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Oh, yes, I could retire to this. Yes. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:19 | |
Four famous pensioners are on a brand-new adventure, | 0:00:19 | 0:00:22 | |
travelling the globe in search of the perfect place to retire. | 0:00:22 | 0:00:26 | |
It's an explorer's world from now on | 0:00:26 | 0:00:30 | |
and we want to explore the lot. | 0:00:30 | 0:00:33 | |
I mean, even the lavatory looks nice. | 0:00:33 | 0:00:35 | |
'A perfect place for me to grow old would be clean and comfortable, obviously.' | 0:00:35 | 0:00:41 | |
It would have to have excellent internet access. | 0:00:41 | 0:00:45 | |
That would be a complete must. | 0:00:45 | 0:00:47 | |
And I would have to have...servants. | 0:00:48 | 0:00:52 | |
I'm going for a wee-wee. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:54 | |
If you live in a bubble on your own, | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
you don't know what the other cultures in the world are like. | 0:00:56 | 0:00:59 | |
You don't know what the people are like, you don't know how they live, | 0:00:59 | 0:01:02 | |
you know - if you could learn off 'em. | 0:01:02 | 0:01:05 | |
Having sampled the American dream in Florida's gated retirement communities... | 0:01:07 | 0:01:12 | |
How many face-lifts have you had? | 0:01:12 | 0:01:15 | |
Ten! | 0:01:15 | 0:01:16 | |
..now Miriam, Wayne, Rosemary and Bobby are venturing East... | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
Oh! | 0:01:22 | 0:01:24 | |
..to try and discover the secrets of longevity in Japan. | 0:01:24 | 0:01:28 | |
If I lived here, I wouldn't be fat. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
I think it would be very hard for us to adapt to live in Japan. | 0:01:31 | 0:01:35 | |
Nipples ahoy! | 0:01:35 | 0:01:37 | |
Well, I think they will think we're vulgar. | 0:01:37 | 0:01:39 | |
But there's nothing we can do about that. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:42 | |
"I've had an accident." | 0:01:42 | 0:01:44 | |
We're now having to rely on each other a lot more. | 0:01:44 | 0:01:47 | |
We're out of our comfort zone. | 0:01:47 | 0:01:49 | |
Does anybody know any Japanese here? | 0:01:49 | 0:01:51 | |
No. | 0:01:51 | 0:01:52 | |
Japan. A land of ancient culture, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:05 | |
tradition and one of the longest life expectancies in the world. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:09 | |
Could it be the perfect place to spend your golden years? | 0:02:10 | 0:02:14 | |
Over there, tickets. | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
Kyoto. It's not "Key-oto", it's "Kyo-to". | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
It's Kyoto. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:21 | |
-Kyoto. -Oh, it's going to be a laugh, this, innit? | 0:02:21 | 0:02:24 | |
'When you're choosing where to spend' | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
the last years of your life, | 0:02:27 | 0:02:30 | |
it depends on many factors. | 0:02:30 | 0:02:33 | |
'The biggest problem for me being in Japan will be the language. | 0:02:33 | 0:02:37 | |
'But I'm very excited.' | 0:02:37 | 0:02:39 | |
I feel like a kid going on a trip. | 0:02:39 | 0:02:42 | |
It's thrilling. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:43 | |
The group have flown nearly 6,000 miles across the globe | 0:02:45 | 0:02:49 | |
and landed in Japan's third-largest city, Osaka. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:52 | |
From there, they'll be travelling on | 0:02:54 | 0:02:56 | |
to the historic former capital, Kyoto. | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
Tickets for Kyoto? | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
Kyoto, Kyoto. | 0:03:01 | 0:03:02 | |
-Yeah... -It's these tickets. | 0:03:03 | 0:03:05 | |
Thank goodness you're here. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:07 | |
Can you speak English? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
No English. No English. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:11 | |
-Sorry. -No Japanese. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:13 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:03:13 | 0:03:15 | |
I don't know what the word for thank you is. | 0:03:15 | 0:03:17 | |
JAPANESE VOICE ON PHONE | 0:03:17 | 0:03:20 | |
HE SPEAKS JAPANESE | 0:03:20 | 0:03:21 | |
That means "Have you got a boyfriend?" | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:03:23 | 0:03:24 | |
I don't know any Japanese, | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
but I'm trying to surprise the others by learning a little bit | 0:03:26 | 0:03:31 | |
of Japanese. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:32 | |
'Ohayo.' | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
-Ohayo. Ohayo. -What does that mean? | 0:03:33 | 0:03:36 | |
Good morning. Ohayo. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
Ohayo. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:40 | |
Ohayo. Ohayo. | 0:03:41 | 0:03:43 | |
SHE LAUGHS | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
OK, guys, right, you're all responsible for your own tickets. | 0:03:46 | 0:03:49 | |
Ooh! | 0:03:51 | 0:03:53 | |
Oh, just go, just go. | 0:03:53 | 0:03:54 | |
For Kyoto? | 0:03:54 | 0:03:55 | |
Oh. We've got the wrong tickets. | 0:03:58 | 0:04:01 | |
It doesn't matter. She's putting them right! | 0:04:01 | 0:04:03 | |
Don't you tell me off like that. | 0:04:03 | 0:04:05 | |
-She's putting them right! -Listen, you, | 0:04:05 | 0:04:07 | |
you were the one in charge of the tickets and you got it wrong. | 0:04:07 | 0:04:10 | |
I didn't think about that one! Kyoto. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
Japan's railway system is famous | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
for being one of the most punctual in the world. | 0:04:15 | 0:04:18 | |
The 9.46 Osaka to Kyoto has just arrived on time. | 0:04:18 | 0:04:23 | |
-Are you all right, Bobby? -Where is he? | 0:04:23 | 0:04:25 | |
Down here. Where's Miriam? | 0:04:25 | 0:04:27 | |
Arigato, arigato, arigato. | 0:04:29 | 0:04:32 | |
Arigato. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:34 | |
-Tickets. -Thank you. | 0:04:34 | 0:04:35 | |
Arigato. Arigato. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:37 | |
Arigato. | 0:04:37 | 0:04:39 | |
THEY MAKE JAPANESE-LIKE SOUNDS | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
Oh, my God. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
You have to be so quiet about everything you do. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
If we shout, they don't like that. | 0:04:46 | 0:04:48 | |
They feel it's very aggressive to them. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:50 | |
And anything like farting, perhaps, out loud | 0:04:50 | 0:04:53 | |
they wouldn't take to very much. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:55 | |
-I thought they did. -Oh, no, I don't think so, darling. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:59 | |
Oh, no, that's China. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 | |
The group are basing themselves in Kyoto, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
the cultural heart of the country. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:07 | |
With its vibrant ageing population, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:13 | |
a third of Kyoto's residents are over 60. | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
The ancient city is famous for its spectacular scenery and iconic shrines | 0:05:18 | 0:05:23 | |
and temples. But this morning, | 0:05:23 | 0:05:27 | |
a typhoon has just hit. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:28 | |
The weather is catastrophic. | 0:05:31 | 0:05:32 | |
It's like being at home, the weather. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:35 | |
It's pissing down with rain, bad. | 0:05:35 | 0:05:38 | |
Shall we get a taxi? | 0:05:38 | 0:05:39 | |
-Yeah. -Miriam, shall we get a car? | 0:05:39 | 0:05:41 | |
We need taxis. | 0:05:41 | 0:05:42 | |
Yeah. | 0:05:42 | 0:05:44 | |
We'll go in the one behind. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:45 | |
-OK. -Arigato. | 0:05:45 | 0:05:47 | |
Yes, please. | 0:05:47 | 0:05:49 | |
Thank you. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:50 | |
I'll go in this side. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:52 | |
Japanese people are extremely polite and they are also quite formal. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
That's going to be a little bit difficult for me because I'm not formal. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
Thank you. | 0:06:01 | 0:06:02 | |
'And I think we may need some guidance.' | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. | 0:06:08 | 0:06:10 | |
Nice to meet you. | 0:06:10 | 0:06:11 | |
Welcome to Kyoto. | 0:06:11 | 0:06:12 | |
My name is Isao Tanahara. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
Say that again. Isao...? | 0:06:14 | 0:06:16 | |
Yes. Please call me Isao Tanahara. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
-Isao. -Isao. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
-Isao Tanahara. -Tanahara. -Yes. -Tanahara. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
-Isao Tanahara. -Yes. | 0:06:25 | 0:06:26 | |
Lovely. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:28 | |
Will it change? Driver, will it change? | 0:06:29 | 0:06:31 | |
How long does it take, raining like this? | 0:06:31 | 0:06:34 | |
