What Growing Premium Grapes in Japan is Like

We follow Sakamoto-san, a former salesman turned farmer, throughout the grape growing season.

Sakamoto-san's Website https://skmgrapes.base.shop/about
Sakamoto-san's Instagram   / cxrs6aoyzwy  
Sakamoto-san's Line https://lin.ee/VVMjp9R

Filmed, Scripted, and Edited by Bobby Coutu from ‪@Q2Japan‬
Produced and Narrated by Greg Lam

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