Long Life Nozawa Nagano
People live long and well in Nagano
Big weekend in Nozawa as tomorrow is a public holiday to celebrate “Respect for the Aged Day”. It is a day to express respect for the elders in the community, and to recognise and thank them for their contributions to society and last but not least, celebrate their long lives.
Nagano is now recognised as one of the places that people live the longest in the whole world! There are perhaps a few reasons for this however it all stemmed from about 30 years ago when Nagano had a high level of people having strokes from too much Salt in all the pickled vegetables they ate. The local councils and governments started campaigns to turn this around and in 2010 Nagano topped the list for the longest life expectancy in all of Japan and the World.
Long Life Nozawa Nagano
In Nozawa the fresh mountain air, Onsens, diet and the fact the elderly work hard all year round farming in summer and then shovelling all the snow in winter must help. Be sure to offer them a hand or a smile when you are wandering the streets of Nozawa next.
If you are a Senior Skier and keen to get into some skiing in Nozawa and live longer check out our packages here Senior Ski Packages Japan