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00:00Thank you very much.
00:04Fudo Asuka goes to a farmer who grows Okawakame in the Miura Peninsula.
00:09I've never seen it before.
00:11What is Okawakame, which is full of nutrition?
00:15It's sweet.
00:21Fudo Asuka goes to start farming.
00:27Yokosuka City, Miura Peninsula
00:29This time, we went to Yokosuka City, located in the middle of the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture.
00:36You can see Yokosuka City from here.
00:40This is a great view spot.
00:42It's a nice view.
00:44It feels good.
00:46It's a nice view.
00:48I come here sometimes.
00:51Yokosuka City is an area suitable for vegetable production due to the wind that contains a lot of minerals blown from the sea.
00:59It is famous for its softness and sweetness, which are cultivated in winter using warm climate.
01:08The farmer I interviewed this time was making a vegetable called Okawakame.
01:15When I heard Okawakame, I couldn't think of it.
01:18Have I ever eaten it?
01:20No?
01:21I don't remember it.
01:23Hello.
01:24Nice to meet you.
01:26I'm Kudo.
01:27I'm Suzuki from Buromasa Farm.
01:29Nice to meet you.
01:30Nice to meet you, too.
01:31This time, our guest is Suzuki Masatoshi, who has been working at Buromasa Farm for 9 years.
01:40This is a family of six with their parents, wife, and two daughters.
01:47They want to convey the joy of farming with their experience.
01:51Okawakame Farm, which was transformed from a high school teacher.
01:56Suzuki, what did you do last week?
01:58Originally, there was a white building over there.
02:02That was actually a agricultural high school.
02:04I was a teacher there for 11 years.
02:09You went to an agricultural high school and didn't become a farmer.
02:13I went to an agricultural high school once.
02:15I thought it was interesting to be a teacher at an agricultural school.
02:19So, I got a teacher's license and came back.
02:22I see.
02:24You've been working while looking at the farm.
02:26That's right. I've been working while looking at the farm.
02:29Do you go there?
02:31Actually, I quit my job because I didn't get a teacher's license.
02:35Now, I go there once a week.
02:37I'm still involved in farming.
02:39That's great.
02:41You wanted to be a farmer, didn't you?
02:43That's right.
02:44I'm originally a farmer.
02:46I love farming so much that I want to die in my father's field.
02:51I've been watching it all the time.
02:53I've always wanted to work while involved in farming.
02:58Your father's influence is great.
03:00I see.
03:01So, you're going to teach me a lot today.
03:03Sure.
03:04At school, I teach a lot to students as a teacher.
03:09It's the same.
03:12Mr. Suzuki is a teacher at an agricultural high school.
03:17First, he'll show us his field.
03:20Mr. Suzuki's field is...
03:22This is my field.
03:24It's called Buromasa Farm.
03:26This is my field.
03:28I see.
03:30It's wonderful.
03:32You can experience farming, too.
03:33There are about 100 students in the morning.
03:35100 students?
03:36There are elementary school students today.
03:37I was doing it earlier.
03:38Thank you for your hard work.
03:41Mr. Suzuki manages a field of about 2 hectares in 23 places.
03:47This is a field dedicated to agricultural experience.
03:50He teaches children about the fun of farming based on his experience as a teacher.
03:56For example, this is an eggplant.
04:00This is a zebra eggplant.
04:04Next, there is a white eggplant.
04:07If you go further, there is a B-sized eggplant that has not been cultivated yet.
04:12There are about 15 types of eggplants.
04:16They are all over the place.
04:18Why is that?
04:19When children experience farming, they look for their favorite eggplants like treasure hunting.
04:25Children like these unusual shapes and patterns.
04:30They look for them.
04:33They don't just get to experience it and enjoy it.
04:35They get to enjoy it more.
04:38That's right.
04:39When I was in elementary school, I was always worried about how to make it fun.
04:47Now, he will give a quiz to the children.
04:54You may know that I do agriculture.
04:56Please don't.
04:57There is a grass over there.
