Is Your Skincare Working?

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Last weekend at the National Museum of Emerging Science here in Tokyo, I noticed many old people working as guides and helpers with the children. This generation integration feels lovely, natural, like a happy family gathering. Speaking of happy gatherings, if you have a moment to watch this video about elementary school in Japan, you’ll have a better idea of why I love being here.

One area of the museum (which is dedicated to the future of science) was called the Park of Aging, where there were graphic descriptions and interactive installations about what happens to the body, organ by organ, as we age. I entered (clutching my organs) with some trepidation and allowed myself a hearing test, which I completed as successfully as the 20-something woman who took it before me. But it was dispiriting to learn that in the Japanese healthcare system, a person 75 years and up is defined as “late elderly.” What comes after “late elderly?” I wondered dismally—and was relieved when my granddaughter, M, tugged at my jacket and said, “C’mon, Grammie, we gotta go!” 

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