Exploring the Island Where People Don’t Die ‘Ogimi Okinawa’ | Japan Travel Vlog |
The people of Naha live the longest life in the world. I found one thing common in this village. You will definitely find a garden around every house. Whether it is small or big. Bus number 67 is leaving. I am going back in this bus. You guys just saw two people from here brother. One of them was definitely above 100. Okay. There are many reasons behind living a long life. [Music] Like good morning guys. Welcome to another new video. All of you from Naha, a city in Japan. Naha is a prefecture of Okinawa. There is also Okanawa island. Okanawa is a prefecture and it is the capital of Okinawa. You must have seen in the last video I had come by flight from Tokyo. I had come here to visit a special place because the people of Okinawa live the longest life in the world. There are five such places in the world where people live the longest life. So Okinawa is also one of those places. These five places have been placed in the blue zones. Blue zones means where people live the longest. So Okinawa is also one of those five blue zones. So today I am going to explore Okinawa and show you many things and tell you how people live such a long life here. So the maximum number of centinarians are here. So look at the weather in front. It is 9:00 a.m. right now and the weather forecast is saying that it will rain all day today. In Japan, if the weather forecast says that it will rain, then it is 100% certain. Not like us, they are saying that it will rain 100% and the sun is shining. They are saying that it is 100% sunny and it is raining all day. It is not like that here. The weather forecast here is very accurate. Here the weather predictions that they will give after 10 days. They will definitely give the weather forecast. It will be 100% correct. There can be some variation here and there. And there is a village in Okinawa too. Oimi. Oimi is a village. The population there is 3,000 and out of 3,000 20 people are over 100 years old. So that place is about 90 to 95 kms from here. So I don’t know friend I was just looking at the map. So I don’t know how many times I have to change transportation. My main plan is to go there. Now I see brother it is raining. These people have provided good facilities in the hostel here. You will get roofs if it is raining. So I have taken this roof. Let’s continue our journey. Let’s see. It is 90kms and I came here only for 2 days. So I have come for 2 days. So visiting that place is compulsory for me. I cannot go without visiting that place. Tomorrow I will leave from here. So I will miss it if I don’t visit that place because I have come here specially to visit that village which is Oimi village. I want to see how the people there live such a long life. And let’s go. And I’m going to tell you a lot of facts about Okinawa. From here I have to take bus number 117 Nagosha Kashi for Nagagoi Yakuso May which is 6 minutes late. We have to take this bus brother for Nagosias May. From here after 14 bus stand our bus stand will come Nagosh Siyakus May. Then after that we have to change another bus. From there after 39 bus stand our bus stand will come which is the final destination. So three. So I crossed the bus stand before coming. What is 3 and 14? 17. Finally, that village will come after 17 and 3956 bus stand here. The total fair is 2520. Look at this cartoon cartoon drawn on the bus. I came in this bus brother. I have reached here after crossing 17 stations. I am Nago Shakuso and from here I have to take another bus and the scenery ahead is something like this. Look, it is raining all around. It is cloudy. Look here. They have also put up a map to guide. Seeing this place, the memories of Maitius got refreshed. In Maicius also there was a little similar scene. Now I had to pay 1,400 rupees Indian to reach here. And now from here I have to come to 39 station bus station and go to that village. You people cannot cross the road until there is a green signal. You people can see this building here. Its name is Nago City Hall. Now if it is in Nago City Hall, I don’t know. It is posted here in Nago City Hall. If possible, I will come back. Then I will also visit these places. But right now, I don’t have time. It is already quite late. So right now my target is that village. And that village is called village of longevity. Longevity means long life. It is called the village of two long lived people. And I will go there and tell you many things that how do those people live such a long life and what is their diet. You know many scientists come to that village to do research on people that how do these people live such a long life. I saw 71 in front of me. So I am thinking why not friend eat food here. You will find 71 all over Japan. You will find branches of 71 and its food is the cheapest in the whole of Japan. I will eat something small. I will take something like this. Hello, this is the bus stand. I have to take another bus from this bus stand. It will take me straight to Oimi village. Oimi village and Google maps is working so well here. Brother, what should I say? It means it will guide you step by step as to how to go. There is a clock in front. There are 7 minutes left for 12:00 and my bus will come at 12:35. Okay, now the island is different from the rest of Japan. You will not find such big buildings here. You will also find old houses. You will find small houses. All the buses here are going empty. There are hardly two or three buses. Many of them are completely empty. There is not even a single person to look at in the buses. Look, there are two people sitting in this bus. Bus number 67 comes. Finally, the bus has brought us to Okimi village. Okanawa Island is situated in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean. And look, the views here are like this. Wow, what a great place. The weather is also very strong. I have not yet entered the village and I saw something in front of me. Now friend, I don’t know whether this is a temple or something else. Now whether it is a cemetery or a temple, I have not understood anything till now and everything here is written in Japanese language. Only Japanese language is used on