Daily Mail (UK) among other popular media reports on Masafumi Nagasaki, now 87 year old. Masafumi lived as a hermit on the Japanese island of Sotobanari for nearly 29 years and when discovered by popular media was dubbed the “naked hermit” because he had lost his clothes during a typhoon. A number of films and documentaries on Masafumi exist over the years. The Japanese government eventually obliged Masafumi to vacate the island , placing him in public housing in the city of Ishigaki. His return to Sotobanari was a farewell visit.