The oldest living person in Seto, Aichi is 109-year-old Ito Katō (加藤いと), born on 20 September 1914.

Source.

I have updated the list by adding cases from the Japanese forum who were reported alive, but for whom no sources were added.

LongeviQuest visited Mrs Masa Matsumoto (松本まさ) of Yokohama, Kanagawa on 1 October 2023.

Source.

LongeviQuest Japan Visited Mrs. Masa Matsumoto To Celebrate Her Longevity

Posted:2023/10/02

Last update:2023/10/02

Written By:Lennard Ashley Salaysay

LongeviQuest Japan was privileged to have the opportunity to visit Mrs. Masa Matsumoto to honor her longevity. We visited her at her nursing home and celebrated together with her family on October 1, 2023. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she could not see her family for about three years from 2020 until May 2023, but since June 2023 she has been able to see them again. Now she enjoys having her family visit her twice a month. Matsumoto is currently the 12th oldest person in the world and the oldest living person in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

 

Mrs. Matsumoto was born on 29 November 1909 in Kōnan-cho, Kōka District, Japan (now part of the city of Kōka). She was the oldest of seven children. After graduating from elementary school, she moved away from home and worked as a babysitter for several years at the Mitsubishi Group mansion in Osaka. At the age of 22, she married her childhood friend and had two children, a son and a daughter. Matsumoto lived with her eldest son’s family in Osaka until she was 89. She took pleasure in being with her grandchildren. At 89, Matsumoto even traveled to England to visit her granddaughter. She also visited Belgium while there.

Matsumoto lived in a three-story house. She was reported to walk up and down the stairs to get to her room on the third floor until the age of 108. Between the ages of 92 and 108, Matsumoto attended a local care center for the elderly three times a week, where she painted with watercolors. At 108, she suffered a compression fracture in her lower back naturally while sleeping and was hospitalized. Matsumoto worked hard in rehab to recover and was able to go home. She then stayed in Yokohama City to live with her eldest daughter a month later. She had no other major health problems in her life and drank sake every day until she entered a nursing home. Matsumoto also preferred meat to fish (especially Japanese yakitori). Her family shared that her secret to a long life is her calm personality.

We sincerely wish Mrs. Masa Matsumoto good health and happiness. We also would like to express our deep gratitude to Mrs. Matsumoto’s family and nursing home for graciously accepting our visit.

LongeviQuest have also confirmed Mrs Yūko Satō's (佐藤祐子) 113th birthday, which was on 29 September 2023. She lives in Akita City, Akita.

Source.

Yūko Satō, Oldest Known Living Person in Akita Japan, Turns 113

Posted:2023/09/29

Last update:2023/09/29

Written By:Lennard Ashley Salaysay

On 22 September 2021, shortly before her 111th birthday.

LongeviQuest is delighted to report that Yūko Satō, the oldest known living person in Akita Prefecture, Japan, celebrated her 113th birthday on 29 September 2023. LongeviQuest Japan has sent flowers to celebrate her special day.

Yūko Satō was born in Omonogawa, Akita Prefecture, Japan on 29 September 1910. She was the second daughter among eight siblings born to a landowner. She attended Akita Seirei Girls’ School and later married a veterinarian. When her husband died in 1945, Satō raised her 2 children and grandchildren independently, while also working as a tailor and helping local farmers.

Satō was known to be reliable and strong-willed, so she often took on leadership roles, such as director of the local women’s group and the widow’s association. She enjoyed playing gateball until she was about 85 years old and even won a city tournament. Satō also continued to go on hot spring trips with her family until her 90s. However, her legs gradually weakened, and she moved into a nursing home at the age of 100.

On 6 October 2022, she became the oldest living person in Akita Prefecture following the death of 113-year-old Mitsuno Sato.

LongeviQuest sends our warmest congratulations to Mrs. Yūko Satō and her family. We wish you good health and happiness.

Mrs Kikue Taira (平良菊江) of Yomitan, Okinawa was visited by LongeviQuest on 19 September 2023. Together with her sister Kame Ganeko (我如古カメ), 1905-2019, she was honoured for being the oldest sibling pair on record.

Source.

世界最高齢のきょうだいペア、我如古カメさん・平良菊江さんを認定

Posted:2023/09/27

Last update:2023/09/27

Written By:Rollan Albano

楯を手にする平良さんと我如古さんのご遺族

2023年9月19日、LongeviQuest（ロンジェビクエスト）は沖縄県読谷村内最高齢の平良菊江さん（113）と故・我如古カメさん（114）を「世界最高齢のきょうだいペア」と認定し、楯をお贈りいたしました。

 

110歳を超える人が親族内にいることは大変珍しいことですが、平良菊江さんは現在113歳で世界で15番目の長寿、姉の故・我如古カメさんは2019年に114歳でご逝去された当時世界で7番目の長寿でした。

お二人に贈呈した楯は、姉妹の合計年齢が227歳を超える世界最高齢のきょうだいペアであることを証明しています。

 