A couple or three days and it's cleared up? | 0:06:34 | 0:06:36 | |
-I think so. -Is it just seasonal or a few times a year? | 0:06:36 | 0:06:40 | |
Only today, you know. | 0:06:41 | 0:06:43 | |
-Only today? -Just our luck. | 0:06:43 | 0:06:45 | |
Isao, do you always wear a hat and white gloves? | 0:06:47 | 0:06:52 | |
-Yes, ma'am. -So you have to wear that? | 0:06:52 | 0:06:53 | |
We have to wear, yes. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:55 | |
-Because in England, they don't do that. -Oh! Er... | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
It's very unusual. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
-Very. -It's very unusual. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:05 | |
And very formal. | 0:07:05 | 0:07:07 | |
Formal! I hope you like it. | 0:07:07 | 0:07:09 | |
-I love it. -It's lovely. | 0:07:09 | 0:07:11 | |
Is this a temple on the left? | 0:07:11 | 0:07:13 | |
On the left is one famous temple called Higashi Honganji. | 0:07:13 | 0:07:16 | |
See how the roof goes - I think that's lovely, how they do that. | 0:07:16 | 0:07:20 | |
Isao, you have a very elderly population. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:25 | |
-That's right. -They live a long time. | 0:07:25 | 0:07:27 | |
-That's right, madam. That's a big issue. -How come? -Exercise. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
Yes. Exercise and diet. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:34 | |
This is amazing! | 0:07:36 | 0:07:38 | |
This is just what I imagined Japan to be like. | 0:07:38 | 0:07:40 | |
To fully experience retirement Japanese-style, | 0:07:42 | 0:07:45 | |
the group will be living in a quiet suburb of northern Kyoto. | 0:07:45 | 0:07:49 | |
Gosh, it's certainly the back of beyond, isn't it? | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
But life here isn't cheap. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:53 | |
The average house is over £300,000, | 0:07:53 | 0:07:57 | |
with living costs some of the highest in Japan. | 0:07:57 | 0:08:00 | |
We're almost here, Bobby. Are you excited? | 0:08:00 | 0:08:02 | |
I'm apprehensive. | 0:08:02 | 0:08:03 | |
Apprehensive. That's a good one. | 0:08:03 | 0:08:05 | |
'I've been to Japan before, but only as a performer with the Royal Ballet. | 0:08:05 | 0:08:10 | |
'What you first experience when you arrive in Japan is a totally different way of life.' | 0:08:10 | 0:08:16 | |
There's only one way of doing everything and that is THEIR way. | 0:08:16 | 0:08:19 | |
'I'm not sure the rest of our group will enjoy that.' | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
I think Japan will be a big culture shock. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
I think the chair's maybe a bit low down and I'm rather worried about it. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:31 | |
The group are moving into a house owned by 73-year-old twin sisters | 0:08:31 | 0:08:35 | |
Tetsu and Fumie. | 0:08:35 | 0:08:38 | |
Hello. | 0:08:38 | 0:08:39 | |
Thank you very, very much. | 0:08:40 | 0:08:42 | |
-Thank you. -Don't worry. | 0:08:42 | 0:08:44 | |
-Thank you so much. -The weather doesn't matter. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:47 | |
-YOU are the welcome. -Thank you so much. | 0:08:47 | 0:08:50 | |
It's too heavy for you, don't worry. I don't want you to carry it. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:54 | |
It's too heavy. | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
Take our shoes off. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:58 | |
Yes. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:00 | |
Bye-bye. Bye. Thank you so much. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:05 | |
THEY SPEAK JAPANESE | 0:09:05 | 0:09:08 | |
Oh, no, no, no, no. You can't do that. No, no, no. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
Give it to me, no, no. | 0:09:12 | 0:09:13 | |
Hello, darling. All right? | 0:09:15 | 0:09:17 | |
-That your sister? -Konnichiwa. | 0:09:17 | 0:09:20 | |
Konnichiwa. | 0:09:20 | 0:09:22 | |
Arigato. | 0:09:22 | 0:09:23 | |
SHE SPEAKS JAPANESE | 0:09:24 | 0:09:26 | |
Welcome. | 0:09:26 | 0:09:27 | |
My name is Fumie. | 0:09:27 | 0:09:29 | |
Fumie. | 0:09:29 | 0:09:31 | |
Fumie. | 0:09:31 | 0:09:34 | |
-Tetsu. -Fumie. | 0:09:34 | 0:09:36 | |
Tetsu. Fumie. | 0:09:36 | 0:09:38 | |
-Konnichiwa. -But how is it you're on your knees? | 0:09:38 | 0:09:42 | |
I'm not sure I could get on my knees. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:45 | |
Normal, it's normal. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:46 | |
Normal. | 0:09:46 | 0:09:48 | |
What do you do in that room? | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
-This? -Yes. -Somebody sleep with a futon. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:55 | |
-With a futon? -Ah, yes. | 0:09:55 | 0:09:57 | |
Oh, this is a bedroom. | 0:09:57 | 0:09:58 | |
-Ah. -This is where we're sleeping. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
Great. Thanks. Thank God for that. | 0:10:03 | 0:10:07 | |
With space at a premium, | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
Japanese homes often have living rooms doubling up as traditional sleeping areas at night. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:14 | |
I've never been in a home like this. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
When I'm in Japan, I want to be a Japanese person. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:19 | |
All I know is that I don't want to sleep on the floor. | 0:10:19 | 0:10:24 | |
I don't want to sleep on a futon. | 0:10:24 | 0:10:25 | |
On this occasion, upstairs there are also Western bedrooms | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
for the group to choose from. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:32 | |
Oh, wow. | 0:10:32 | 0:10:33 | |
You can choose. | 0:10:33 | 0:10:35 | |
I'm happy with this. | 0:10:35 | 0:10:36 | |
Very, very nice. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:38 | |
I'm happy with this one, if you want the other one? | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
I'm happy with this one. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
-This is fine. -I'm happy with this one too. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:46 | |
I'm not sharing... There's a two-bedroom there. | 0:10:46 | 0:10:49 | |
We're not sharing. Where's the loo? | 0:10:49 | 0:10:51 | |
I'm a bit funny about the toilet. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:54 | |
The toilet is quite an important part of my life and I want | 0:10:54 | 0:10:59 | |
to be sure that I've got a toilet near my bedroom. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
No, no, I don't want that bedroom. | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
I don't want that bedroom, I want this bedroom. | 0:11:06 | 0:11:08 | |
-OK. -Rosemary can have that one. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:10 | |
This is perfect for me. | 0:11:10 | 0:11:12 | |
-Is it? -Yes. -Good. -This is fine. | 0:11:12 | 0:11:14 | |
-And you can have a friend to stay. -Yes. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:16 | |
Nice! | 0:11:18 | 0:11:19 | |
Nice and close. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:23 | |
That'll do me. Lovely jubbly. | 0:11:23 | 0:11:25 | |
When you're asleep, you don't see nothing anyway. | 0:11:25 | 0:11:28 | |
You don't see nothing when you sleep. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:30 | |
A bed is to sleep in, not to look round the room. | 0:11:30 | 0:11:32 | |
I don't look at the furniture when I get up here. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
Thank you for your sweet welcome. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
It's beautiful. You see, I have these socks. | 0:11:38 | 0:11:42 | |
Um...thank you. | 0:11:42 | 0:11:45 | |
I wear them because when you fly, | 0:11:46 | 0:11:50 | |
you have to keep your legs tight. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
I was at, in Tokyo, Bunka Kaikan. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:57 | |
Bunka Kaikan? | 0:11:57 | 0:11:59 | |
-Royal Ballet. -Royal... -Ballet. Yeah, yeah. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:03 | |
-And you? -I throw darts for a living. | 0:12:03 | 0:12:06 | |
SHE GASPS | 0:12:06 | 0:12:08 | |
-Wow. -You know what darts are? Yeah? -Yeah? | 0:12:08 | 0:12:13 | |
-Professional? -Yeah. | 0:12:13 | 0:12:15 | |
Oh, my gosh. | 0:12:15 | 0:12:18 | |
All right, darling. | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
So polite. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:23 | |
They bow all the time and...so grateful. | 0:12:23 | 0:12:27 | |
We haven't done nothing, they're putting us up. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:29 | |
And they're grateful for us coming in their house. | 0:12:29 | 0:12:33 | |
We're in Japan! I can't believe it! | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
Here we are. We made it. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:38 | |
So exciting. | 0:12:38 | 0:12:39 | |
Rosemary - chef, Miriam - actress, | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
Bobby - darts player, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:54 | |
Wayne - dancer. | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
What impresses me about this place is that it's so Japanese. | 0:12:57 | 0:13:02 | |
-Because you... -We're in Japan! | 0:13:02 | 0:13:04 | |
We're in Japan! | 0:13:04 | 0:13:05 | |
