LongeviQuest is delighted to announce that Tane Matsubara turned 114 years old on 15 October 2023. She is currently the oldest living person in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan.

In September 2022, aged 112. (Source: Hokkaido Shimbun)
In September 2022, aged 112.
(Source: Hokkaido Shimbun)

Tane Matsubara was born in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, on 15 October 1909, as the eldest of ten children. At the age of 20, she got married and had eight children. Their family lived in Imakane in Hiyama Subprefecture. In 1936, she moved to Biratori, where she sold tofu.

She moved into a nursing home in Tomakomai in 2007. Even as a supercentenarian, she was able to read newspapers, and if there was something she didn’t know, she would ask around and learn.  As of 2022, she had 18 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren.

After 112-year-old Take Taniguchi of Muroran went into limbo in December 2021, Mrs. Matsubara became the oldest living person in Hokkaido Prefecture.

For more information, please view Tane Matsubara’s Directory Profile here.

LongeviQuest は、北海道最高齢の松原タネさん113歳の年齢を検証しました。

Oldest Person in Hokkaido
In September 2022, aged 112. (Source: Hokkaido Shimbun)

松原さんは1909年10月15日に10人兄弟の長女として栃木県で生まれた。 20歳の時に結婚し、5男3女の子ども8人に恵まれた。
2022年10月時点で、松原さんは孫18人、ひ孫30人、玄孫5人がいました。

存命中の北海道最高齢者であり、年齢が確認された方としては全国で5番目に高齢の方です。
詳しくは、こちらの松原さんのディレクトリプロフィールをご覧ください。