We started Yusando in 2016. At that time, I was still farming and somehow managed to get by while also working part-time jobs. Our eldest son was born in 2015, and we spent our days in uncertainty, with a mixture of anxiety, expectation, and the madness of enjoying that life, wondering how we would make a living from then on.

Seven years have passed since then, and our lives have gradually become more stable, and I have grown accustomed to the unstable days. We have three more children, so now we have four. My sister has also gotten married, and my mother has five grandchildren in total. We have more cash to spend, so it feels easier to buy things than before.

As I have been gradually improving from the bottom of my life, I have come to realize that "there is poverty in abundance, and there is abundance in poverty." When I was poor, I had a strong desire to become financially wealthy. As I have gradually become wealthy and the number of things I can buy with money has increased, I feel that I am losing my desire to create something and my hunger to somehow survive with my family and friends. It is human nature to only realize something after it has been lost. I think that it is precisely when we are poor that we are able to recognize abundance, which sharpens our sensibility to feel happiness.

My father was an excellent businessman, working hard for a listed company. But he got sick and couldn't go to work for two years. It was when I was in the second or third grade of elementary school. My mother worked two part-time jobs to make ends meet. I remember sharing a single natto or a single fish with everyone, and eating rice with mayonnaise. For some reason, these memories come to mind as fond memories.