Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, plows a field on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.

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