I give dinner real Japanese style. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:09 | |
-Oh, fantastic. -Come in. | 0:13:09 | 0:13:12 | |
Tonight, Tetsu and Fumie have prepared a welcome dinner of cold seaweed soup, | 0:13:12 | 0:13:17 | |
tempura vegetables and steamed egg pudding. | 0:13:17 | 0:13:20 | |
Where would you like us to sit? | 0:13:20 | 0:13:22 | |
Oh, wow, this looks incredible. | 0:13:22 | 0:13:24 | |
What is that? | 0:13:24 | 0:13:26 | |
-Tempura. -Very healthy. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
-And what's that? -This is seaweed and cucumber. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:33 | |
That is very good. | 0:13:33 | 0:13:36 | |
The Japanese live longer than anyone else. | 0:13:36 | 0:13:38 | |
And they say it's probably what they eat, | 0:13:38 | 0:13:40 | |
so I want to find out what they're eating, so I can join 'em. | 0:13:40 | 0:13:43 | |
'I don't know if Bobby George will like the food.' | 0:13:44 | 0:13:47 | |
He's very traditionally English. Egg and chips, I'd imagine. | 0:13:48 | 0:13:51 | |
Mind, I shouldn't say that. | 0:13:51 | 0:13:52 | |
-Do you need a fork? -Well, I might have a... -Fork? | 0:13:52 | 0:13:55 | |
-Yeah, get me a fork, doll, yeah. -OK. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:56 | |
I can use these but I'd never get nothing in my mouth properly. | 0:13:56 | 0:14:00 | |
Do you eat sushi? | 0:14:00 | 0:14:01 | |
That sounds rude to me, to be honest with you. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:05 | |
That's fish, is it? "Shu-si"? | 0:14:05 | 0:14:07 | |
There's a few things I haven't tried, obviously. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:09 | |
Their menu's quite wide, isn't it? | 0:14:09 | 0:14:11 | |
They eat everything in the world that moves or flies. | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
Mmm. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:18 | |
This culture is so... | 0:14:18 | 0:14:19 | |
They're so polite, just respectful of anything anybody does. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:23 | |
But also, I think it's quite scary cos there's certain things you could offend. | 0:14:23 | 0:14:27 | |
I would love to know what you should not do here. | 0:14:27 | 0:14:31 | |
Well, I know that you shouldn't put your feet on the table. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
Well, that's the first thing you've done. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
I did that. I think we're much noisier than Japanese people are. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
-Yes, we are. -And we're more extrovert. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:42 | |
And we always draw attention to ourselves. | 0:14:42 | 0:14:44 | |
I don't think we do. One of us talks more than the other one. | 0:14:44 | 0:14:48 | |
Oh, really? Who you looking at? | 0:14:48 | 0:14:50 | |
I'm boss-eyed. I'm not looking at anyone, I'm boss-eyed. | 0:14:50 | 0:14:53 | |
Do you know what, you're going to give me a complex soon! | 0:14:53 | 0:14:55 | |
-Bloody hell. -It's all right, doll. | 0:14:55 | 0:14:57 | |
You can talk all the time. You've got a lovely voice. | 0:14:57 | 0:15:00 | |
I'm going to get very embarrassed and go all weird. | 0:15:00 | 0:15:02 | |
-You've got a lovely voice. I don't mind hearing your voice. -Thank you. | 0:15:02 | 0:15:05 | |
'We're all different. Everyone's different.' | 0:15:05 | 0:15:07 | |
Miriam, she farts all the time. It doesn't matter where she is | 0:15:07 | 0:15:09 | |
or what she's doing. "Ooh, sorry about that," she says. | 0:15:09 | 0:15:12 | |
And there's Wayne. He's very theatrical, you know. | 0:15:12 | 0:15:16 | |
And there's Rosemary shouting at me. So I quite enjoy the company. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:20 | |
You're redeeming yourself, but not enough yet. Oh... | 0:15:20 | 0:15:23 | |
You have to redeem yourself a lot more than that. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:26 | |
'She shouts a lot but she don't mean it.' | 0:15:26 | 0:15:28 | |
She's like a dog barking but you love the dog, don't you? | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
'I think there's room for everybody. | 0:15:32 | 0:15:35 | |
'And that's what makes it interesting, | 0:15:35 | 0:15:37 | |
'that we're all so different, isn't it?' | 0:15:37 | 0:15:39 | |
If I pull the chain in the night, is it going to disturb anybody? | 0:15:39 | 0:15:43 | |
-Not really. -No? OK. | 0:15:43 | 0:15:45 | |
THEY TALK OVER ONE ANOTHER | 0:15:45 | 0:15:47 | |
Retirees in Kyoto tend to rise early. | 0:15:55 | 0:15:58 | |
Konnichiwa. | 0:15:58 | 0:16:00 | |
This is my beautiful bed on the floor. | 0:16:00 | 0:16:04 | |
And my back has never felt better. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:06 | |
Where's the milk, then? | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-I'm just going to fart. -Oh, dear, not again. | 0:16:08 | 0:16:11 | |
-Oh, dear. Who gets up at this time? 5.30? -Well, they do, obviously. | 0:16:11 | 0:16:15 | |
We'll see how they do it, yeah. | 0:16:15 | 0:16:17 | |
Well, we're going to find out. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:19 | |
Are you lot coming or are you just going to sit and chat? | 0:16:19 | 0:16:23 | |
20 minutes from the home stay, | 0:16:27 | 0:16:29 | |
some of Kyoto's oldest residents are gathering. | 0:16:29 | 0:16:32 | |
-This is exciting. -Good morning. | 0:16:34 | 0:16:36 | |
Good morning. Do you come here every morning? | 0:16:36 | 0:16:39 | |
-Yes. -Every morning? -Almost. -Almost every morning. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
Even in the rain? | 0:16:43 | 0:16:44 | |
Even in the rain? Do you think it keeps you young? | 0:16:44 | 0:16:47 | |
-Oh, yes. -It does. -Sure. Are you OK? | 0:16:47 | 0:16:51 | |
Yeah. | 0:16:51 | 0:16:53 | |
Every time I move, something creaks. | 0:16:53 | 0:16:56 | |
I don't know what we're going to do this morning, | 0:16:56 | 0:16:58 | |
I'm rather apprehensive. | 0:16:58 | 0:17:00 | |
But they're very friendly and they all commented how fat I am, | 0:17:00 | 0:17:05 | |
so that's very cheering for a girl. | 0:17:05 | 0:17:09 | |
Oh, yes. They went... | 0:17:09 | 0:17:11 | |
Across the country, millions of Japanese senior citizens, | 0:17:15 | 0:17:18 | |
some in their 90s, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:20 | |
start the day listening to a keep-fit broadcast known as Radio Taiso. | 0:17:20 | 0:17:25 | |
THEY SING ALONG: | 0:17:26 | 0:17:28 | |
Introduced in the 1920s to prolong life expectancy, | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
the ten-minute routine transmits every morning at 6.30 sharp. | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
Oh, I don't know if I can do that. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:59 | |
I can't jump. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:02 | |
-Oh! -Having trouble? | 0:18:02 | 0:18:04 | |
HE LAUGHS | 0:18:04 | 0:18:06 | |
If I jump, my tits fall out. | 0:18:06 | 0:18:08 | |
Obviously I'm overweight and it's ridiculous | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
that I'm overweight at 75. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:12 | |
I mean, you can be overweight at 20 and then I should have done | 0:18:12 | 0:18:15 | |
something about it, but I didn't, so that's my fault. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:18 | |
This develops the breast. | 0:18:18 | 0:18:21 | |
I take a blood-pressure pill every day. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:24 | |
My neck's stiff. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:26 | |
And I take alendronic acid once a week for osteoporosis. | 0:18:26 | 0:18:30 | |
I have asthma | 0:18:30 | 0:18:32 | |
and...what else do I have? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
I think that'll do, for the moment. | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
-I can't do that. -No, mind your knee. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:42 | |
If I could, I would live forever. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:45 | |
I would really live forever, but, relax, I'm not going to. | 0:18:45 | 0:18:50 | |
We're wasting away, by the way. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
We all are, and if you face that fact and do something about it, | 0:18:53 | 0:18:58 | |
you'll achieve a longer life, if you're fit. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
-Oh. -ALL: Oh. Oh! Oh... | 0:19:02 | 0:19:06 | |
-Very good. -Very good! -Really good, really good. | 0:19:12 | 0:19:15 | |
Arigato. Arigato. | 0:19:15 | 0:19:17 | |
Arigato. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:19 | |
OK! | 0:19:19 | 0:19:20 | |
THEY CHEER | 0:19:20 | 0:19:21 | |
There is something we don't do in our country. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
We are missing a trick, somehow, somewhere along the line. | 0:19:24 | 0:19:27 | |
I mean, this is something to be taken notice of. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
Look at the age. | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
Look at how old the men and the women are. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:34 | |
They're agile, they're fit. I mean, this is incredible. | 0:19:34 | 0:19:38 | |
SHE SQUEALS | 0:19:38 | 0:19:39 | |
I mean, whether I could live here or not would be another matter, | 0:19:39 | 0:19:42 | |
but I love it. At the moment, it's looking good. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:45 | |
