▪ One hundred percent of the people we interviewed keep a vegetable garden, and most of them also have fields of tea, mangoes, shikuwasa, and so on. ▪ All belong to some form of neighborhood association, where they feel cared for as though by family. ▪ They celebrate all the time, even little things. Music, song, and dance are essential parts of daily life. ▪ They have an important purpose in life, or several. They have an ikigai, but they don’t take it too seriously. They are relaxed and enjoy all that they do.
