[Jonty30]

Their diet also makes use of a lot of plant protein. That’s a commonality in many of the blue zones.

[Vigilanteman]

Diet and a lot of exercise. Movement by automobile is inconvenient and slow in much of the county so there is a lot of schleping. Running for trains, running for buses, an obession with fresh food that has many people shopping everyday.

One of the things I really liked is that they sell bread in eight slice packs. When I moved my family back to the USA after 14 years in Japan, they would not eat standard grocery store bread. I had to find high quality bakery bread.