-Sore knee. -HE SPEAKS JAPANESE | 0:19:45 | 0:19:47 | |
Do you speak English? Do you speak English? | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
Despite Japan's high cost of living, | 0:19:56 | 0:19:58 | |
another popular national pastime is shopping. | 0:19:58 | 0:20:02 | |
Off we go. | 0:20:02 | 0:20:05 | |
Keen to tackle Kyoto's language and cultural challenges, | 0:20:05 | 0:20:08 | |
the group are splitting up for some retail therapy. | 0:20:08 | 0:20:11 | |
It's a beautiful little car. | 0:20:13 | 0:20:15 | |
Now, hang on. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:17 | |
Oh, no, it is automatic. | 0:20:17 | 0:20:19 | |
Rosemary's taking Wayne to a local market. | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
She's after supplies to make sushi this evening. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:28 | |
I want to get knives. | 0:20:28 | 0:20:30 | |
The language is not that easy, though. | 0:20:30 | 0:20:32 | |
Here, I've brought my little phrase book. | 0:20:32 | 0:20:35 | |
You tell me some words. | 0:20:35 | 0:20:36 | |
"I've had an accident." | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
Most Japanese retirees qualify for discounts on public transport. | 0:20:40 | 0:20:45 | |
Oh, there's the bus stop this side of the road. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:47 | |
Miriam and Bobby are heading for Kyoto city centre. | 0:20:47 | 0:20:49 | |
We're going to the gadget shop. | 0:20:49 | 0:20:51 | |
-What's the number of the bus? Do you know? -I don't know. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
I mean, I'm glad we're going in a bus and not a taxi because it's much | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
more like real people. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:01 | |
-I don't think you get the flavour of a place... -No. | 0:21:01 | 0:21:05 | |
..do you, unless you live a bit of the life of the native? | 0:21:05 | 0:21:08 | |
I mean, I use buses all the time. | 0:21:08 | 0:21:10 | |
-Don't you get recognised? -I like being recognised. | 0:21:10 | 0:21:13 | |
You know, if they said, "You were shite," or something, | 0:21:13 | 0:21:15 | |
then I wouldn't like it, but they always say, | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
"Love your work," and things like that. | 0:21:17 | 0:21:19 | |
You know, and they're nice. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
I like meeting people... Are they onions? | 0:21:21 | 0:21:24 | |
What's the futon like? | 0:21:25 | 0:21:26 | |
-Is it comfortable? -It's very comfortable. | 0:21:26 | 0:21:28 | |
It's soft but hard at the same time. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:31 | |
I do love the house, don't you? | 0:21:31 | 0:21:33 | |
I think the thing is, we've all got our bedrooms at night, | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
you can close the door, because living in such confinement | 0:21:37 | 0:21:40 | |
with each other every day is bound to have pressure in certain areas. | 0:21:40 | 0:21:44 | |
And you know, we're all going to get a bit irritated. | 0:21:44 | 0:21:47 | |
I think we're getting on remarkably well. | 0:21:47 | 0:21:49 | |
-Yes. -I tell you, Miriam's curbed her swearing. | 0:21:49 | 0:21:52 | |
-Yes, that's good. -Have you noticed it? | 0:21:52 | 0:21:54 | |
-Yes, absolutely. -I'm very pleased. | 0:21:54 | 0:21:56 | |
-So am I. She didn't swear once this morning. -No. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
This seat is quite warm. | 0:22:01 | 0:22:02 | |
That seems to me to be centrally heated... | 0:22:02 | 0:22:05 | |
-..under my bottom. -It might be the size of your bum keeping you warm. | 0:22:07 | 0:22:11 | |
You watch your mouth! | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
Watch your fucking mouth, mate. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
That's better. That's the way I like it, love. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:20 | |
Are we too loud? Do we speak too loudly? | 0:22:20 | 0:22:23 | |
-They don't make a noise, whereas we go... -SHE LAUGHS | 0:22:47 | 0:22:50 | |
You know? We make a noise. | 0:22:50 | 0:22:52 | |
Good thing Rosemary isn't on the bus. | 0:22:52 | 0:22:54 | |
-Oh, it's a real market. -Sweet. -Oh, what fun. | 0:22:54 | 0:22:58 | |
Set in the grounds of an historic Buddhist temple, | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
local pensioners with an eye for a bargain flock to Kyoto's largest | 0:23:04 | 0:23:09 | |
monthly market. | 0:23:09 | 0:23:10 | |
-Look at the temple. -Gosh, it's huge, look. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:14 | |
Oh, these are bonsai trees. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:15 | |
-Yeah, they're bonsai. -How old are these? | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
Nan nemo kana? | 0:23:18 | 0:23:19 | |
Do we need any bed linen? | 0:23:22 | 0:23:23 | |
Don't worry. Let's look... We'll come back. | 0:23:24 | 0:23:26 | |
-Come on. We'll come back. -OK. | 0:23:26 | 0:23:28 | |
Thank you. Thank you. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
What I'd love to do is find some knives. | 0:23:32 | 0:23:34 | |
Is it for the way you cut the sushi? | 0:23:34 | 0:23:35 | |
-Yes, you cut it at an angle. -At an angle. -Slice at an angle. | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
-You need a knife that would slice that way. -You need the right knife. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
-Here you are. -Oh, my gosh, look at this. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
Oh. | 0:23:52 | 0:23:54 | |
Oh, Rosemary, you're so butch. | 0:23:54 | 0:23:57 | |
-Oh, no, you've cut yourself. -No, I did that earlier. | 0:23:57 | 0:24:00 | |
-Oh. -I'm going to take the smaller one. -Yeah, that's better. | 0:24:00 | 0:24:04 | |
Nice jacket. | 0:24:04 | 0:24:05 | |
-Wow. -That's a big old shop, isn't it? | 0:24:08 | 0:24:10 | |
-Bring it on. -Cor. -This is my kind of shop. -Gordon Bennett. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
75-year-old Miriam is keen to explore Kyoto's six-storey | 0:24:14 | 0:24:19 | |
electronics megastore. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:20 | |
Blimey. Have you ever been in a shop like this? | 0:24:20 | 0:24:23 | |
-This is a drone. -See this? These are marvellous. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:26 | |
This is a drone. I think when you get to be the age that I am, | 0:24:26 | 0:24:30 | |
there are new things coming out on the market all the time, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:34 | |
which makes life easier. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:35 | |
I've never seen anything like it. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:38 | |
But I tend to get in a mess and have to ask for help. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:42 | |
Excuse me, please. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:44 | |
Is it upstairs, not phones? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:49 | |
Sorry, I am make a... There is counter. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:53 | |
-Sorry. -Oh. | 0:24:53 | 0:24:54 | |
-Thank you. -What's that? | 0:24:55 | 0:24:58 | |
-He didn't want to help. -Help. | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
I do want a watch strap, because this watch is fucked... So. | 0:25:01 | 0:25:06 | |
Oh, that's nice. That's charming, that is. | 0:25:06 | 0:25:09 | |
I'm not a technophobe, I'm a technophile. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
I love it. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:16 | |
Good morning. | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
How do you...? | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
Press that one. | 0:25:23 | 0:25:24 | |
Oh. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:27 | |
Oh, crikey. It's a bit personal. | 0:25:28 | 0:25:30 | |
Blimey. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
Oh, it's... | 0:25:34 | 0:25:36 | |
I like that. That's like fingers. | 0:25:36 | 0:25:39 | |
-Are you all right, Miriam? -Yeah. | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
-Oh, look, these are nice. -You wanted to buy a dressing gown, didn't you? | 0:25:50 | 0:25:53 | |
Yeah, but I'd rather look for a sword. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
OK, so where's the sword? | 0:25:55 | 0:25:57 | |
Aido? Aido? Samurai. | 0:25:57 | 0:26:02 | |
Aido? | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
Boom. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:09 | |
Flick. | 0:26:10 | 0:26:12 | |
I'm studying Samurai sword fighting in London and I'm choreographing a | 0:26:12 | 0:26:19 | |
ballet incorporating Samurai sword fighting and classical ballet. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:24 | |
Well, it's all to do with technique. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:27 | |
Simplicity, detail. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
So, as you walk and you slice the person across his body, you... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:35 | |
Mind away. Mind away. You don't go there, you see, you go to there, | 0:26:35 | 0:26:40 | |
because anybody could attack you, and you go the quickest way up | 0:26:40 | 0:26:44 | |
but the hardest way down. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:46 | |
Look them in the eye, flick the blood off, get into your hilter, | 0:26:46 | 0:26:51 | |
wipe your hand and retreat. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:53 | |
