Nikki Sharp

Just a casual trip to one of the Blue Zones🤩 aka — Okinawa.

These zones are known for being the healthiest areas in the world with least amount of disease, highest concentration of centenarians (over 100).

Ive been fascinated with these zones since I first learned about them. Having gone to Sardinia & now Okinawa I can see certain similarities & of course differences.

Health is truly so much more than just the food we eat, it’s the sun, how much movement you get, your community & happiness. That’s what boosts Okinawa to the top spot.

I had a few ppl ask me my thoughts & if I recommend it…

A few things I noticed:

👉🏼the people are super friendly & locals just have a certain smile, one that truly comes from within
👉🏼most ppl spoke english (sort of surprising) but I managed to communicate easily with translate apps
👉🏼I don’t eat fish — Okinawa is def not the best place for me 😆 BUT, they really do take their purple sweet potato & bitter melon seriously
👉🏼It reminds me of Hawaii a lot! And actually is closer to fly there from Japan than London
👉🏼They have a really(!) nice mall… sort of surprising but went to see the teamLab (after seeing it in Tokyo)
👉🏼I tried Shabu Shabu for the first time. Definitely an interesting experience, overall I’m not a huge fan of the 3 hour dinners Japan does

👉🏼 also, I couldn’t sleep one night and realized it was a super moon, which I always get affected by🌕 I decided to go to the beach at 2am, meditate on some question in my mind. And dance around the water… it is SUPER warm!

Would I go back? No. But super grateful to have gone, met such wonderful staff.

TELL ME — what’s your Japan bucket list location???👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