Abstract

A depopulated mountain village. However, many energetic older adults in their 90s are like ironworkers.
Someone wrote a diary without missing a single day. Someone continues to preserve his craftsmanship, such as making Japanese paper and blacksmithing. At age 99, Someone stands in his store daily and handles everything from purchasing to sales by himself. Someone holds a chainsaw with ease and cuts down trees. Someone lives a careful life in a house in the mountains. Someone goes to a day service every day with a smile.
At first glance, they appear to be ordinary older men and women. But they are not normal people.
What is the secret of their health and longevity? The film will explore this question by unraveling each person's life story.
This is a book of hope for the "100-year life era."

Author’s Information

Kei Ikeya　　
Kei Ikeya was born in 1953 in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. President of NPO Rakurakusha. He is an editor and writer. He was moved from Tokyo to a mountain village in Tenryu-ku, Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 12 years ago. In addition to his publishing business, he also runs a day service business (Minna no Ie). She communicates the charm of the mountain village daily.