Preface

Nanami Suzuki

Acknowledgememts

Part I The Meaning of Time and Space for Cultivating Life

Carrying Out Care: An Exploration of Time and Space in Cooperative Life Design

Nanami Suzuki

Reconsidering the Meaning of Nourishing Life: An Attempt to Energize the Concept of Well-being

Hiroaki Terasaki

The Welfare Complex, Sosu Asahi-no-oka: The Idea of a Facility Where People Can “Snuggle Up” to Each Other

Hironobu Shirozu

Part II The Regeneration of Living Places by Sharing Cultures

The Pursuit of Well-being by Elderly Japanese Women and the Symbolism of Bridal Noren Door Curtains

Yoko Taniguchi

A Reflection on the Meaning of ‘Play’ in Tourism for People’s Well-being

Hideki Endo

Achieving Dreams in One’s Post-retirement “Second Life”: A Study of Seniors’ Migration from Japan to Canada

Chikako Yamada

The Role of Active Aging in the Well-being of Elderly Japanese in Brazil

Itsuko Kanamoto

Part III A Reflection on ‘Time’ During Life Stage Transitions

Coping with Anxiety in a Long-living Society: Elderly Japanese Pilgrims and Their Life Design for “Living Happily Ever After”

Kuniko Fujiwara

Aging and Dying in a Rural Lowland Area of Laos: A Consideration of the Process of Creating a “Good Death” Together

Mitsuhiro Iwasa

A Reflection on Time and Space for Crossing Over in Life: Weaving A Story that Reverberates in the World and Outer Space

Nanami Suzuki

Index

List of Contributors