Okinawa Island. Brother, English is very rarely used here. Rarely you people will find something written in English. Otherwise, you will not find it at all. You guys tell by commenting. Maybe I am thinking that there are cemeteries here. By the way, very few people die here. There is no need for cemeteries. Brother, people here live for 100 to 100 years. And this cemetery is like this. I don’t know whether it is a cemetery or something else. I have never seen a cemetery like this. Just look at this road once. It is like butter. It looks amazing as if the road is shining and you will not find even 1% garbage on the garbage strip. People of Japan are clean. They are very good in terms of cleanliness. Look, you will not find even a single piece of garbage on the road. Not even a leaf. I am coming from there. The place is very cool. I am getting very good vibes from here. And first of all, this village of ours starts from this house. Look at this house. Here you will also get to see old houses. What is it that it is raining here? I came here to see that old people keep roaming in the village and you will find only old people in the whole village. Look, these people do gardening and farming here. If it was not raining today, then I would not have been able to see the whole lifestyle of this village here. Brother, these people do farming in such a small place. They do gardening and so on. The population of this village is about 3,000. Out of 3,000, 20 people have crossed the age of 100, brother. That means they are more than 100 years old. I don’t see even one person out of 3,000 here from the houses because of the rain. I wish it had not rained today. But still there are some things here that we will see and we will talk about many other things. This is the whole of Okinawa Island. In this out of every one lakh about 80 people are above the age of 100, right? And look here you will get to see some elderly people here. Do you know English? No. No English. No. No. Okay, okay, okay. You guys just saw two people. Brother, one of them was definitely above 100. And that other one too must have reached 90. So you will find many such people here. That’s it. Friend, there is a problem of English here. People here do not know English at all. It is raining today. So I am not able to meet so many people because I mainly wanted to see the activities. There are many reasons behind these people living a long life. For example, there are jeans as well. Like some people have a taller height then genes are also responsible for that. There is environment like the weather and environment here is such that people here live a good life. And then the third thing is lifestyle and food. People here eat plant-based food. So people here eat vegetables, nuts. They also eat meat etc. But they eat only what they need. They do not eat other useless things. And the most important thing is that they eat seasonal things like they will eat the things that are in season right now. They will not eat unseasonal things like what happens with this is that you can buy cabbage in summers, winters and rains anytime. But it is not like that here. These people eat only seasonal things and there are many other things. I will keep going in this village. I will keep showing you whatever I will see. Brother, this village is a very amazing village. It is a very beautiful village which is situated on the side of the hill. And as the hill keeps increasing as I keep moving along its side. Then in the middle of the road there’s a road and here there is this hill. So this entire village is situated in between the two. This is a vending machine. You people will find vending machines everywhere in Japan. I did not expect that you will find a vending machine in this village as well because these people eat only healthy food. So I did not expect that you will find a vending machine in this village as well. By the way, some people are seen who just get down from the vehicle and go inside their homes. Well, there are many reasons to live a long life. But one reason is that the people here have a simple principle that your stomach should not be full. They eat three times a day and 80% means your stomach should be full only up to 80%. If your stomach is 80% full, then these people stock food. And you know the people here, they definitely keep some or the other importance in their life. Meaning these people have a purpose to live life. Not like in our India brother. One has turned 60 years old, 65 years old. Got the children married, saw the grandchildren. That’s it. Life is over. Now I will lie at home. It does not happen with the people here. What happens with the people here is that they have some or the other aim even if it is to do gardening. Meaning you will not find any old man sitting idle here. When they wake up in the morning, they remind themselves brother this is the purpose of my life. This is why I am living. So it brings positivity. Meaning suppose there is no aim in life, no purpose. Then a person goes into depression and a little inferiority complex develops in a person meaning a little and it is obvious that if there is inferiority complex depression then a person will definitely live a lesser life. Here there is a group called mua it is called mua. All the friends meet support each other. Whether it is happiness or sadness they sit in the evening sit in the morning and meet each other. Meaning there is a group called moai and the whole group supports each other. Look at other parts of Japan like Tokyo, Osaka or here or Shiroshima. Wherever you go, the people there are not so socialized. People here are very socialized. People here meet each other. They sit together. They talk to each other and support each other in good and bad times. And they also sit together and do a lot of activities. Do you know English? No. You are from here. Here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So brother there was this guy. So I was asking him if he knows English. What did he say? Friend I don’t know. So look here he does gardening like that brother. He is an old man. He is doing gardening. So if we live such an active lifestyle then why not brother? We will live a long life. It is