Her parents ran a confectionery shop in Kobe's Higashi Nada Ward. Including Macchako and her two siblings, there were five people in the family. Because Macchako's father lived with a chronic illness he was not sent to the front.
Родители Маттяко держали в районе Хигаси-Нада кондитерский магазин, который передавался по наследству.