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Hamako Mori (born 18 February 1930), [2] better known by her online alias Gamer Grandma, is a Japanese video game YouTuber and esports player. She is known to have been playing video and esports games since 1981. [3] In May 2020, she was declared as the oldest ever gaming YouTuber in the world at the age of 90.
"Kinsan Ginsan" (きんさんぎんさん), was the affectionate name of Japanese identical twin sisters from Nagoya, widely known for their longevity, and for being the oldest living twins. Their full names were Kin Narita (成田 きん, Narita Kin, 1 August 1892 – 23 January 2000) and Gin Kanie (蟹江 ぎん, Kanie Gin, 1 August 1892
[1] [2] In early times, in the Meitei households, children must have gathered around the kitchen fire, listening to the stories narrated by the elders. [1] Generally, Meitei folktales were developed from the creativity of the old folks, especially the grandparents, who narrated the children the diverse sagas of varying genres.
The grandchildren of these Japanese-Brazilian (Nipo-brasileiros) immigrants are called Sansei.Although the earliest organized group of Japanese emigrants settled in Mexico in 1897, [5] the four largest populations of Japanese and their descendants are in Brazil, the United States, Canada, and Peru.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 瓊瓊杵尊) is a deity in Japanese mythology. [1] (-no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi is the specific god's name.) Grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu, [2] Ninigi is regarded according to Japanese mythology as the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor ...
Yonsei (四世, "fourth generation") is a Japanese diasporic term used in countries, particularly in North America and in Latin America, to specify the great-grandchildren of Japanese immigrants . The children of Issei are Nisei (the second generation). Sansei are the third generation, [1] and their offspring are Yonsei. [2]
The lives of Japanese-Americans of earlier generations contrast with the Gosei because they have English-speaking grandparents. [7] According to a 2011 columnist in The Rafu Shimpo of Los Angeles, "Younger Japanese Americans are more culturally American than Japanese" and "other than some vestigial cultural affiliations, a Yonsei or Gosei is simply another American."
The story is told from the perspective of Say, who narrates his grandfather’s immigration between Japan and the United States. [1] Say’s grandfather subsequently moves back to Japan. [ 2 ] Released by Houghton Mifflin , the book was positively received by critics and reviewers, and Say received the Caldecott Medal for illustration in 1994.