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I left my desk job to take over my grandparents' Wagyu farm in rural Japan. It changed how I define success.
- After years abroad in Canada and Australia, a 29-year-old left an IT career to restore his grandfather’s 60-year Wagyu farm in Kagoshima, trading higher pay for purpose and countryside life.
- He supplements the farm income with part-time farm work and by sharing behind-the-scenes Wagyu videos (donations and subscriptions), waking early every day to feed cattle and care for the land.
- Rather than expanding herd size, he’s focusing on a sustainable, diversified model — building a farm-management app and planning a farmstay to keep the family farm viable.
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