Sunday, October 13, 2013

Misao Okawa : Survivor of Japan's Feudal Age

After escaping a mounted-Samurai's sword-strike that almost sent her to the same place as O'ren Ishii, Misao-san lived to see it all - a vicious conquest of Japan's neighbours and an ignoble surrender to the Gaijin.

In the end, Japan is the victor - sort of. Someday I'll understand these people and what makes them tick.

Rumour has it she is concerned her kids won't last much longer since they're both over 90.

My link to a super centenarian : a close friend, now in her 60's told me (a couple years ago) that a lady-doctor her mother had taken her to, when she was a child, recently passed away at 111.

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