Tag: Iwate Prefecture

LongeviQuest is delighted to announce the age validation of Chiyono Kamono at 110 years old. She was a Japanese supercentenarian recognized as the oldest living person in Iwate Prefecture at the time of her death.

Chiyono Kamono was born on 4 September 1911 in Sakaricho (now part of Ōfunato), Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

Chiyono relocated to Tokyo and found employment at a beer factory in the 1912-1926 Taishō era. She got married at some point in her 20s but sadly, her husband passed away in Burma (now called Myanmar) during the Pacific War. Chiyono also endured the Tokyo Air Raids at that time while shielding her son from sparks that showered them. After the war, she returned to her hometown in Ōfunato and started farming as a means of provision for her family.

In September 2016, aged 105. (Source: Asahi Shinbun)
In September 2016, aged 105.
(Source: Asahi Shinbun)

Kamono moved into a nursing home in 2008 wherein she experienced the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011. Fortunately, she managed to avoid the tsunami by seeking refuge on the third floor of the nursing home. She described this event as something worse than war.

Chiyono Kamono passed away on 24 January 2022 in Ōfunato, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, at 3:49 PM. She was 110 years and 142 days old at the time of her death.

For more information, please view Chiyono Kamono’s Directory Profile here.

 

LongeviQuest is pleased to announce the age validation of Emi Matsuda at age 110. She was a Japanese supercentenarian reported to be briefly the oldest living person in Iwate Prefecture.

Emi Matsuda was born on 2 March 1913 in Waga (which is now part of Kitakami), Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

At age 27, she married her husband and had five children with him. While raising her children, Emi engaged in farming and factory work simultaneously until she reached 80 years old.

On her 110th birthday in March 2023. (Source: Iwate Nichinichi Shinbun)
On her 110th birthday in March 2023. (Source: Iwate Nichinichi Shinbun)

 

Emi started to attend a nursing home back in 2004 and then permanently relocated there in the spring of 2022. She was able to pursue her sewing and reading hobbies while staying at the nursing home. On 2 March 2023, she celebrated her 110th birthday at the nursing home with her four children and extended family members.

Emi Matsuda passed away on 28 August 2023 in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. At the time of her death, she was 110 years and 179 days old, and the oldest living person in the prefecture.

For more information, please view Emi Matsuda’s Directory Profile here.