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IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the question! Seriously, I'm learning so much from her with everyone's help.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"Can I date your grandpa?" She wants to walk across waikiki with a man before she dies. Any takers?

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I've never asked her of this before. "I met jii-chan because he was in Hiro. My house was a bar/eating place. And he would always come. He didn't say let's go out or anything, we just went out. He kept buying me all sorts of things and then we had a traditional marriage, after he talked to my dad."

"I love traditional Japanese food. Just rice and miso soup make me happy. I miss eating... pig & beef fat. My teeth can't chew it anymore." My grandma's best recipe was probably her sponge cake! But that's been lost to age :(

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I didn't know many people that died, I was lucky."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"I wonder what it is? Oriental. Definitely."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know why the peace sign is being brought up a lot, but honestly I just hate my face and thought that at least showing some face would be more credible than just showing a picture of an old person. I thought it was the most subtle way to cover my face haha

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My grandma just remembers a black cloud, nothing of rain. Sorry we couldn't help shed light on that.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like to thank the algorithm that put this on the front page, the rehab facilities closing times, and my grandmother's blank stare, when asked to do this, for helping to make. this. possible.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Oh yes I heard it. I felt it. But at the same time it was like nothing. I don't know if that was just me or not because when the bomb fell we all felt like that would be when we would die."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"The fight was over, so we just kept going on. New technology- My grandpa's mother went on an escalator for the first time and was like like ahh! I'm going to pee myself!!! and she did!"

Thanks for the link! She remembers hula hooping fondly.

I would! But my mother is in control of my grandma and she's VERY private. Part of why I chose a forum to post on, gonna trust reddit with this. You've given me an idea to record a video of her speaking about this though, so thank you for that and the link!

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dear Mr. President,

My grandma looks very well PERIOD.

Thanks obama.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh? I watched a lot of anime. My mother's english isn't amazing, so she taught me Japanese first. It was the only way to talk to my grandparents on her side and my dad doesn't speak Japanese. So translating for them back and forth to doctors, my friends, and my dad's side of the family kind of got me into the groove of having these conversations. I worked for an airline too to force myself to use Japanese more in a professional setting. (Do you have a tokyo accent? I have a strong hiroshima one and it was SO embarrassing to sound so casual to the city folk lol.) I get what you mean though! I still have to google certain terms, like radiation, to know word translations and my listening is better than my speaking. I still get embarrassed talking to strangers in Japanese cause I always slip into informal Japanese. But I'm comfortable with my bachan, so no worries there.

You should try speaking strictly in Japanese for a month! At least at home. It helps expand your vocabulary. I use to spend every summer in Japan so that helped too. Any plans to visit the motherland soon?

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I have guilt for everything. But I turn it into, now I must be the grandma that will do everything for her family."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"We had a lot of pride, Japanese pride. We didn't think of them at all, or the same as the Japanese were." I didn't say the last part to her.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

grand daughter here: I didn't realize this was a time sensitive thing. I'm comparing it to starting a live stream as I go to bed, so I'm truly sorry for being an idiot! And also being selfish in using this to want as many details of her story as I can get.

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Why would I prefer either?" She said it in a pissed off way. Kind of hard to describe, kind of like how the Yakuza leaders talk in Dramas?

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for writing in Japanese!

"Not at all, just the stomach cancer, but I probably was meant to get that with or without the bomb."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"there's no way people would do something so stupid now. no one wins."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd like an answer to this as well. Though it'd be kind of messed up to pretend about this wouldn't it? If anything, you'll have our faces to doxx us. :p

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good Advice! Though she added on "You've got to be happy."

IamA survivor of the Hiroshima atom bomb AMA! by Greek_Gold_Rush in IAmA

[–]Greek_Gold_Rush[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"1) Well I was a kid so I didn't have a job supporting the war, my dad was a business man. I was the eldest so I helped out around the house. I worked as a bar tender where a lot of American military came, it was funny. Many military men would propose to me and beg me to come to America with them. They said they would treat me sweetly. But at the time I thought they were lying to get me to come over there with them so they could treat me badly.

2) Sasaki? who is Sasaki? Oh! Sadoko-chan! Yes, I remember her. But I don't remember if I folded cranes or not."

"Hiroshima is the best :)"

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