obvious. If it was not raining then most of the people would definitely be found doing some activity here. It is raining now. So everyone is in their homes. So no one is there. Anyway, I will try to see as much as I get to see here in the village. There are such small lanes in the village, brother. We walk in the lanes. See what it is today. And there are not so many people like that. The village is not advanced. These people are not interested in those things. They are not interested in modern life. These people live a simple life. Their houses are also made very simply. But look in every house. You will find trees and plants and garden type things in every house. And these small streets, brother, what a thing. They are very beautiful. Here the mountain has come. But here it is like this small streets. Here also these people have made a garden. I have come quite far from this village. I am not meeting people because of rain. Otherwise it would have been fun. People are meeting here. It has become a backyard. Here also these people have planted something or the other. I don’t know whether this is someone’s house or something else. Here they have made a small garden type thing. They do gardening in it. Look, they keep growing something or the other here. What is here? This is probably radish or something else. These people grow their vegetables and fruits for their food here and do it from here. Look, these people have grown vegetables here. Tomatoes, gourds. By the way, they are fond of gardening. These small tomatoes. Those other tomatoes. The tomatoes that come here are not tomatoes. I have to spend at least 2 to three hours in this village. And brother, in the village only I am speaking, my voice is coming. I myself feel ashamed that not even a person’s voice is coming here. I have come to the fields at their place. Some vegetables have been planted here too. That banana tree in front. And this building I think is the biggest building here. The sound of goats is coming from their brother. I have also come next to the hill. So what about me? They are engaged in gardening. People here are very fond of gardening etc. or farming etc. It is raining today otherwise you will not find any such useless thing. I had read a lot about this village. This is the whole village in front. These people have made a goat farm here. They have kept goats in it. What are goats? There is only one goat. It is just doing its job in one goat. There is no other goat here. If we talk about the average lifespan of the entire Hokinawa. Then look here. The males live 81 years and females live 87 years. So the women here live the longest life in the whole world. Scientists keep coming here every now and then to do research. Many people even stay here for a few days. They see their lifestyle. They see their food habits, what they eat, what they drink, how they live. And from here you people will get a good view of this village. I mean I am showing from above. So you people will get a good view of how the houses are here. You will also find some big houses but not too big either. There will be two floors maximum two floors in them. Ground floor and first floor. You won’t find a third floor in any house here. [Applause] Right now I have come to the side of the village. I can’t see anyone outside because of the rain. Everyone is just sitting inside brother and just go close from here. The main road comes here. As soon as you go a little ahead, look here. The main road comes from here. And look in this. These people have planted pineapples here. And look in front. Pineapples. And as soon as you come out of the village, you will see the view of the sea in front. And this is the main road. Here comes the main road. As soon as you come out of the village, I will show you the view of the sea as well. It is raining today. So today it looks quite good. Anyway, look in front. This is the whole village and this is the sea area in front. The local people of this place come here in the evening and take a walk. This is the Pacific Ocean. People have made some stairs etc. here to sit. So, it is raining here right now. So, there’s no point in staying here for long. Let’s go towards the village and if we get to see something else, I will show you those things too. Look, the wind has started blowing. My umbrella will not stop. If the wind starts blowing more, then maybe I have come to the roadside. So that is why the wind is blowing more here. I go inside the village again. Look here. This is the post office of this village. Ogimei post office. This is the school here. Kir garden school. You will not find anything like this. I mean whether it is hi-fi or some such VIP house or VIP school, you will find everything normal here. Look this is the school here which you can see in front and this is some parking. There are some houses etc built in front or something else. If tsunami etc comes here then these people have made an emergency shelter here. What is special about this is that you will see it completely closed from top to bottom. This building can be used as a shelter when a tsunami strikes because this place is only 3 m above the sea level. And here is some government building here. These people have put up a notice that people should vacate the house as soon as possible. If a warning of earthquake or tsunami is given, then these question boards have been put up everywhere. This place is only 3 m above the sea level. And this place is the playground of the entire village. Although I don’t find it to be a good playground, but still it is fine. Look this parking that you can see only guests can park their vehicles in it. Here these people have clearly put up a board. It is written in Japanese but I have translated it. So it says that guest parking only. The Ogimi village office is here. If you want to take anything like tourist information etc you can take it. However, today I found it closed. I did not find anyone here. I have come back here on the main road and now I will leave from here. It has been at least 2 and 1/2 hours since I have been roaming this village. I was waiting for the rain to stop so that people come out and I can see their activities. Here the weather