As you get older, and I'm 68 now, | 0:26:56 | 0:26:59 | |
you realise that time's getting less and less and less and the end is | 0:26:59 | 0:27:04 | |
creeping up on you. Well, it can creep as long as it likes. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
I'm not finished yet. I'm very ambitious to get the most out of | 0:27:08 | 0:27:12 | |
life I can, so in fact, life's become more exciting now I'm older. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:16 | |
That's terrific. | 0:27:16 | 0:27:18 | |
Very nice, thank you. | 0:27:18 | 0:27:19 | |
-Arigato. -Arigato. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
Thank you. Very impressed. | 0:27:21 | 0:27:24 | |
SHE SINGS | 0:27:25 | 0:27:27 | |
I'm actually driving in Japan. | 0:27:31 | 0:27:33 | |
-Oh. -Well, this really is something. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:36 | |
Less than 2% of Japanese residents are foreigners. | 0:27:38 | 0:27:42 | |
Struggling to master all the etiquette dos and don'ts, | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
Miriam and Rosemary need help. | 0:27:47 | 0:27:49 | |
Gomen kudasai. | 0:27:49 | 0:27:51 | |
-Come through. -Thank you. -Do come through. | 0:27:51 | 0:27:53 | |
Carolyn, originally from the UK, has lived in Kyoto for 23 years | 0:27:53 | 0:27:57 | |
and helps run a cultural support group for expats. | 0:27:57 | 0:28:01 | |
The thing about Japan is there are so many customs here and I | 0:28:01 | 0:28:05 | |
think if one was considering retiring in a place like this, | 0:28:05 | 0:28:10 | |
you have to embrace their customs in a big way, | 0:28:10 | 0:28:13 | |
because one thing you wouldn't want to do is to find yourself in a | 0:28:13 | 0:28:16 | |
situation where you're alienating yourself from society. | 0:28:16 | 0:28:20 | |
Thank you, first of all, very much, for coming. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
We're floundering a bit, I think, because... | 0:28:23 | 0:28:27 | |
We're friendly and they can see that we're friendly, | 0:28:27 | 0:28:29 | |
but it's just such a different culture. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
Give us some really good tips on how to sort of...act. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:37 | |
You know, please and thank you, of course. | 0:28:37 | 0:28:40 | |
The bowing. | 0:28:40 | 0:28:42 | |
When should we bow and when should we not bow? | 0:28:42 | 0:28:45 | |
Oh, all the time, really. I mean, don't hesitate to bow. | 0:28:45 | 0:28:48 | |
-That's strange. -Well, it's about being humble. | 0:28:48 | 0:28:50 | |
It's like being humble, that's right. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:52 | |
Yeah. Can you laugh loudly? | 0:28:52 | 0:28:54 | |
For women it's, you know... | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
-You put your hand in front of you? -Behind your... Yeah. | 0:28:58 | 0:29:00 | |
You and I had better do that, then! | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
Attracting attention is not something to do. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:06 | |
That is hard for me. | 0:29:06 | 0:29:08 | |
One thing, can I ask about, what about farting? | 0:29:09 | 0:29:12 | |
Because... Is that impolite? | 0:29:13 | 0:29:15 | |
Yes. I don't think I've ever heard anyone farting. | 0:29:15 | 0:29:18 | |
You've never heard anybody fart? | 0:29:18 | 0:29:19 | |
Nobody in Japan farts? | 0:29:19 | 0:29:21 | |
Well, I think they do it in the privacy of their own... | 0:29:21 | 0:29:24 | |
They do it in private. See, they're not like you, Miriam, | 0:29:24 | 0:29:26 | |
-they do it privately. -Right. | 0:29:26 | 0:29:28 | |
They're not going to let it all out when it needs to be out. | 0:29:28 | 0:29:32 | |
-That's a problem. -OK. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:34 | |
Thank you very much for everything and, um, you've been brilliant. | 0:29:34 | 0:29:39 | |
-Look, she bowed. -Yes. -We must bow too. | 0:29:39 | 0:29:41 | |
Yes, we must bow. | 0:29:41 | 0:29:44 | |
-Well, that was... -It was an eye-opener. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:47 | |
It's going to be quite tricky, all that business. | 0:29:47 | 0:29:49 | |
Not... | 0:29:49 | 0:29:51 | |
Well, not farting I can manage, but not...not being self-important... | 0:29:51 | 0:29:57 | |
-No, it's a bit of a worry. -That's a bit of a worry. | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
Yes, because we're all rather loud, self-important people, really. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
And we're used to, in a way, almost laughing at ourselves for being that. | 0:30:02 | 0:30:08 | |
-Kampai. -Kampai. -Kampai. | 0:30:21 | 0:30:24 | |
Or, in Cockney, lovely jubbly. | 0:30:26 | 0:30:28 | |
-Lovely jubbly. -Lovely jubbly. | 0:30:29 | 0:30:31 | |
Despite officially retiring, | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
it's not uncommon for pensioners in Japan to begin a new career. | 0:30:34 | 0:30:38 | |
For Setsu and Fumie, it meant starting their own home-stay business. | 0:30:38 | 0:30:42 | |
Lovely jubbly. Lovely jubbly. | 0:30:42 | 0:30:47 | |
The sisters have told the group about a job scheme which caters | 0:30:49 | 0:30:53 | |
solely for the over-60s. | 0:30:53 | 0:30:54 | |
The Silver Human Resource Centre employs over 5,000 | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
of Kyoto's elderly residents. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:03 | |
There are 1,200 branches across Japan. | 0:31:03 | 0:31:06 | |
-I used to be so scared of interviews. -Yeah. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:09 | |
Today, the group have come to be assessed for their suitability to work. | 0:31:10 | 0:31:14 | |
We are very interested in what you have to offer and we are available, | 0:31:21 | 0:31:27 | |
depending on your requirements. | 0:31:27 | 0:31:31 | |
-Bobby. -When was the last job interview you had? | 0:31:31 | 0:31:34 | |
I've never had an interview for a job. Ever. | 0:31:34 | 0:31:38 | |
-What's your name? -What's my name? | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
What, you want the whole name, or just...? | 0:31:43 | 0:31:45 | |
-What is your name? -Well, Bobby. Bobby George. -Bobby what? | 0:31:45 | 0:31:49 | |
-George. -George. OK. | 0:31:49 | 0:31:50 | |
Yeah, George, as in King George. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:53 | |
OK. You are related to King George? | 0:31:53 | 0:31:56 | |
No. | 0:31:56 | 0:31:58 | |
Anybody who would employ me would be very lucky. | 0:31:58 | 0:32:03 | |
Where do you see yourself in five years? | 0:32:03 | 0:32:06 | |
I'll probably be dead. | 0:32:07 | 0:32:08 | |
What are you capable of doing? | 0:32:10 | 0:32:12 | |
That's actually quite a serious question, because sometimes when | 0:32:12 | 0:32:15 | |
you're older, you think you can do more than you can. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:19 | |
Let's go and sell. I'll sell myself. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
Oh, no, I didn't mean it like that. I mean I'll sell my personality. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
I'm a team player. I'm a very good team player. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:30 | |
I don't ride horses, I can't drive a car and I don't wash up, | 0:32:30 | 0:32:34 | |
I don't clean, I don't iron, I don't do the laundry. | 0:32:34 | 0:32:39 | |
I have a degree in English literature | 0:32:39 | 0:32:43 | |
from Cambridge University, so I'm fairly well educated. | 0:32:43 | 0:32:50 | |
I am still hungry for success. | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
And I don't think that I've achieved what I'd hoped, | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
because I've never been at the National Theatre, | 0:32:56 | 0:33:00 | |
I've never been at the Royal Shakespeare Company. | 0:33:00 | 0:33:03 | |
How does that feel? | 0:33:03 | 0:33:04 | |
Infuriating. I feel infuriated that I haven't achieved what I'd hoped | 0:33:06 | 0:33:11 | |
but I still keep going. | 0:33:11 | 0:33:14 | |
I have no children, so, um, it would be good to do something, | 0:33:14 | 0:33:21 | |
not just sit at home. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:25 | |
-What job would you have in mind for me? -OK. Me? | 0:33:25 | 0:33:30 | |
-If you did? -OK. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
So, OK. | 0:33:33 | 0:33:38 | |
I think I'm unemployable. | 0:33:38 | 0:33:39 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:33:42 | 0:33:43 | |
-Thank you. -And I appreciate the opportunity to come today. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:48 | |
It's a very wonderful thing to use the skills of an old person | 0:33:48 | 0:33:55 | |
and I will remember this when I go back to England. | 0:33:55 | 0:33:59 | |
I'm going to tell them they've got to do what you're doing. | 0:33:59 | 0:34:04 | |
-It's good. -When can you start? | 0:34:04 | 0:34:06 | |
Well, I can start tomorrow. | 0:34:06 | 0:34:09 | |
I can start straightaway. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:11 | |
-Tomorrow? -Tomorrow, OK. | 0:34:11 | 0:34:13 | |
Yes? Have I got a job? | 0:34:13 | 0:34:15 | |
-Yes. -What job? | 0:34:15 | 0:34:16 | |
Tomorrow, you find out. | 0:34:16 | 0:34:18 | |
-Thank you. -Thank you. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:19 | |
With the assessments proving successful, | 0:34:21 | 0:34:23 | |
tomorrow, the group will start their new jobs. | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