05:00Why is that plant planted?
05:03It's to stop the wind.
05:06And it's green.
05:08I want one more thing.
05:09You want one more thing?
05:10What is it?
05:12This is the correct answer.
05:14What is it?
05:15It's called a bunker plant.
05:17You may have heard of it.
05:19It's like a bank where you store liquid nitrogen.
05:24It also means to stop insects from coming out of there.
05:28So, it's wind-proof, green, and bunker plant.
05:33These three are the answers.
05:34I see.
05:35It's great.
05:36I've never heard of it.
05:37No.
05:38When I do this with children, they will be excited.
05:44Yes, they will be excited.
05:47And this is a vegetable called Okawakame, which has never been heard of.
05:55This is Okawakame.
05:58Have you ever seen it?
06:01No, I've never seen it.
06:03Have you ever seen Okahijiki?
06:05Yes, I've seen Okahijiki.
06:07The official name of Okawakame is Unnan Hyakuyaku.
06:10Unnan Hyakuyaku.
06:11It means that it has the effect of 100 medicines.
06:14It's a herbal medicine.
06:15I see.
06:16In fact, it's delicious to eat.
06:19The main ingredient is this leaf.
06:21You take this and eat it.
06:25If you like it, you can take it.
06:26Can I?
06:27Yes, you can.
06:28It's called Okawakame these days.
06:30When you boil it, it becomes like Wakame.
06:33You can eat it raw, too.
06:35I'll try it.
06:38It's delicious.
06:40It's true.
06:42It's great.
06:45It's sticky.
06:46Yes, it's sticky.
06:49A few years ago, a friend of mine told me to make Okawakame.
06:55That's how I started making it.
06:57It's called Mukago.
06:58Mukago is the name of Okawakame.
07:01If you plant Okawakame, you can have about 10 plants.
07:0710 plants?
07:08Yes.
07:10We plant Okawakame at home.
07:12It's easy to grow.
07:15Do you just leave Okawakame there?
07:17Yes.
07:18If you don't think about the location, the number of plants will go up.
07:22If you want to plant Okawakame under a pole, you can plant it there.
07:26Okawakame has a strong vitality and makes flowers bloom every year.
07:33You can harvest Okawakame from April to October, when the flowers start to bloom.
07:40It's a healthy vegetable that has a high nutritional value, including a lot of minerals.
07:47You can use Okawakame for various dishes, such as tempura and pasta.
07:56I'd like to ask you a few questions.
07:58Is there anything I can help you with?
07:59Yes.
08:00Actually, we have a market tomorrow.
08:02We have Okawakame harvests and bags.
08:05If you'd like, we can help you.
08:06I see.
08:08So, he's going to help me harvest Okawakame.
08:12You can put Okawakame in this basket.
08:15Can I harvest Okawakame by hand?
08:16Yes, you can.
08:17Can you show me how to do it?
08:18It's easy.
08:19I used to do it when I was in elementary school.
08:22Like this?
08:23That's right.
08:24Today, we harvested Okawakame for 100 people.
08:27Is it enough for 100 people?
08:28Yes.
08:29I'm sure you'll be fine.
08:30I think it's hard to harvest Okawakame.
08:35It's hard, isn't it?
08:36Yes, it is.
08:37I think it's hard to harvest Okawakame.
08:41My daughters sell Okawakame to make money.
08:48That's good.
08:49I think they made a lot of money with Okawakame.
08:52They made more money than I did.
08:55It's complicated.
08:56Yes, it is.
08:57You said you were a farmer.
09:00Have you been a farmer for a long time?
09:02Yes, I have.
09:03There are many people who are half farmers and half fishermen.
09:10People who like fishing go to the sea.
09:13People who enjoy farming go to the land.
09:17I'm the type of person who goes to the land.
09:19I see.
09:20I've been farming for 100 or 200 years.
09:24I see.
09:26Miura Peninsula is surrounded by the sea.
09:29In the old days, it was a place where many farmers and fishermen worked.
09:33It gradually shifted to a field they were good at.
