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Hitomi and her husband sail to Ansieca Island off Brazil, a protected nature reserve where their dog Maru stays aboard while the couple explores ashore.2:41 The island is entirely a conservation zone; wildlife including wild monkeys and capybaras inhabits the trails.2:41 A stingless-bee apiary on the island maintains local ecology alongside honey production.7:36 Wooden boardwalks make the hiking accessible despite the terrain.7:36 Midway through the day, the crew returns to the yacht for a two-hour rest and a lunch of hamburger and rice before continuing — a rhythm Hitomi frames as the defining luxury of living aboard.6:31 The island also holds a cemetery for children who died far from their homeland, and a building containing Japanese puzzles, Tanabata wish strips, and handmade kendo armor, evidence that Japanese political prisoners were once held there.8:38 Sailing to a remote, rarely visited island revealed a piece of Japanese emigrant history that a conventional tourist route would not have surfaced.9:27

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