The job centre was fun. | 0:34:30 | 0:34:31 | |
I really enjoyed myself there. | 0:34:31 | 0:34:33 | |
Perfect. | 0:34:34 | 0:34:35 | |
Thank you. | 0:34:36 | 0:34:38 | |
So, you take a bit of soy, then you put a little wasabi in it and dip it. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:42 | |
That radish is gorgeous. | 0:34:42 | 0:34:45 | |
So, you went to a gadget shop. | 0:34:45 | 0:34:48 | |
I got on the chair, the vibrating chair and massage. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
I know, I went to town. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
-It was lovely. -I had a gorgeous time. | 0:34:53 | 0:34:55 | |
-It was really lovely. -Oh, you can have a head massage. Oh! | 0:34:55 | 0:34:58 | |
Collapse. | 0:35:01 | 0:35:03 | |
-Goodnight. Sayonara. -See you tomorrow. | 0:35:07 | 0:35:11 | |
See you tomorrow. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:12 | |
Goodnight. Thank you. | 0:35:12 | 0:35:14 | |
Bobby. Take that bit. | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Do you know, this is the first time I've actually seen that view. | 0:35:36 | 0:35:40 | |
Isn't it lovely? | 0:35:40 | 0:35:41 | |
You can hear everything. | 0:35:41 | 0:35:43 | |
It's not... It's urban living but it's quite sophisticated | 0:35:43 | 0:35:47 | |
because people are considerate. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:50 | |
You don't hear screaming children and family rows and | 0:35:50 | 0:35:55 | |
that sort of thing. We are the noisiest people here, definitely. | 0:35:55 | 0:36:00 | |
If people are noisy, it disturbs me. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:05 | |
I just love the peace. | 0:36:05 | 0:36:07 | |
-You see, hear that scream. -SCREAMING | 0:36:08 | 0:36:11 | |
I think that might be Rosemary. | 0:36:12 | 0:36:14 | |
I love these. I love these, actually. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:23 | |
You on the nuts again? | 0:36:23 | 0:36:25 | |
Yeah. You are filth. | 0:36:25 | 0:36:27 | |
You are pure filth. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:29 | |
What's it like living under the same roof again? | 0:36:29 | 0:36:32 | |
Well, I mean, it's challenging, I think. | 0:36:32 | 0:36:36 | |
I think we're all finding it challenging. | 0:36:36 | 0:36:38 | |
This morning, the group are getting ready to go to work. | 0:36:40 | 0:36:44 | |
The over-60s job centre has found them suitable placements. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:48 | |
Oh, you look terrific. | 0:36:48 | 0:36:49 | |
Rosemary and Wayne will be doing a shift in | 0:36:49 | 0:36:51 | |
a traditional Japanese restaurant. | 0:36:51 | 0:36:53 | |
I'm excited about it and I think it'll be a fantastic challenge. | 0:36:53 | 0:36:56 | |
You know, learning something new. | 0:36:58 | 0:37:01 | |
Sir, can I help you? | 0:37:01 | 0:37:03 | |
In Japanese, aso komenishewa. | 0:37:03 | 0:37:06 | |
Komisha. No, what is it? Konnishima, konnichiwa. | 0:37:06 | 0:37:10 | |
Bobby and Miriam will be sales assistants in a gift shop. | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
I'm looking forward to it. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:17 | |
It's good experience and I'll get into the way of it | 0:37:17 | 0:37:21 | |
and I'll take it seriously. I mean, I don't want to break anything. | 0:37:21 | 0:37:25 | |
-Are you all in? -Yes. -Yes. -Take the brake off and off we go. | 0:37:27 | 0:37:33 | |
Oh. | 0:37:33 | 0:37:34 | |
Off we go. | 0:37:34 | 0:37:36 | |
-Well, folks, we're onto our first day of work. -Yes. | 0:37:36 | 0:37:40 | |
Kyoto attracts over half a million visitors a year. | 0:37:42 | 0:37:46 | |
-Well, we'll see you later, guys, then. -Good luck. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:48 | |
Have a good time. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:49 | |
The group have been found work on Kiyomizu-Saku, | 0:37:49 | 0:37:52 | |
the busiest tourist spot in the city. | 0:37:52 | 0:37:55 | |
-Nice to meet you. -Hi, I'm Koichi. | 0:37:55 | 0:37:59 | |
Koichi, my name is Miriam. | 0:37:59 | 0:38:01 | |
-Takako. Takako. -Takako. Takako. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
68-year-old Takako also found work through the job scheme. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:07 | |
She'll be assisting Bobby and Miriam on their shift. | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
So, to work here you have to wear an apron. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:13 | |
Good. Have you got a big one? | 0:38:13 | 0:38:15 | |
Well, we'll have a look. | 0:38:15 | 0:38:17 | |
This size. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:19 | |
I'm a little bigger than that. | 0:38:21 | 0:38:23 | |
How long have you been working here? | 0:38:25 | 0:38:27 | |
-About two years. -Two years. | 0:38:27 | 0:38:29 | |
I like always connecting with people. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
-Make me young. -It's true. | 0:38:31 | 0:38:33 | |
-Yes. -It's interesting, isn't it? | 0:38:33 | 0:38:35 | |
-Yes. -And that's why you do it? | 0:38:35 | 0:38:37 | |
-Yes. -Otherwise you stay at home alone? -That's right. | 0:38:37 | 0:38:42 | |
I actually look after my mum, who is nearly 90 years old, | 0:38:42 | 0:38:47 | |
but if I stay home all the time, I will be... | 0:38:47 | 0:38:51 | |
-..a little bored. -Bored. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:52 | |
-Or go crazy. -So, that really helps my mind to keep young. | 0:38:52 | 0:38:57 | |
It keeps it young. Active. Active, keep active. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:01 | |
It's true. It's true. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:03 | |
So, you talk to the people who is looking for memorial items | 0:39:03 | 0:39:08 | |
of Kyoto and make them happy. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:10 | |
Hello, would you like to have a look at some of the things in the shop? | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
Yes. Would you show me your bestseller? | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
Well, everything is a bestseller. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:20 | |
Have a look at some of the purses, | 0:39:20 | 0:39:22 | |
because I think they're really beautiful. | 0:39:22 | 0:39:24 | |
This is rude. | 0:39:24 | 0:39:26 | |
These are the sumo wrestlers. | 0:39:26 | 0:39:28 | |
Oh, and you take Visa, that's good. | 0:39:28 | 0:39:30 | |
Oh, yes, we take all credit cards here. | 0:39:30 | 0:39:32 | |
You will have to pay her more. She's a very good sales lady. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
Goodbye, Ann, it was lovely to meet you. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
I think I would have been a good saleswoman | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
because I want to please them. | 0:39:40 | 0:39:42 | |
My mother had her own dress shop and hat shop, | 0:39:42 | 0:39:46 | |
so I've inherited some of her skills. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:50 | |
But it was good. Now we've got to get the next customer. | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
It's never over, you know. | 0:39:53 | 0:39:55 | |
Retail never ends. | 0:39:55 | 0:39:56 | |
What was them people you was talking to? | 0:39:57 | 0:39:59 | |
-Australians? -Yes, Australians. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:02 | |
It's not so bad when they talk the lingo. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
All right, girls? How you doing? | 0:40:04 | 0:40:07 | |
Shopping? | 0:40:07 | 0:40:08 | |
Down the road, Rosemary and Wayne are about to face | 0:40:09 | 0:40:12 | |
the lunchtime rush hour in one of Kyoto's busiest noodle bars. | 0:40:12 | 0:40:16 | |
-There's lots of people. -And am I out there? | 0:40:16 | 0:40:18 | |
Rosemary is in the kitchen. Wayne will be waiting tables. | 0:40:18 | 0:40:21 | |
I'm not going to be able to serve all this lot. | 0:40:21 | 0:40:24 | |
-No, we'll be all right. -I just want to get going... | 0:40:24 | 0:40:26 | |
-We've been through worse things. -..because I'm actually getting a bit nervous now and I need to get going. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:30 | |
Excuse me, what's your name? | 0:40:30 | 0:40:32 | |
-Who are you? -My name is Yasu. -Yasu? My name is Wayne. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:35 | |
Yasu is 69. | 0:40:35 | 0:40:37 | |
He's been on the silver jobs scheme for the last three years. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:40 | |
-OK, you're going to help me, yes? -Of course. -Thank goodness for that. | 0:40:40 | 0:40:43 | |
-You speak good English? -Thank you. -Oh, do you? | 0:40:43 | 0:40:46 | |
Oh, thank you. Good. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
That's very good. Thank you. | 0:40:48 | 0:40:50 | |
Service. We normally say, "Service." | 0:40:50 | 0:40:54 | |
-Go for it. Konnichiwa. -Konnichiwa. | 0:40:54 | 0:40:57 | |
My heart is palpitating 20 to the penny. | 0:40:57 | 0:40:59 | |
I'll just have to wing it. But I've got Yasu to help me. | 0:40:59 | 0:41:05 | |
Meshe agare. Meshe agare. | 0:41:05 | 0:41:08 | |
Very nice. How do you say bon appetit? | 0:41:09 | 0:41:12 | |
-Bon appetit. -No, in Japanese. | 0:41:12 | 0:41:14 | |
-Bon appetit. -No, I want Japanese. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:18 | |
-Dojo. Meshe agate o kudasai. -What? | 0:41:18 | 0:41:20 | |
-Dojo. Meshe agate o kudasai. -Slowly. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
