Farmer’s post “Instead of doing shady part-time work， why not try farming part-time？” receives huge response “There’s a world out there where you’ll be appreciated just for working hard．”
Robbery cases that are believed to be the result of “illegal part-time jobs” are occurring frequently in the metropolitan area. Amid a series of such news reports, a post calling for people to “try part-time work in agriculture instead of shady jobs” caused a huge response. The post was made by a dried sweet potato farmer in Ibaraki Prefecture. I heard the purpose of the call. (Withnews Editorial Department, Kanazawa Hikari) [Photo] Click here for the full post that caused a huge reaction More than 280,000 likes on the post At the end of October, this post was posted on Twitter (formerly Twitter) by Mugiwara, a dried sweet potato farmer in Naka City, Ibaraki Prefecture. 《Why not try a part-time job in agriculture instead of a shady job? It’s usually a rip-off. During busy times… Even if you only come on the days you want to come, they’ll be very grateful. Even if you’re young, they’ll be very grateful. Even if you’re only coming for a short period of time, they’ll be very grateful. Even if you have no experience, they’ll be very grateful. Even if you just show up to work hard, they’ll be very grateful. They usually give you a souvenir.》This post has received over 280,000 likes and has been reposted over 50,000 times. By the way, according to Mugiwara, “Topparai” means handing over your salary on the same day. Responses included “It’s a good job” and “I’m a working adult, but I’d like to do it if I could,” as well as responses from people who were actually looking for part-time work in agriculture. “There’s a world where if you just work hard, you’ll be properly appreciated.” Mugiwara is the owner of “Hoshiimo Kobo Kaze to Taiyo.” We grow varieties such as ‘Beniharuka’ and ‘Izumi’ for dried sweet potatoes, and ‘Silk Sweet’ and ‘Kurikaguya’ for baked sweet potatoes. Mugiwara and his wife, along with his parents, are responsible for growing the seedlings, planting, harvesting, and processing the sweet potatoes into dried sweet potatoes. In addition, the work is diverse, including product sales and shipping, and event booths. He said he had seen cases involving “illegal part-time jobs” that resulted in assault and murder on the television news. “I was shocked that young people in Japan would go to such lengths for money. I was depressed because all the posts were along the lines of, ‘You don’t have to go to such lengths…'” So on October 28th, I posted on x, “Instead of doing shady part-time work, why not try working part-time in agriculture?” In the next post, Mugiwara wrote about his experience working a part-time agricultural job when he was having trouble at work and had decided to quit. The part-time job involved loading sweet potatoes onto a light truck and transporting them to the greenhouse. “Yes, it’s sweaty and heavy, but all you have to do is try your best.” As a result, he says, “they treated me really well” and thanked him. “Agriculture is often done by elderly people, so even if you have no experience or skills, you are truly appreciated just for trying your best,” says Mugiwara, repeatedly using the word “gratitude.” “The thought that ‘There’s a world where you can be properly thanked for just trying your best’ crossed my mind, and I reflected that in the text of my post.” (omitted)
>>1 Socially acceptable but low-paying and black market farming part-time work vs. socially unacceptable but high-paying shady part-time work When you weigh it all up, the shady part-time work wins lol.
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