A lot of people, stressed by overworking and hectic lifestyles in Japan’s crowded metropolitan areas, are yearning for their rural or agrarian roots.
Agricultural industry tours are attracting Japanese Baby Boomers and their offspring to the backwaters of Japan. The allure of this idyllic, back-to-basics’ lifestyle is causing many of these workaholics and their estranged families to seriously consider alternatives to the rat race.
These tours are giving participants a chance to have a hands-on experience and many are walking away hooked by the tranquility and freedom available outside of the big cities.
The government in cooperation with the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperative Associations, is now preparing various courses for young, middle-aged and seniors to urge them to engage or re-engage in agriculture.
One such program is aimed at freeters – NEETS (people not involved in education or employment) and others who constantly change jobs and don’t settle down. The program, dubbed “Challenge Farm School” will soon be companioned by a website with the same theme.
Western agricultural technology and know-how is in greater and greater demand in Japan. Websites marketing back-to-earth agrarian tools and equipment suitable for novices could be a hit. A website and country-wide workshop format could hit pay dirt.
Additionally, why not set up a Japanese-language portal site to introduce the homesteading concept in earnest to the natives?
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