-Dojo... -Meshe agate o kudasai. -Meshe agate. -Kudasai. | 0:41:23 | 0:41:28 | |
-You must go slowly for me. I can't hear. -OK. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
Am I doing all right? Am I doing all right? | 0:41:31 | 0:41:33 | |
Am I doing all right? | 0:41:34 | 0:41:36 | |
-Hai. -Hai. OK. | 0:41:36 | 0:41:37 | |
Although Rosemary is self-taught, she's previously worked | 0:41:37 | 0:41:41 | |
at a three-star Michelin restaurant, | 0:41:41 | 0:41:42 | |
but today is her first time in a Japanese kitchen. | 0:41:42 | 0:41:46 | |
I feel like a goldfish. | 0:41:46 | 0:41:48 | |
And she'll be making tofu tempura with the head chef. | 0:41:48 | 0:41:53 | |
I tell you, that's quite stressful. | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
This is new to me. This is a challenge. | 0:41:56 | 0:42:00 | |
I'm in my element. This is where I'm happiest. | 0:42:00 | 0:42:02 | |
I am cooking in a Japanese kitchen. | 0:42:02 | 0:42:06 | |
I mean, how good can it get? | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
I'm doing blooming tempura. | 0:42:08 | 0:42:10 | |
I mean, look at it. I'm... OK, OK. | 0:42:10 | 0:42:12 | |
I think the most important thing is just keep going for as long as I | 0:42:14 | 0:42:17 | |
possibly can. So to think about retirement now is not on the books. | 0:42:17 | 0:42:21 | |
Do you have lots of older people who work here? People like me? | 0:42:21 | 0:42:25 | |
That's good. That's really good. | 0:42:28 | 0:42:30 | |
Well, look, I would like to die on the job, OK? | 0:42:30 | 0:42:34 | |
I would like to die when I'm in the middle of cooking in the kitchen | 0:42:34 | 0:42:36 | |
and just go. | 0:42:36 | 0:42:38 | |
The restaurant pays silver-scheme workers a basic rate of nearly | 0:42:39 | 0:42:43 | |
£6 an hour. | 0:42:43 | 0:42:44 | |
Why do you do this in old age? | 0:42:44 | 0:42:47 | |
Because you could just relax, put your feet up. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:51 | |
That's right. I cannot fooling around in the house every day, so... | 0:42:51 | 0:42:56 | |
You just couldn't play around the house every day. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
-That's it. -Is it good money? | 0:42:59 | 0:43:01 | |
Well, I don't care for... | 0:43:01 | 0:43:03 | |
-That's not the point? -Not the point. | 0:43:03 | 0:43:05 | |
I get minimum wage. | 0:43:05 | 0:43:07 | |
-So it's not for the money? -No. -It's to keep active... | 0:43:07 | 0:43:11 | |
-Keep active. -..in old age, it keeps you going. -That's right. -Good, OK. | 0:43:11 | 0:43:15 | |
Well, here we go, then. I'm getting loads of exercise. | 0:43:15 | 0:43:18 | |
Watch this. Here we go. | 0:43:18 | 0:43:20 | |
-OK. -That's it. | 0:43:20 | 0:43:21 | |
In the UK, you reach your sell-by date at the age of 65 years old. | 0:43:22 | 0:43:28 | |
Arigato. | 0:43:28 | 0:43:29 | |
Well, that's ridiculous. | 0:43:29 | 0:43:31 | |
In Japan, you can go until you drop, apparently. | 0:43:31 | 0:43:34 | |
Thank you so much. | 0:43:34 | 0:43:36 | |
-Arigato. -I think if you have good health, | 0:43:36 | 0:43:40 | |
you should be able to go on as long as you can. | 0:43:40 | 0:43:43 | |
It's a bit of a tight fit, isn't it? | 0:43:50 | 0:43:53 | |
Sort of sideways into the washroom. | 0:43:53 | 0:43:56 | |
Oh, Christ. I haven't got a clue how to do this. | 0:43:56 | 0:43:59 | |
It's all in Japanese. | 0:43:59 | 0:44:02 | |
And I can't read what it says here. | 0:44:02 | 0:44:04 | |
Oh, God, getting old is such a fuck. Oh, dear. | 0:44:06 | 0:44:10 | |
SHE FARTS | 0:44:13 | 0:44:15 | |
That's better. I put my clothes in. | 0:44:15 | 0:44:17 | |
Do I then... Is there powder? Can we? | 0:44:18 | 0:44:22 | |
OK, let's have a look. | 0:44:22 | 0:44:24 | |
-Have you put the washing powder in? -No. -OK, so... | 0:44:24 | 0:44:27 | |
How did you know it was there? | 0:44:32 | 0:44:34 | |
-Just there. -You guessed. | 0:44:34 | 0:44:36 | |
Right. | 0:44:37 | 0:44:38 | |
Oh, I see. OK, got it. | 0:44:41 | 0:44:43 | |
After a hard day's work, the group are planning a big night out. | 0:44:45 | 0:44:49 | |
They're leaving the quiet suburbs of Kyoto and travelling an hour away | 0:44:51 | 0:44:56 | |
to the bright lights of Osaka. | 0:44:56 | 0:44:57 | |
So many lights, you can't focus on one thing, can you? | 0:45:02 | 0:45:05 | |
I know, yeah. It's bizarre, isn't it? | 0:45:05 | 0:45:07 | |
There's a smell of soy sauce everywhere. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:09 | |
Bob, look at that crab. | 0:45:09 | 0:45:11 | |
The modern city is a mecca for young people, | 0:45:15 | 0:45:18 | |
attracted to its vibrant nightlife and contemporary culture. | 0:45:18 | 0:45:22 | |
-That's nice. -Lovely jubbly. | 0:45:22 | 0:45:24 | |
I'll e-mail that to you, OK? | 0:45:25 | 0:45:27 | |
MUSIC PLAYS | 0:45:27 | 0:45:29 | |
This is weird. But actually... | 0:45:32 | 0:45:35 | |
I love it. It's like Piccadilly Circus but better. | 0:45:39 | 0:45:41 | |
Having been to Japan before, | 0:45:43 | 0:45:45 | |
Wayne has one big concern about living here. | 0:45:45 | 0:45:48 | |
I'm a bit wary of coming out and saying I'm gay to anybody unless | 0:45:48 | 0:45:53 | |
I've already done my homework. | 0:45:53 | 0:45:55 | |
-Hello. -Hello, hi. | 0:45:55 | 0:45:58 | |
Are they accepted in the community? | 0:45:58 | 0:46:00 | |
Do they have to hide themselves or can they just be as they are? | 0:46:00 | 0:46:04 | |
-This is what they call a rendezvous. -I think it is. | 0:46:04 | 0:46:08 | |
Ah, hello. | 0:46:08 | 0:46:09 | |
Wayne and Miriam are meeting 45-year-old Tadashi, | 0:46:09 | 0:46:12 | |
who came out to his parents two years ago. | 0:46:12 | 0:46:15 | |
Wayne and I are both gay and we'd love to hear what things | 0:46:16 | 0:46:20 | |
-are like here in Japan. -Here in Japan, um... | 0:46:20 | 0:46:23 | |
In Japan, um, I think we're still behind about being gay. | 0:46:24 | 0:46:30 | |
Yes, I've heard it's not an easy thing to be gay in Japan. | 0:46:30 | 0:46:35 | |
No, most of my friends, including my partner, | 0:46:35 | 0:46:39 | |
they cannot tell their sexuality so they are hiding, | 0:46:39 | 0:46:44 | |
because I think many Japanese people have many prejudice. | 0:46:44 | 0:46:51 | |
I feel that you are at the same stage as we were in 1966, | 0:46:51 | 0:46:57 | |
because I had to hide it. | 0:46:57 | 0:46:59 | |
It was not acceptable at all. | 0:46:59 | 0:47:01 | |
I was an only child, no brothers and sisters, and we are Jewish. | 0:47:01 | 0:47:07 | |
A very strong family... | 0:47:08 | 0:47:11 | |
..will for the girl to get married and have children. | 0:47:13 | 0:47:17 | |
I knew that I was gay | 0:47:17 | 0:47:19 | |
but when I told my mother directly, I told her, | 0:47:19 | 0:47:25 | |
she told my father, who was a doctor, and he made me go to | 0:47:25 | 0:47:31 | |
the drawing room of the house and on the Bible... | 0:47:31 | 0:47:35 | |
..our Bible, to swear that I would never sleep with a woman again. | 0:47:36 | 0:47:41 | |
That is outrageous. | 0:47:42 | 0:47:44 | |
I knew that I would have to make that oath and I knew that I would | 0:47:44 | 0:47:51 | |
break it, because the sexual feeling that you have is stronger | 0:47:51 | 0:47:57 | |
than any oath could ever be, so I felt no guilt. | 0:47:57 | 0:48:02 | |
-I lied... -To please your father. | 0:48:02 | 0:48:05 | |
I lied to please him and I said, | 0:48:05 | 0:48:07 | |
"No, I will never sleep with another woman again," knowing that I would. | 0:48:07 | 0:48:12 | |
And I did and I was lucky, because I met the right person fairly early on | 0:48:14 | 0:48:21 | |
and we've been together for 48 years. | 0:48:21 | 0:48:24 | |
-Well done. -Wow. -Congratulations. -Congratulations. | 0:48:24 | 0:48:27 | |
So I was lucky. | 0:48:27 | 0:48:29 | |
If I had to live in Japan, would I have to tone myself down? | 0:48:29 | 0:48:34 | |
Sometimes you need to hide. | 0:48:34 | 0:48:35 | |
Sometimes you need to hide. Well, I ain't doing that. | 0:48:37 | 0:48:40 | |
-Well, then don't live here, mate. -I can't live here if I have to hide. | 0:48:40 | 0:48:43 | |
That's not me. | 0:48:43 | 0:48:45 | |
This is who I am and if you don't like it, tough titty. | 0:48:45 | 0:48:48 | |
What's that supposed to be? | 0:48:55 | 0:48:56 | |
Known as the nation's kitchen, the group have picked one of Osaka's | 0:48:56 | 0:49:00 | |
many modern barbecue restaurants for dinner. | 0:49:00 | 0:49:02 | |
This is exciting, isn't it? | 0:49:02 | 0:49:04 | |
-It's beautiful. -It's brilliant, Rosemary. | 0:49:04 | 0:49:07 | |
-Hello. -Thank you. | 0:49:07 | 0:49:10 | |
SHOUTING | 0:49:10 | 0:49:12 | |
-ALL: -Yay. | 0:49:12 | 0:49:15 | |
-Cheers. -Cheers. -Down the hatch. -Kampai. | 0:49:19 | 0:49:24 | |
Kampai. | 0:49:24 | 0:49:25 | |
-Oh. -And I want a tea towel. | 0:49:25 | 0:49:29 | |
Big lady. Fat lady. | 0:49:31 | 0:49:33 | |
SHOUTING | 0:49:33 | 0:49:35 | |
I don't know what they're saying. | 0:49:35 | 0:49:37 | |
The food is completely different in Japan. | 0:49:37 | 0:49:40 | |
I didn't expect it to be how it was. | 0:49:40 | 0:49:43 | |
This is how I expected it. | 0:49:43 | 0:49:44 | |
This is the bee's knees. | 0:49:44 | 0:49:46 | |
-I eat what I know. -Are you playing safe, mate? | 0:49:46 | 0:49:49 | |
-I'm playing safe, yeah. -At least you tried it. | 0:49:49 | 0:49:52 | |
I tell you what, when you live with people, it's quite interesting, | 0:49:52 | 0:49:54 | |
because they see you in a different way to how you see yourself, | 0:49:54 | 0:49:58 | |
and I think I'm far too enthusiastic. | 0:49:58 | 0:50:01 | |
And I say words that... now obviously I'm going to, so everything's brilliant. | 0:50:01 | 0:50:06 | |