09:38Mr. Suzuki went to an agricultural high school to make a living as a farmer.
09:44However, he chose to work as a teacher at a local high school because he admired his teacher.
09:50What did he feel at that time?
09:54There are many children who don't want to do agriculture.
09:58For example, they don't want to do agriculture because it doesn't make money.
10:02Or they are embarrassed to be a farmer.
10:04There are many children like that.
10:06I want to teach them that agriculture is interesting.
10:10I also want them to know that they will do agriculture in the future.
10:15You have a strong desire to do agriculture.
10:22We have a field.
10:25If I don't do agriculture, I don't know what will happen to the field.
10:29I've always thought so.
10:31As a father, I enjoyed teaching at an agricultural high school.
10:35So, I thought I could finish it.
10:37I see.
10:38But, even though I was teaching about the fun of agriculture,
10:41I felt a contradiction that I should stop doing agriculture.
10:45I see.
10:46After all, teachers are the seniors of farmers.
10:50That's right.
10:51I was often asked,
10:53when will you come to my school?
10:54Oh, really?
10:55I was often told,
10:56don't be a pushover.
10:57So, I decided to go to your school.
11:01I was told many times.
11:03Then, I decided to quit teaching at school.
11:05So, you have been pushing the teachers' backs.
11:11Yes.
11:13Suzuki was pushed by the teachers and retired from teaching for 11 years.
11:21In 2016, he started his own business and started farming.
11:26How did you feel when you were pushed to become a farmer?
11:32It was the best.
11:33The best?
11:34I want to say that it was the best.
11:36But, at first, it was very difficult.
11:39I thought I could do it because I was teaching.
11:42I could teach according to the textbook.
11:45But, I couldn't do it as I thought.
11:49I had a lot of experience.
11:51So, in the first year or two, I thought I couldn't do it.
11:55Oh, really?
11:56In the agricultural high school,
11:57even if you fail to teach vegetables,
11:59you can make money by teaching.
12:01Yes.
12:02But, in the field,
12:04you can make money by doing everything you do.
12:07So, I failed to do it because of typhoon.
12:10So, I wondered what I had been doing in the past few months.
12:13I thought it was different from teaching in the field.
12:18Did you have a hard time when you couldn't do it well?
12:23Yes.
12:24I thought I couldn't do it as I thought.
12:29So, in terms of vegetables,
12:32and in terms of selling,
12:34in my head,
12:35I thought I could make a lot of money by doing this.
12:39But, I couldn't.
12:40You couldn't.
12:41Yes.
12:42When I sold vegetables,
12:43I had to pack them in a bag and sell them.
12:47And, I had to throw them away.
12:50Then, I felt empty.
12:52And,
12:53my father's style was different from what I wanted to do.
12:58So, I felt the difference.
13:00Even if I said I wanted to do this,
13:02he said it was different.
13:04In the first year, I had a lot of experiences like that.
13:06I see.
13:07So, I had a strong desire to do what I wanted to do.
13:11I see.
13:12What your father had done and what you wanted to do.
13:17Yes.
13:18If I think about it now,
13:20I should have done what my father told me to do in the first and second year.
13:26But, I think I had a lot of opinions.
13:30When I talked to the teachers at that time,
13:36they said,
13:37I see.
13:38Yes.
13:39But, I'm old now.
13:40I'm quite old now.
13:42I eat meals and drink alcohol sometimes.
13:47But, I had a hard time at the beginning because I didn't have a farmer of the same age as me.
13:51I see.
13:52Basically, my wife supported me the most.
13:58She said,
13:59You have something you want to do, don't you?
14:01She supported me.
14:03You're a wonderful wife.
14:04Yes.
14:05You're smart, aren't you?
14:06Yes, I am.
14:09He met his wife, Ms. Hiroko, when he was a college student and got married.
14:13He started to help her with farming when they were dating.
14:18When Ms. Suzuki started to farm, he was her senior.
14:24What did he think at that time?
14:28My wife did a lot of farming first.
