ASAHIKAWA, HOKKAIDO – Eiji Nagao had almost given up on his career as an artisanal cheese maker after surviving the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake that struck off Miyagi Prefecture.
However, with support and encouragement from friends and colleagues, the 43-year-old in December opened his own cheese factory in Hokkaido’s Asahikawa, his wife’s hometown, where he now resides.
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