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LONGEVITY
Okinawa, Japan
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Voting results for
October 31, 2005

Make tofu by hand with a local
25% with 86 votes

Interview centenarian
Ushi Okushima
38% with 129 votes

See how Okinawan food
is made
36% with 123 votes
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Photo & Video Gallery: October 31, 2005

Yesterday's winning vote sent us to the town of Ogimi to meet 104-year-old Ushi Okushima. View video and photos from our rare interview below. Then cast your vote to pick the expedition's next destination, and return tomorrow for new postings.
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Still Going
Photograph by Gianluca Colla

Ushi Okushima's hands reflect health and strength. She farmed until she was a hundred years old, and recently took a job bagging oranges at a nearby market.


 

 



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