平良さんは耳が遠いものの「ご長寿おめでとうございます」との声掛けにゆっくりと頷き、大きな声で生年月日をお答えになりました。

平良菊江さんは、1910（明治43）年4月26日に沖縄県読谷村喜納で4人姉妹の三女として生まれた。10代の頃は愛知県名古屋市で紡績工として働き、20代前半に沖縄に戻り結婚、6人の子供に恵まれた。97歳の時に自宅で転倒し大腿骨を骨折するまで 24 年間一人で暮らし、健康的で自立した生活を維持していた。若い頃から食べることが好きだった平良さんは、113歳現在も食欲旺盛で最近は特にバナナが大好物だという。

 

孫の屋比久さんは、「祖母は優しくていつも笑顔を絶やさない人」と語り、お盆やお正月など親戚が集まった際に沖縄の伝統料理をたくさん振舞ってもらった思い出をお聞かせくださいました。

 

 

 

我如古カメさんは、1905（明治38）年4月10日、沖縄県読谷村喜納で４人姉妹の次女として生まれた。20歳で結婚し５人の子に恵まれたが39歳で戦争未亡人となった。戦時中は銃で足を打たれ大怪我を負いながら逃げ延び、戦後は荒地の開墾や軍用地での木の伐採など男性とともに肉体労働をした。苦労しながらも子供たちに多くの愛情を注ぎ、老後は孫や曾孫の世話が生き甲斐だった。100歳の誕生日には「若い頃の苦労は今の幸せで全部忘れた」と微笑み、多くの親族に囲まれながら114歳まで自宅で暮らした。

 

我如古さんのご遺族によると、我如古さんが100歳頃まで平良さんや親戚らで定期的に集まり、お茶を飲みながらお互いの元気を確認し合う”模合（もあい）”と呼ばれる沖縄の寄合を楽しんでいた。

平良さんが97歳で介護施設に入居以降も、我如古さんが利用していたデイサービスセンターで時々面会し、100歳を超えても姉妹はお互いの元気を確認し合った。

LongeviQuest（ロンジェビクエスト）は、我如古カメさん・平良菊江さん姉妹のご長寿にお祝いを申し上げますとともに、ご訪問を温かく迎え入れて下さいましたご親族の皆さま、特別養護老人ホーム読谷の里さまに深く感謝いたします。

Posted by: @marco

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The oldest living person in Sagamihara, Kanagawa is 109-year-old Shizue Takahashi (高橋静江), born on 7 January 1914.

Source (only accessible to readers in Japan).

Mrs Miho Matsuzaki (松﨑三保) of Kumamoto City, Kumamoto (110, b. 18 Apr 1913) was visited by the governor of the prefecture on 29 September 2023.

Source (only accessible to readers in Japan).

Mrs Masue Shimizu (清水ますゑ) of Minami-Alps, Yamanashi (109, b. July 1914).

Source.

I have adjusted the rendering of Mrs Tago's first name and Mrs Yuki Nitta's last name.

I have finally found a report for Gifu prefecture. The oldest living person in the prefecture (as of 1 September 2023, a day before her 114th birthday, which, as we know, she has celebrated) is (then) 113-year-old Okagi Hayashi (林おかぎ) of Toki, born on 2 September 1909. The oldest living man is 106-year-old Mitsuo Hirai (平井光雄), also of Toki, born on 1 March 1917.

Source.

Statistics for Ehime prefecture show that there are three supercentenarians (and no living 109-year-olds). The two oldest men are both 108 years old.

Source, only downloadable:

The oldest living person in Tatsuno, Hyōgo is 110-year-old Hideno Kawaji (川路ヒデノ).

Source.

Mrs Akino Ueda (植田アキノ) of Sumida, Tōkyō has been confirmed alive at the age of 110. She was born on 5 November 1912.

The oldest living person in Gosen, Niigata is a 109-year-old woman born in 1914.

Source.

㊗2023敬老会

 

こんにちは！

 

敬老の日を迎えた９月、

うずらはしでも

敬老会が開催されました。

 

マスクと換気をしっかりと行い、

お祝い年の方に集まって頂きました

 

始めに理事長から挨拶を頂き、

 

 

五泉市長より祝辞を頂きました。

 

そして、お一人ずつ記念品や生花、色紙が贈呈されました。

 

 

 

 

皆様とても良い表情で「ありがとう」と

受け取られていました

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

今年度は14名の入居者様が

お祝いの年を迎えられました。

 

本当におめでとうございます！

 

そして入居者代表の挨拶は、

米寿を迎えられたS様。

一生懸命に読まれていました

 

 

最後は今年で109歳を迎えられる

T様の万歳三唱‼

とっても大きな声が会場に響き渡りました。

 

 

皆様本当に

おめでとうございます‼

これからもお元気でいてください

One of the 109-year-old women in Fukuoka prefecture lives in Nōgata.

Source.

The oldest living person in Yatomi, Aichi is a 108-year-old woman (born c. Mar-Apr 1915).

