Japanese woman started a grape farm in Australia from scratch

'It's like you are camping every day.' Junko Matsuzaki who runs a grape farm in Victoria with her husband, describes her country life.

Junko Matsuzaki (left) is running a grape farm, Budou Farms, in Victoria with her husband Enrique. Their grapes are all exported to Japan. Source: Budou Farms

Source: Budou Farms

Ms. Matsuzaki had spent some time in rural farms as a holidaymaker but she didn't have any in decent background farming.  Then, one day, her agronomist husband told her, out of the blue, that he bought a farm in Victoria.

They grow grapes and export all of the produce to Japan.  Ms. Matsuzaki said that she sometimes miss her city life in Tokyo but now she happily call the farm home.

In the audio, Ms. Matsuzaki tells us how they started a farm and why they grow grapes, and shares a bit of what country life is like.

Source: Budou Farms

For more Japanese stories and articles, follow us on Facebook.