14:32My family ran a farm.
14:35So, I wanted to do something with soil.
14:38I wanted to do farming.
14:41My husband was a farmer at that time.
14:45So, I consulted with him.
14:47He said,
14:48You can come here.
14:50So, I started to do farming first.
14:53You started to do farming.
14:54I see.
14:56When I brought him here, he was very fast.
14:59I was surprised that he could do such a great job.
15:05I think farming suits me the best.
15:09I think farming suits you better than me.
15:12I like grasshopper the most.
15:14That's great.
15:15Most people like grasshopper.
15:18I don't like grasshopper.
15:19I see.
15:21Did you have a hard time in the first year?
15:23Yes.
15:25When I told him what I did at home,
15:30he said,
15:32It's like a textbook.
15:35He repeated it many times.
15:37I thought he had his own style.
15:42So, I followed him.
15:46I guess he didn't listen to you.
15:48Didn't you listen to me?
15:49No, I didn't.
15:52How do you feel now?
15:56It's been two years.
15:58Two years?
15:59No, no.
16:00I started to do farming separately from my father's team.
16:04I wanted to do farming because I wanted to show our color.
16:09We did what we wanted to do.
16:12We've been getting along well here.
16:15I'm having a lot of fun.
16:18Is there anything you want to say now?
16:21What I want to say now?
16:24Well...
16:26I'll do my best.
16:28That's great.
16:29Now I know how much you care about me.
16:34I'm full. Thank you.
16:38They supported each other and started farming for the second year.
16:44Now they have 5,000 students a year.
16:52How can they enjoy farming experience?
16:56Kids, this is the power of adults.
17:05Do you have any medicine?
17:07No.
17:10Next Episode
17:13Mr. Masatoshi Suzuki grows Okawakame in Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture.
17:20Okawakame is shipped to direct sale shops and restaurants.
17:26How much is one bag?
17:28One bag is 200 yen.
17:29200 yen.
17:30Kids make a lot of money.
17:32That's right.
17:33When I woke up in the morning, the kids were gone.
17:36Sometimes I went to the field to get Okawakame.
17:38Now I grow Okawakame there.
17:40Are they your kids?
17:41Yes, they are.
17:43What do the girls think about helping farmers?
17:47I heard that you make a lot of money.
17:50Yes.
17:53When I was in elementary school, I made about 80,000 yen.
17:57You made 80,000 yen in elementary school?
17:59What do you use it for?
18:00I read a lot of mangas my father wrote.
18:02You just want to read your father's mangas?
18:04No.
18:05I see.
18:06Did you make a lot of money?
18:08Yes.
18:09I'm so embarrassed.
18:10I see. I'm sorry.
18:11But you helped me a lot.
18:13I learned a lot today.
18:14That's very helpful.
18:16Yes, it is.
18:17Do you want to be a farmer in the future?
18:19Yes.
18:20I'm going to a agricultural high school.
18:23When I go to university, I want to get a teacher's license.
18:25I want to go back to my parents' house.
18:27I want to be a farmer like my father.
18:30I was surprised.
18:32You're not like your father at all.
18:33No.
18:34I heard from my mother.
18:37When you get together with someone in the future,
18:39you shouldn't talk about textbooks.
18:43Is it fun?
18:47I like cooking and cooking.
18:50I think it would be interesting if I could cook and cook.
18:54I'm still young, so I think my dreams will change.
18:57I'm talking about how fun it is.
18:59If you get along well.
19:00Yes.
19:02I've heard a lot about your experience.
19:05Is there anything you're glad you did?
19:07There are many things.
19:09Of course, it was fun when I was in agricultural high school.
19:12I'm sure I'm having fun now.
19:15I've always wanted to have an agricultural experience.
19:17The reason I wanted to have an agricultural experience is that
19:20my father once had an agricultural experience when I was a child.
19:25There was a rally a while ago.
19:28When I was 30 or 40 years old, everyone remembered it.
19:32It was a lot of fun.
19:34I heard that story.
19:36I thought I would remember it even when I grew up.
