So expect a lot of curated content about my Auntie Masako in the coming months. My family isn’t on Bluesky, so…I’m safe here. 5/

And her presence in my life was so enormous, it feels wrong to hide how much I loved her. How much she meant to so many people. And beyond that, how funny she was. 4/

Sometimes saving face means not fully celebrating all of who a person is, but my auntie was a badass, and she deserves some kind of recognition for what a legend she was…3/

And my family is really protective, highly traditional in that way Japanese Americans can be. More beholden to Japanese traditions than current Japanese people. 2/