Nabe Kade (Japanese: 嘉手 ナベ) was a Japanese supercentenarian.
BIOGRAPHY
Nabe Kade (嘉手 ナベ) was born in the Nakachi area of present-day Kumejima Town, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on 10 October 1903, and later lived in Yomitan Village and Okinawa City.
At the age of 73, she was recorded in a collection of folktales from Yomitan Village as a storyteller of traditional Okinawan folklore, preserving accounts such as the origin of hajichi (the custom of hand tattooing) and “two cups of tea,” a practice associated with warding off misfortune.
She passed away from natural causes on 21 December 2013, at a hospital in Yonabaru Town, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, at the age of 110 years and 71 days.
RECOGNITION
As of 2012, she was the 9th oldest person in Okinawa Prefecture, and in 2013, she was the 7th oldest.
Her age was verified by the MHLW, Japan, as well as Ryohei Asano, and validated by LongeviQuest on 4 April 2026.
ATTRIBUTION
* National Registry of Centenarians (全国高齢者名簿), September 2003 edition
* Collection of Yomitan Village Folktales, Vol. 12, Yomitan Village Board of Education, Okinawa Prefecture (History and Folklore Museum), ed.
* “嘉手ナベさん” ― Ryūyū Shimpo, 22 December 2013
GALLERY
At the age of 73. (Source: Collection of Yomitan Village Folktales, Vol. 12)
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