Jiro Ono has turned 100.
>In Japan, sushi legend Jiro Ono turned 100 on October 27, 2025, yet shows no signs of full retirement, declaring, "I plan to keep going for about five more years." The founder of Sukiyabashi Jiro—a 10-seat Ginza basement gem that held three Michelin stars from 2007 to 2019—earned Guinness recognition as the oldest three-star head chef at 93. Featured in the 2012 documentary *Jiro Dreams of Sushi*, he served dignitaries like Barack Obama, once shifting their 2014 reservation to prioritize regulars.>Born in 1925 in Hamamatsu, Ono apprenticed at 7, moved to Tokyo at 25, and opened his restaurant in 1965, pursuing perfection: "I haven't reached the top yet." Now among Japan's 100,000 centenarians, he credits work as "the best medicine," visiting when possible despite hand issues, serving only special guests. His son Yoshikazu, head chef, notes Ono's humor and kindness—once worrying director David Gelb was bored filming octopus massage.>Aiming for 114 after hearing of Japan's oldest man dying at 113, Ono walks, eats well (no alcohol), and favors maguro, kohada, and anago. Gelb calls his enduring tradition "an inspiration." Under autumn skies, Ono embodies lifelong dedication.
>be so afraid to die you live to 100 making rice
>>215604128Good for you, jii-san
I rewatched the doc a while ago. Still super comfy and inspirational.
Apparently he spent 70 years just learning to make the tamago.
The power of /tv shitposting will keep him alive for years to come.
>>215604140Seems understandable he thinks if he stops working he will die immediately or something. Also considering he was practically orphaned by his own parents I think work has been his only comfort in life he uses it to cope. The stability of doing the same routine everyday is very therapeutic.
>>215604131>"I still remember the night that changes everything", said Ono while spacing out to nowhere. When asked about what happened in that night, the sushi legend refuse to answer and instead go back to his kitchen preparing tamago. His son, Yoshikazu, then said that it tied to a specific dream that Ono (100) experienced when he was younger. "It was a dream that my father experienced once, a nightmare that changed everything." Said Yoshikazu.What dream or nightmare that he talked about in here?
>>215604128He fucking outlived Super Sentai! Imagine being a 50 year old boomer watching the zoomers of your day fall for this and now here you are!
>>215604256>He fucking outlived Super SentaiWdym?
>>215604242Oh you're asking about the nightmare Jiro Ono has experienced? I heard it'll also be developed on Netflix. The title for it is Jiro nightmares of ASS RAPE
>>215604290What a waste of life
How do 100 year old deal with knowing they have a high chance of just dying if they have a nap or something
>spent 100 yrs putting raw fish on rice bravo.
>>215605237why wasn't my webm getting posted? or any picss infact. this fucking site is shiting itself again. lmao.
>>215604181kek
>>215605136The same goes for all of us. I dont even care because my life is pointless anyway.
another gookmarican thread
>>215605130You kiddin me. Everyday he is fulfilled being constantly active on something, but it's mostly the same things except for difference in who the customers are for the reservations that day, so he can meet and talk to new people, slight variations like that but besides that his days are exactly the way he wants them to be. This is why he refuses to retire. His life is exactly how he wants it. Few people achieve this.
>>215605136I don't think they even think about it. They just expect to wake up and live another day lol
>>215605136https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lbhnVhVq3MY&pp=ygUXc2VpbmZlbGQgZ2VvcmdlIG9sZCBtYW4%3D
>>215605136They've long passed the age where wondering about death and your last day on this earth was a thing.
>>215604131>he served dignitaries like Barack Obamakoni-chi-wa, Obama-san
>>215605426Do they just get fed up with all the issues being old and not care anymore
Imagine being Jiro junior knowing your entire life is spent working under your father
>>215605463He drives fast cars.
>>215605463>>215605382
>>215605463Imagine being in your 70s and having to take care of your nonagenarian parents.
>>215605382Lots of Japanese speak english. They have multiple subcultures built around American pop culture. Like punk rock, cowboy and 50s greaser gang stuff. Most big music acts in America will tour Japan and sell out concerts.
>>215605136my grandpa drank every day and my grandma said that she just wants to die already
>>215605508>Lots of Japanese speak english.English rates are infamously low in Japan despite everyone having to take English in high school, and a large part of that is because they have so much media and material in their language already
>>215604242>back to his kitchen preparing tamagoTHE TAMAGOTHE EGG!
Friendly reminder that he literally gave away his Michelin stars just so he wouldn't have to serve baka gaijins who saw the documentary.
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>>215604242The War.
>>215604290Japanese efficiency at its finest.>fak u piggu no resabation fo 10 year I all booked it takes 2 months to put a fish in a rice
