Today Kaoru-san brought me to my Grandma Yoko and my Aunt Machiko’s gravesite outside of Tokyo. It was my first visit. Together we left white flowers and burned incense.
Sadly I never met my Grandma Yoko and always felt disconnected from my Japanese heritage. She passed away before I was born. Today was the closest I’d ever been to her both physically and emotionally.
Kaoru-san and I both shared tears and rejoiced with photos and memories of Aunt Machiko. After driving back in the pouring rain we stopped at a small restaurant by the train station for takoyaki, french fries and tea. She translated a phrase in her phone and held it up to me “I am wishing the best for you.” I replied with the same. She told me “I hope you can call me aunt Kaoru.” And I told her she could call me nephew Max.
Slide 2 - Kaoru-san
Slide 3 - Grandma Yoko & Grandpa Alan
Slide 4 - Yoko & Alfred Hitchcock
Slide 5 - Yoko & Muhammad Ali
Slide 7 - Aunt Machiko (lived & loved till 100)
“AZUMYTH” by @facts.nyc (prod. @throcc )
“They wanna throw me in a cell
and toss the key with the biggest lock
the silent ones be dangerous gotta watch him tell me when he talk”
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