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Feb 24 2011 7 Comments

A character-lined old lady

The incredibly long living and therefore growing number of old people in Japan certainly causes plenty of problems. There’s the the huge burden on the nation’s health service, an even bigger one on the dwindling number of wage earners, and last but by no means least, the godawful prospect of gateball becoming the country’s number one sport.

But there is the odd advantage, aside from the obvious benefit to those actually living longer, as, for anyone who wants to photograph them, all those years create incredibly character filled.

Old Japanese lady

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Old Japanese lady

Faces.

Old Japanese lady

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  1. Badboy says

    2/24/2011 at 3:30 pm

    I bet she’s got some amazing stories up in that head 🙂

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    • Lee says

      2/24/2011 at 8:24 pm

      Yeah, I bet. She has obviously changed a lot, but probably nothing compared to the changes Tokyo has seen in her lifetime.

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  2. Biggie says

    2/24/2011 at 3:56 pm

    National Sport: sumo out, gateball in?

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    • Lee says

      2/24/2011 at 8:29 pm

      I used to watch sumo a lot, but the forced retirement of Asashoryu, and now the match rigging scandal, has turned me right off it. Although it hasn’t, I hasten to add, turned me straight on to gateball!

      Reply
  3. andra says

    2/25/2011 at 3:30 am

    she makes me miss my grandma.

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    • Lee says

      2/25/2011 at 12:11 pm

      Yeah, me too…

      Reply
  4. andrea says

    6/13/2011 at 7:55 am

    i know this lady!
    in true she ‘s only 55 years old.

    Reply

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