It is not whether you can.
It is whether you will.
Driving 14,500 km from Peking to Paris in a 1929 Buick, in the middle of breast cancer treatment.
The first Japanese woman to do it. Winner of the True Grit award.
Not a method for succeeding, but
how you live the one life you have.
Live honest to your own heart
You can change how you see your life
Of course people are different
Hold the wheel of your own life yourself
Five months after the cancer diagnosis, she drove 14,500 km from Peking to Paris. What kept her going was the faces of the people running alongside her — and the thought that this experience could become somebody else’s courage.
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It is not whether you can.
It is whether you will.
2024. In the middle of breast cancer treatment, 14,500 km from Peking to Paris in a 1929 Buick. The first Japanese woman to finish it, and winner of the True Grit award.
Read more →How will you live your one life?
- Live honest to your own heart
- You can change how you see your life
- Of course people are different
- Do not give up on your life
- Just take one more step
- Keep handing people courage, hope and a smile
- Hold your own steering wheel
- Is your life burning beautifully?
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Peking to Paris, 14,500 km
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Read from the map → Series · 19 piecesCancer, with a smile
Breast cancer treatment and the challenge, running side by side.
Read → Everything · 241 piecesAll of it so far
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Day 36 — A night when no one gave up. Before dawn, we ran again -
Day 35 — The last hope arrives from New York — and a four-year-old wish arrives, too -
Day 33 — Battered, people and cars alike — and still a night aboard ship overflowing with smiles -
Day 32 — Don’t tell us we’ve retired. A reunion at the port with smiles and dancing -
Day 31 — The miracle ring gear heads for Italy. A warm meal that saved us when we couldn’t run -
Day 30 — Six hours pushing with friends. Crossing a border at gunpoint
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