Young people moving to rural areas: Now is the time! (Essay)
Moon and Sun Shellfish
During my lunch break, while working remotely, I was watching NHK. They were broadcasting a daily program called "Good Immigration!!" I knew about this program but had never paid much attention to it. However, on November 28, 2022, I seriously watched the broadcast on this day.
The protagonist of this day was a man who worked as a highly paid management consultant for a foreign company, but he had a strong passion for fish and fishing and moved to a fishing village with his family. However, this man did not have any ties to the fishing village. As a consultant, he carefully researched fishermen's catch volume and annual income at each fishing port in Japan and even referred to aerial photographs of the fishing port. This was because he considered the quality of the fishing port's seawall, the presence or absence of oil storage facilities, etc. Without a storage facility, it would be inconvenient to have to rely on tankers every time to secure fuel. I see.
After all these investigations, he chose Eguchi Fishing Port in Kagoshima Prefecture, like a paratrooper. It was quite a bold move for the whole family to move to a strange place suddenly. As for fishing, this man has been increasing his catch every year, but he applies the "correlation coefficient" in statistics to analyze the fish species and the catching method. This is also something he made use of his experience as a consultant.
And what blew me away was his proposal to the fishing association for "newly cultivated" shellfish. It was "Moon and Sun Shellfish"... a romantic name, and as you would expect, the shells are beautiful, with different colors on the front and back like the sun and the moon. They are also delicious to eat. He researched how far from the shore and at what depth the young shellfish of this shellfish can be collected, and got some results. The broadcast ended with him talking about starting a business with the fishing association this. Yes, he is a reliable young man. He is not passive but is actively influencing the situation. I look forward to seeing what happens next for him.