forecast is showing rain all day. And this is the village board. UGI village office. You guys the sign that is placed in front what you can see directly is UGI village office. And before leaving from here I will show you the village once more. Look at this. The one in front is the UI village office. Here this drain is going. The parking is here. There is a ground. This is Ugam village. There is an office board here. And the vehicles are going. Brother, I will go now. This is in front. There is an ocean here. So let’s say baba tatata to this village. It was a very nice village. I told you a lot of things too. It is not a very big village friend. This is a small village. If you guys ever come here to visit then according to me you guys can easily give 3 hours because it will take time for you guys to understand things. I have given 2 to 2 and 1/2 hours here because it is raining today. So I did not meet people outside friend. If I met people outside inside their homes I would also see their activities etc. Like there is sunlight. So here brother in the entire village you will find only elderly people. You guys will think which village and which place have I come to. You will find only old people in the entire village. But the village is very nice. I found one thing common in this village. You will definitely find a garden around every house whether it is small or big. Meaning these people are busy in gardening meaning they keep doing something or the other the whole day. They don’t sit idle. And people here have that too. Meaning they have an aim in life even if it is small. It may not have any meaning for others but for themselves there should be some important purpose. It is called ikaiagai or ikai it is called something like that. I will mention you guys on the screen meaning it means that there should be a purpose in life. So now we go back. I will go to the city and this village is about 90 km from Okanowan’s capital and here you people will not get even that no hostile accommodation nothing like that because if you get anything else here it will be very expensive and this bus which is going bus number 67 I am going to go back in this bus now a bus will come from here and I’m going to go back to the city by taking that bus you will find a board here and here is the bus stop of this village this is the only small bus stop of this village And here you will find the name of the village also written. Oh give me the bus will come after 10 minutes. There is one good thing in Japan. If you search something on Google then it will really tell you the complete direction of where you have to go. Which bus to take first, how much to walk, then take the metro then take the bus. Then suppose you have to change some bus then how much to walk, how far to walk, how to walk, take the bus from there. By sahab it tells 100% accurate. So whenever you guys come to Japan, you can either use Google maps or I have an iPhone so I am using Apple Maps. Google Maps works great and Apple Maps also works great. So when I left from here in the morning, even then it was less than light. But now it is raining very heavily here. And you know it will rain continuously here for the next 10 days. Meaning after 10 days the rain will reduce here. I’m looking at the weather forecast. It is raining continuously for 10 days and there is rain in the weather forecast, meaning it will rain 100%. Look, the city is like this. Now, I am thinking my hostel is about 1 kilometer from here and I will have to walk for about 12 to 15 minutes. So, I have a beehive. I’m thinking that I should keep walking and show you guys what the city is like. You won’t get to see much in the rain, but the buildings are like this. You guys can also see. It looks like a mall to me. And the building is like this. It is okay. The city is quite nice. It is clean. You will find only these big buildings here. And you will not find many big buildings in the city. There are some bridges etc. built. And here it is like this. A river is going from here. It is raining today. So the river is flowing. Well, look at this. I have come back to my hostel after roaming around the whole day and now I will eat here. I have come to the ground floor from my hostel. There is a restaurant downstairs on the ground floor. So now I will eat here and after eating we will finish this video and I am ordering some local food here. So I will tell you about the local food as well. Here you will get a lot of non-veg. Vegetarians face a lot of problems in Japan. If you are vegetarians then you will face a lot of problems in eating. And this is the local food here. See, I am taking the shrimp of Okinomia. Shrimp, however, it also has pork. Pork is very popular on Okinawa Island. I don’t eat pork and beef. So, I am taking this shrimp. So, let’s see. This is for 850. So, it will cost me around 430 or 440 Indian rupees. And beer is also available here. You people can take unlimited beer for 1,78 Indian rupees for 1 hour. 1,78 Indian rupees is equivalent to 600 Indian rupees. You can drink as much beer as you want for 600 Indian rupees. Philippines brother, I am making a local dish for me here. This one is okonomia key. By okonomia is the local dish here. This is local. Okay. New food, right? Right. Okay. Okay, bro. Carry on. Thank you. Thanks a lot. Look here. Our food has arrived. What is in it is that there are some vegetables, some seafood and some fruits. This is how mill is made. [Music] 50% food in it is plant waste but seafood has also been added to it. But the food is quite good.
Ogimi is a village located in Okinawa, Japan, renowned for the extraordinary longevity of its residents. Often referred to as the “Village of Longevity,” Ogimi has one of the highest proportions of centenarians in the world. Key factors contributing to this remarkable lifespan include a healthy diet rich in vegetables, tofu, and seaweed, regular physical activity, a strong sense of community, and cultural practices that emphasize respect for the elderly and a positive outlook on life. The village’s lifestyle and environmental conditions have been extensively studied to understand the secrets behind the
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