Source.

Here is a source showing Mrs Chiyo Nonaka (野中チヨ) of Hachiōji, Tōkyō was alive a couple of weeks before her 112th birthday.

This source seems to imply the second supercentenarian in Akita prefecture is actually a woman residing in Ōdate, implying the previously found information about Akita City is wrong. Interesting!

令和５年度敬老会を開催しましたヽ(^。^)ノ

 

令和５年９月１３日、敬老会を開催しました(´▽｀)

 

今年度は、喜寿（７７歳）３名、米寿（８８歳）４名、白寿（９９歳）２名、長寿（１００歳以上）３名、

の方々のお祝いをしました(*^_^*)

 

ちなみに長寿の方々のご年齢は・・・

１０１歳！！！

 

１０２歳！！！！！

 

 

そして・・・

 

 

 

１１１歳！！！！！！！！！！！！！！

 

 

大館市最高齢の１１１歳の方が入居されています(^o^)丿

 

これも日頃のご本人のがんばりと水交苑の栄養管理、健康管理、日頃のケアの賜物

だと自画自賛しています(笑)

（違います・・・ご本人がたくさんがんばってくれているからです・・・）

 

これからも１１１歳の方をはじめとして、入居者のみなさんに

「笑顔」と「楽しみ」のある生活をお手伝いできるように職員一丸となって

頑張りたいと思います！！

 

皆さんおめでとうございます(^O^)／

 

The oldest living person in Toshima, Tōkyō is a 110-year-old woman born between April and June 1913.

Source, only downloadable:

The oldest living person in Edogawa, Tōkyō is a 109-year-old woman born between October and December 1913.

Source.

The oldest living person in Nakano, Tōkyō is a 109-year-old woman.

Source.

The oldest living person in Higashikurume, Tōkyō is 107 years old. This means Mrs Shizuko Hirouchi (弘内静子), born on 24 October 1911, has entered limbo.

Source.

There are two living supercentenarians in Toride, Ibaraki as of 1 October 2023: a 113-year-old woman born between 5 January and 1 April 1910, and a 110-year-old woman born between 2 January and 1 April 1913.

Source.

Matsushirō Hidaka (日高松四郎)'s successor as oldest living man in Miyazaki prefecture is 106-year-old Kiyoshi Zushi (圖師清) of Miyazaki City, born on 19 August 1917.

Source.

Posted by: @marco

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There are two living supercentenarians in Toride, Ibaraki as of 1 October 2023: a 113-year-old woman born between 5 January and 1 April 1910, and a 110-year-old woman born between 2 January and 1 April 1913.

Source.

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I hope the 113 year old woman can be validated soon

Potentially, the second and third oldest people from Ibaraki (behind Chiro Shiraishi) would then both be alive (depending on the anonymous lady’s birthdate whether she surpassed Shina Seki)

Shina Seki died only 6 months ago and may have already gone from second to fourth place

110-year-old Ichi Kubota (久保田イチ) of Miyako, Iwate, Japan, the oldest living person in Iwate prefecture, was visited by the mayor of her town on 30 October 2023.

Source (includes a video).

The oldest living person in Ogawa, Nagano is 109-year-old Shōzō Miyanō (宮野尾正三).

Source.

A 107-year-old woman lives in or close to Iwami, Tottori.

Source.

閉店スーパーの移動販売引き継いだ企業が営業始める 岩美町

10月24日　12時01分

９月末で閉店した、岩美町のＪＡ系スーパーが行っていた移動販売を引き継いだ町内の企業が、２４日から営業を始めました。

９月末に閉店したＪＡ系のスーパー「フレッシュライフいわみ」が、岩美町で行っていた食料品の移動販売について、ＪＡではスーパーに代わって事業を続けるとともに、引き継ぎ先を探していました。
こうしたなか、建設業などを行っている町内の企業が事業を引き継ぐことになり、２４日からこの企業による移動販売が始まりました。
２４日の朝は町内の道の駅でドライバー２人が、移動販売車にいわしやあじ・いかなどの魚介類を積み込み出発しました。
移動販売車が音楽を流しながら販売場所に到着すると、さっそく住民が訪れドライバーと話をしながら魚やパン・牛乳などを購入していました。
利用した１０７歳の女性は「ありがたいと思って来ています。歳をとると遠いところには行けないので助かります」と話していました。
事業を引き継いだ企業の平家誉也取締役は「移動販売がなくなると困るお客様もいるので、引き継ぐことで役に立てたらと思う。いろいろな声を聞きながら、より利便性のよいものにしていきたい」と話していました。
移動販売車は、毎週月曜日から土曜日までの６日間、町内各地を回るということです。

The oldest living person in Shikokuchūō, Ehime is 107-year-old Yukie Takamatsu (髙松雪枝), born in late 1915.

Source (page 24).

The oldest living person in Ichikawa, Hyōgo is 108-year-old Yukiko Kitada (北田ユキ子).

Source (page 6).