"After graduating from university, I moved to Dubai and worked as a cabin crew member for Emirates for about four years. I got to travel all over the world. Seeing so many places made me realize Japan was actually my favorite."
"When COVID-19 started, my job became fully remote. I lived near Shibuya Station, a crowded part of Tokyo, but everything was closed, and I was stuck at home paying high rent."
"We weren't planning to open a bakery just to find a place to live. After about two years of searching, we bought a 180-year-old house in Kamijo Village, about 140 miles northwest of Tokyo, for 8,500,000 Japanese yen, or about $50,000."
Rei Onoda, after working as a cabin crew member in Dubai, returned to Japan and shifted careers to a PR agency. The COVID-19 pandemic prompted her and her husband to consider rural living. They purchased a 180-year-old house in Kamijo Village, which had been empty for a decade, along with 6 acres of farmland. Initially seeking a quiet place to live, they unexpectedly decided to open a bakery, Kamijyoan, in their new rural community.
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