Entertainment & Music The Real Marigold on Tour - Japan

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BBC - The Real Marigold On Tour: Japan - Media Centre

In 2015 Japan had the second highest life expectancy.

This was such an eye opener, looks like we have a lot to learn from Japanese culture.

Extract below

The Real Marigold On Tour: Japan



For the second part of their adventure the group go East to experience living like Japanese retirees. Miriam Margolyes, Wayne Sleep, Bobby George and Rosemary Shrager travel to Japan, which in 2015 had the second-highest life expectancy in the world - in search of the secrets to longevity.
In the historic city of Kyoto, they move into a homestay with 73 year-old twin sisters, Setsu and Fumie. Struggling with Japanese etiquette, Miriam soon learns that being loud and breaking wind in public doesn’t go down well here.

Keen to live like locals the group start their day with an early morning keep fit class, called Radio Taiso. Broadcast nationwide, thousands of elderly residents take part in a free exercise class to keep everything ticking over.

Living a long life isn’t just down to keeping fit - retirees in Japan also work well in to their 70s and 80s.

Inspired by the Japanese attitudes to keeping the body and brain active, eating the right food and finding employment, the group are heading home with lessons learned about how to live out their golden years.