Back on the Mainland #fieldnot [...]
Owner: Pacific Solo
Back on the Mainland #fieldnotes #sunset #japan
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Location: Nagoya
Latitude: 35.18000000
Longitude: 136.91000000
Published: 18 Mar 2026
I’m back on the mainland after months on a quiet island in southern Japan.
Rush hour. Trains arriving. A different rhythm of life.
Yet at sunset, something familiar appears.
The same sun that lights a remote island also glows over steel tracks and tangled wires in the city.
Different places. Different rhythms.
The same light.
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Lowell Sheppard is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and author of Longevity and the Art of Community: Lessons from Japan. Through the Never Too Late Academy Longevity Project, he travels across Japan exploring the secrets of long, healthy, independent lives.
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