19:39Then I thought I could eat vegetables carefully.
19:43It's more fun to be able to do that now.
19:47My family time has increased a lot.
19:49I can spend time with my children like I do now.
19:52It's a lot of fun every day.
19:54I'm glad I did it.
19:56I think it's wonderful.
19:58It's wonderful.
20:00In addition, Suzuki-san's experience farm has a way for children to enjoy it at home.
20:08Now that the agricultural experience is over,
20:11the mission is clear.
20:12Thank you for the mission.
20:13I always give you a Bromasan farm card.
20:16This is the list.
20:17Please take a look if you like.
20:19Power, vegetable card, power, power, power 5, power 4.
20:25What kind of vegetable power is this?
20:27Vegetable power is completely subjective.
20:30I make it and it looks easy to make.
20:34For example, Okawakame is easy to make, so it's power 1.
20:38I see.
20:39The name is good.
20:41There is also a sacrifice of butter nuts.
20:44What is quite popular is a vegan eggplant.
20:47It's called Venus.
20:49Venus.
20:50This is Venus.
20:53You have a good sense.
20:56These are all vegetables.
20:58I want people to be interested in vegetables with this.
21:01I see.
21:02This is a farm card that is an illustration of the vegetables made by Suzuki-san.
21:08It is distributed to children who came to the experience farm.
21:14Then the children want to gather and come again.
21:19That's good.
21:21Has anyone collected all of this?
21:23I haven't done that yet.
21:24It may be difficult because it is always stopped at random.
21:28If you like, I will give you a full set.
21:30Suddenly?
21:31Suddenly.
21:33I feel like I'm going to get angry when I'm told that it's unfair when I meet children.
21:37Children, this is the power of adults.
21:41For example, how to play.
21:43Children do it while thinking about various things.
21:46At the same time, the one with the strongest power wins.
21:50Here is a serious game with a farm card.
21:55There are three cards that will be distributed this time.
21:58The one with the strongest power wins by putting out one card from the hand.
22:04This is. . .
22:06I see.
22:09Then I will put out one card.
22:13All right.
22:14All right.
22:16I have two cards.
22:21All right.
22:25Let's play a game.
22:27One, two.
22:29I put out a card.
22:30You lost.
22:31I put out a card.
22:32One, two.
22:38One, two.
22:40I got this.
22:41Thank you very much.
22:42You lost.
22:44Thank you very much.
22:47It's nice to be able to make a rule.
22:51That's right.
22:52I'm glad to hear that.
22:54I'm glad to hear that.
22:55I had a lot of fun.
22:59After this, Okawakame dishes are served.
23:03It's delicious.
23:05It's delicious.
23:06Okawakame dishes
23:08What will you eat?
23:10I will eat Okawakame shabu-shabu.
23:16How much do you put it in?
23:18I put it in Okawakame shabu-shabu.
23:29I put it in the soup.
23:32I eat it.
23:39It's completely different.
23:40Is it different?
23:41When you heat it up, the slimy texture and bitterness disappear.
23:46It's easy to eat at once.
23:48So, I recommend you to put it in Okawakame shabu-shabu and eat it little by little.
24:04It's delicious.
24:07It's a medicine.
24:08It's a medicine.
24:11It's delicious.
24:12It's delicious.
24:13It's really delicious.
24:14I'm glad to hear that.
24:16Next, Okawakame dishes are served.
24:20It's a sticky rice bowl served with natto.
24:26Seasoning is only natto sauce and mustard.
24:39It's delicious.
24:41It's delicious.
24:42It's good.
24:43Is it good?
24:44I'm glad to hear that.
24:50It might be good to mix it with a bomb.
24:52It's good.
24:53It's a medicinal herb.
24:56It's a medicinal herb.
24:58If you like it, you can grow it yourself.
25:04You can eat it infinitely.
25:08You're right.
25:10It's enough to grow one.
25:11You're right.
25:16Gochisosamadesita.
25:21I got it.
25:24It's delicious.
25:26It's hot.