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We have been suffered from many things since I started farming.
By starting of a policy of reducing acreage under cultivation, many policies and thoughts were changed.
After those were decided and made many facilities, new policy was come up.
Those old policies and facilities were become meaningless. Everyone got angry about that.
Those were started from 1970.
I had started farming since that time, so I was suffered from that.
Everyone will agree with the policy made economical effect, but it’s not.
Children in city go to fast-food store. When people of my age see that, I feel sad.
My grandchildren live in Tokyo. They also want to go McDonald’s.
There were no such things before. My children were grown up with my handmade food.
My children also raise their children by their handmade food. 13 00:01:41,000--> 00:01:44,000 But I can’t expect their children will do that too.
In this restaurant, I use the rice called “Sasanishiki”.
It keeps good tastes even it gets cold. So I put it in bento (packed lunch)
Most of vegetables I use are cultivated in this local area.
I make different “bento” for each age.
Today, I made sushi bento for elderly people. I put many stewed food in it.
I put less meat and more fish. I’m trying to think about customers.
I feel happy when customers say “It was delicious”. It encourages me to work. 21 00:02:55,000--> 00:02:59,000 It is one of my purposes in life, so I can continue this work.
Although this year is 17th year of establishment, I don’t get tired in this work.
I always feel reactions of customer.
If I do work like businessman, I think I get boring and stop working. But, I don’t feel like that in here.
Also, I have to think about customer’s requests. I can learn and enjoy from it.
Now, 5 part-timers are working. Number of workers is depends on day.
Everyone says that they enjoy working here. I think this work is suited for woman.
Everyone says that they want to increase our sales.
But, I’m 65 old now, and have to think about after the retirement. I can’t do overwork.
When this restaurant gets busy, we can’t take care of our family.
I think it not good to be too busy.
So I don’t want to make here bigger. Keep the present.
So, I don’t want to make gorgeous restaurant. I bought prefab house and only fixed inside.
I don’t think to make someone to take over the restaurant.
I think the wife of my eldest son won’t do that because she has other job.
If someone wants to do something in here, I must think about the restaurant.
Therefore, what I can do is to keep this condition.
After the disaster, there was blackout for 3 days.
It was helpful that the restaurant had gas and stove.
But I couldn’t do anything in my house because it was all-electric.
It was first time to experience blackout for 3 days.
When I watched news, I knew that things were gone.
Farmers have food so we can live about 2 months.
We have rice and miso. We have fresh fishes and vegetables.
Even if there’s no fish, we can live by cooking vegetables. This is advantage of farmer, I think.
I have an electric dynamo, so I used it to prepare bath.
I could use water pipe, so I could flush water.
It was first time to live with lightening candle.
Before, we didn’t think anything about electricity in daily lives.
Now, we are trying to save electricity.
Everyone starts to think about “if”.
Many elderly people live alone in house. The community has to think about them.
People have to realize themselve. I want young people to be independent.
Make efforts, if you want to find job that you want to do for entire life.
If you don’t make efforts, it’ll be hard..