomo-chan. Chiharu has a large appetite for life. She enjoys physical activity, but she's equally drawn to creativity, conversation, music, friendship, and good food. As I continue my research into Japan's longevity communities, I observe that aging well is about more than exercise or diet. It is remaining fully engaged with people, with place, and with life itself. Tomorrow... Day 5. About Lowell Sheppard Lowell Sheppard is Founder of Never Too Late Academy, Special Advisor to the International Academic Forum (IAFOR), and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS). After living in Japan for nearly three decades, he is traveling the country researching longevity, community, and healthy aging, sharing observations from Japan that may help us all live well for longer. https://www.nevertoolateacademy.com/blog #Longevity #HealthyAging #Community #JapanSolo #Japan #ActiveAging #NeverTooLateAcademy

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We are hosting our FIRST ever LIVESTREAM on YouTube for our Patrons! Head over to www.patreon.com/sailingseawind to sign up and we will see you there! WHEN? **THIS WEEK on THURSDAY (January 25th) at 6:00PM EST** I know this is short notice, but we have some really exciting news to share, and we've been trying to organize a livestream for oh about 2 years now 🤣 so better to just rip the bandaid off. You won’t want to miss what we have to say because honestly we’re kinda shocked ourselves haha! See you on the stream!

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Take a quick look at staff preparing the linen inside a charter boat.

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Witness the temporary setup as we clamp everything in place. The chartplotter is coming to life! See the initial boot sequence unfold. #Chartplotter #BoatTech #MarineElectronics #TechDemo

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