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The Longevity Question
Janine Marshall Janine Marshall

The Longevity Question

The longevity clinic tourism market is now valued at roughly $18 billion, according to Growth Market Reports, and is projected to reach $48.2 billion by 2033.

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The Walk That Is Not Exercise
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The Walk That Is Not Exercise

Shinrin-Yoku is prescribed by Japanese doctors as preventive medicine. It is not the same thing as forest bathing. The walk is incidental. The being there is the point.
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The Word That Does Not Translate
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The Word That Does Not Translate

Ikigai is one of the most mistranslated words in the Western wellness vocabulary. The four-circle Venn diagram is a Western invention. In Japan, ikigai is something quieter — the reason you already get up in the morning.
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The Table Is Almost Set
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The Table Is Almost Set

The Japanese Supper Club is three days away. Thursday 30th April at No.82. Six longevity rituals. Barbara Cox. InsideJapan Tours. A few seats remain.
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From Tokyo to Lima to the 23rd Floor
Janine Marshall Janine Marshall

From Tokyo to Lima to the 23rd Floor

Barcelona's Nobu sits on the top floor of Nobu Hotel Barcelona, in the Eixample district. The views are the kind that stop a conversation mid-sentence.

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The Palace Between Sky and Sea
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The Palace Between Sky and Sea

The Amalfi Coast is one of those stretches of coastline that needs no introduction. The towns of Positano, Amalfi, and Sorrento cling to the cliffs below, connected by roads that twist through lemon groves and tunnel through rock.

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The Evening Train
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The Evening Train

There is a particular way of travelling that has nothing to do with getting somewhere quickly. The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express was built for this.

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One for Departure, One for Arrival
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One for Departure, One for Arrival

There are two inhalers in the box. They look the same. They are not. The first is for before and during the flight. You uncap it, waft it gently under the nose, and breathe in.

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The Land of the Rising Lifespan
Janine Marshall Janine Marshall

The Land of the Rising Lifespan

Agent Nouveau is bringing the principles of longevity from Japan to the table at No.82. An evening of Japanese-inspired cuisine, conversation, and a live tea ceremony, guided by two guest voices who know this culture from the inside.

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Where The Mountains Meet The Cretan Sea
Janine Marshall Janine Marshall

Where The Mountains Meet The Cretan Sea

On April 30th, Ikos Kissamos opens for the first time. It is the brand's first property on Crete and their most ambitious project to date. A 150 million euro investment across 53 acres of beachfront gardens on Kissamos Bay.

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The Island Where Four Continents Sit Down to Eat
Janine Marshall Janine Marshall

The Island Where Four Continents Sit Down to Eat

Mauritius is not a place you visit once. It is a place that settles into you slowly, through the food, through the warmth, through the particular quality of light that exists nowhere else.

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