Okawa was born on 5 March 1898 , the fourth daughter of a draper in the Tenma district ( present-day Kita-ku ) of Osaka . From 1997 , she lived at a nursing home in Higashisumiyoshi-ku , Osaka .
Okawa was born on March 5 , 1898 , in the Tenma district ( present-day Kita-ku ) of Osaka , and in her latter years lived at a nursing home in Higashisumiyoshi-ku , Osaka .