You know, I'm going to curb that one. | 0:50:07 | 0:50:08 | |
That's a good move. | 0:50:09 | 0:50:11 | |
The fact is, I never feel I can keep still. | 0:50:11 | 0:50:14 | |
I know, and that's why I find you irritating sometimes. | 0:50:16 | 0:50:19 | |
-Am I irritating? -Only sometimes. | 0:50:20 | 0:50:24 | |
Just like I'm irritating sometimes. | 0:50:24 | 0:50:26 | |
I think we all are sometimes. | 0:50:27 | 0:50:28 | |
Because we're living in very close proximity to each other. | 0:50:30 | 0:50:34 | |
I love this scissor attack, don't you? | 0:50:36 | 0:50:39 | |
I think the scissor attack is wonderful. | 0:50:39 | 0:50:41 | |
-I love the scissor attack. -Yes. | 0:50:41 | 0:50:43 | |
It's 6:30am and another early start in Kyoto for Rosemary and Miriam. | 0:50:55 | 0:50:59 | |
They've headed out to a traditional public baths just 20 minutes from | 0:51:01 | 0:51:05 | |
their house. | 0:51:05 | 0:51:06 | |
Shoes off. | 0:51:06 | 0:51:07 | |
Every day, millions of Japanese people choose to soak in | 0:51:09 | 0:51:13 | |
the therapeutic waters of a traditional hot spring | 0:51:13 | 0:51:17 | |
known as an onsen. | 0:51:17 | 0:51:18 | |
Oh, so we do have to go naked. | 0:51:18 | 0:51:21 | |
-Yeah. -OK, well, we've come here early, so there's nobody here, | 0:51:21 | 0:51:25 | |
thank goodness. Don't get me wrong, I love going to health spas, | 0:51:25 | 0:51:30 | |
I love that, but this is different. | 0:51:30 | 0:51:32 | |
This is not my thing, to go nudist. | 0:51:32 | 0:51:35 | |
Japanese people are slender and therefore they're not embarrassed | 0:51:35 | 0:51:40 | |
about their bodies, whereas I am, and I suspect that you are too, | 0:51:40 | 0:51:44 | |
because you're overweight, so, you know, there it is. | 0:51:44 | 0:51:48 | |
Why are you doing it, then? | 0:51:48 | 0:51:50 | |
-Because it's experience, isn't it? -It is an experience. | 0:51:50 | 0:51:52 | |
I'm happy. I don't mind doing it at all. | 0:51:52 | 0:51:55 | |
My mother was a nudist, actually. | 0:51:55 | 0:51:57 | |
She always used to do the housework in the nude, which confused | 0:51:57 | 0:52:01 | |
the au-pair girls a little bit, but we all managed. | 0:52:01 | 0:52:06 | |
I can't imagine my mother naked. Oh, God, no. | 0:52:06 | 0:52:12 | |
-Let's do the deed. -Don't pee in the pool. | 0:52:12 | 0:52:15 | |
Well, don't fart either, Miriam. | 0:52:15 | 0:52:17 | |
I'm in there with you, so for goodness' sake, restrain yourself. | 0:52:17 | 0:52:19 | |
-Farting is fine. -Not with me in the pool. | 0:52:19 | 0:52:22 | |
-What's it like? -Oh. | 0:52:32 | 0:52:34 | |
I don't know what to do, now. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:40 | |
I've got my boobs. They've come too. | 0:52:40 | 0:52:42 | |
Oh, my giddy aunt. | 0:52:44 | 0:52:45 | |
I forgot that boobs float, and they're floating. | 0:52:45 | 0:52:50 | |
I hope they'll stay with me. | 0:52:50 | 0:52:52 | |
Nipples ahoy! | 0:52:52 | 0:52:53 | |
I think this is quite liberating but I'm not sure... | 0:52:55 | 0:52:58 | |
I'm not sure this is something I would do | 0:52:59 | 0:53:02 | |
normally because this is nudist and I'm not a nudist person. | 0:53:02 | 0:53:07 | |
When I was a child, I was very fat so I've always been fat. | 0:53:08 | 0:53:12 | |
And it's not feeling sorry for myself, I don't at all. | 0:53:12 | 0:53:15 | |
I never did. But I was always the personality. | 0:53:15 | 0:53:18 | |
I was always the personality. | 0:53:18 | 0:53:20 | |
I can see why people live longer here, because it sort of keeps you | 0:53:20 | 0:53:24 | |
de-stressed and calm. | 0:53:24 | 0:53:26 | |
Taking the exercise, OK, it's compulsory... | 0:53:26 | 0:53:29 | |
Rosemary, just for a minute, don't say anything. | 0:53:29 | 0:53:34 | |
Oh, really? I thought that was rather interesting, actually. | 0:53:34 | 0:53:37 | |
Well, just for a minute... | 0:53:37 | 0:53:38 | |
I learnt that it's really wonderful to have new friends late in life. | 0:53:40 | 0:53:46 | |
I learned from Rosemary that I can cope with a whirlwind because | 0:53:46 | 0:53:51 | |
Rosemary is a whirlwind. | 0:53:51 | 0:53:53 | |
Miriam, I'm not going to say a word and I'm going to let you enjoy | 0:53:53 | 0:53:58 | |
the trees and the rainy day, OK. | 0:53:58 | 0:54:03 | |
Is that all right? | 0:54:03 | 0:54:05 | |
Oh, you've gone to sleep, OK. | 0:54:05 | 0:54:06 | |
In a way, she's quite childlike, and I think that's adorable. | 0:54:08 | 0:54:13 | |
Honestly, Rosemary, I could fart and it wouldn't affect you because | 0:54:13 | 0:54:18 | |
-you're in another bath. -I know, honestly, I'm so happy about that. | 0:54:18 | 0:54:22 | |
You can fart to your heart's content as far as I'm concerned. | 0:54:22 | 0:54:25 | |
I honestly don't need to. | 0:54:25 | 0:54:26 | |
It's the group's last day in Japan. | 0:54:36 | 0:54:39 | |
The worst thing, of course, | 0:54:39 | 0:54:40 | |
is that I have to put these bloody flight socks on. | 0:54:40 | 0:54:43 | |
I've got a book and that most essential | 0:54:43 | 0:54:48 | |
of extra things in your carry-on, an extra pair of knickers. | 0:54:48 | 0:54:54 | |
Before they leave, the group are taking the chance to visit one of | 0:54:57 | 0:55:01 | |
Kyoto's most famous sites... | 0:55:01 | 0:55:02 | |
..the Kiyomizu-dera, a 17th-century Buddhist temple. | 0:55:05 | 0:55:09 | |
-Thatched roof as well. -Is it? | 0:55:14 | 0:55:16 | |
Yeah, that's a thatched roof, that is. | 0:55:16 | 0:55:18 | |
-Gosh. -I'm going to go to that... | 0:55:18 | 0:55:20 | |
-I'm going to go to there an' all. -..to the railing. | 0:55:20 | 0:55:23 | |
That's quite a view. I wouldn't like to fall down there. | 0:55:23 | 0:55:26 | |
-Hello. -Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Kiyomizu Temple, welcome. | 0:55:26 | 0:55:32 | |
The temple is known for its ancient waterfall. | 0:55:34 | 0:55:37 | |
It's believed that drinking the spring water | 0:55:37 | 0:55:39 | |
increases life expectancy. | 0:55:39 | 0:55:42 | |
-Six steps to go. -Six. | 0:55:42 | 0:55:43 | |
Hi. Hi. | 0:55:46 | 0:55:47 | |
-Thank you very much for trying. -I have to try. | 0:55:52 | 0:55:54 | |
No, I will be fine, because that's my journey. | 0:55:54 | 0:55:59 | |
The end is in sight... | 0:55:59 | 0:56:00 | |
..in every way. | 0:56:02 | 0:56:04 | |
I want to go and drink some. | 0:56:13 | 0:56:14 | |
Yes, please. | 0:56:14 | 0:56:16 | |
-Do you just drink it from here? -Yes, please. -Oh. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:21 | |
-Sorry. -No problem. No problem. | 0:56:21 | 0:56:23 | |
-This is for another 60 years. -Another 60 years, please. | 0:56:24 | 0:56:28 | |
It helps you live longer, they say, and if we can do this and live for | 0:56:28 | 0:56:32 | |
a lot longer, that's a very good thing. | 0:56:32 | 0:56:35 | |
Japan is very specific in how they deal with old age. | 0:56:36 | 0:56:40 | |
The fact is, if they want a job, they can get a job. | 0:56:40 | 0:56:42 | |
It's all to do with living longer and doing the right thing. | 0:56:42 | 0:56:46 | |
It's a huge lesson. | 0:56:47 | 0:56:49 | |
It's a massive lesson for us. | 0:56:49 | 0:56:51 | |
I'm going to live to 109 now. | 0:56:51 | 0:56:54 | |
-Not sure about that, dear, but give it a go. -Oh, I'm sure. | 0:56:54 | 0:56:58 | |
When the moment comes and I know that I'm going to die, I want to | 0:56:59 | 0:57:04 | |
do it with a kind of radiance that I've seen other people have. | 0:57:04 | 0:57:09 | |
Friends of mine who've died have died so well, and I think, | 0:57:09 | 0:57:13 | |
"Oh, God, if I could do that." | 0:57:13 | 0:57:16 | |
I don't know if I can, because I'm a frightened little fart, really. | 0:57:16 | 0:57:21 | |
I am very happy that I have stopped being scared of death. | 0:57:22 | 0:57:28 | |
I'm not scared of it at all any more. | 0:57:28 | 0:57:30 | |
I know that it's inevitable, so why worry about it? | 0:57:30 | 0:57:34 | |
But, if you can keep yourself healthy by keeping the brain active, | 0:57:34 | 0:57:39 | |
joining a club and doing physical exercise, | 0:57:39 | 0:57:42 | |
eating the right kind of food, then you will have done your best. | 0:57:42 | 0:57:46 | |
How old are you, young man? | 0:57:46 | 0:57:47 | |
-How old? What's your age? -I'm sorry. -How old are you? -I'm 38, sir. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:50 | |
38. Bubba. | 0:57:50 | 0:57:52 | |
If you can live a long while, then great. | 0:57:55 | 0:57:57 | |
That's my thing in life, to live a long while. | 0:57:57 | 0:58:00 | |
Look, there's a goldfish there. | 0:58:00 | 0:58:02 | |
See the goldfish? As long as I die old, I don't mind. | 0:58:03 | 0:58:06 | |
I'm glad I didn't die young, | 0:58:07 | 0:58:09 | |
but I don't feel old myself unless I look in that mirror. | 0:58:09 | 0:58:12 | |
-Thank you. -Thank you so much. | 0:58:16 | 0:58:19 | |
Thank you. | 0:58:19 | 0:58:21 | |
Thank you. Lovely jubbly. | 0:58:21 | 0:58:23 | |
-Arigato. -Arigato. | 0:58:23 | 0:58:25 | |
-Lovely jubbly. -Lovely jubbly. | 0:58:27 | 0:58:29 | |
-Bye. -Bye. | 0:58:31 | 0:58:33 | |
Sayonara. | 0:58:33 | 0:58:35 | |
Sayonara. | 0:58:35 | 0:58:36 | |
-Look at the little kids. -It's been a real education, hasn't it? | 0:58:39 | 0:58:43 | |
It's been lovely. Thank you for your gorgeous company, all of you. | 0:58:43 | 0:58:46 | |
But I had such gorgeous bowel movements today. | 0:58:46 | 0:58:50 | |
-Did you? -I had two. | 0:58:50 | 0:58:52 | |
I had one last night. | 0:58:52 | 0:58:53 | |
And it was so lovely. I just loved it. | 0:58:53 | 0:58:56 | |
I must tell you, the loos are wonderful. | 0:58:56 | 0:58:59 |