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Prior to the “Respect for the Aged Day,” on September 9 Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara visited Ms. Yae Sakurai, who celebrated her one hundredth birthday this year, at her home in Suginami Ward. Ms. Sakurai was born in 1909 to a family with a long lineage of medical practice in Kanda. With a steadiness that belied her 100 years, she enjoyed talking and reminiscing about the past with the Governor in the “Edo dialect,” the dialect of old Tokyo. When asked the secret to her health she responded with a smile, “Getting up at 5:30 every morning to sweep the sidewalk and not being picky about food.”   
Photo: The Governor wishes Ms. Sakurai her continued good health.