Abstract

Agritourism is promoted as a tool for rural revitalization in Japan. Farm inns are an example of agritourism and are run often by female farmers. They usually start a small family business to find a sufficient and comfortable way to make a living, with some of them focusing very little on profit and growth; they are lifestyle entrepreneurs. This article, based on multiple interviews conducted over several years with four female farmers and farm-inn owners—two elders and their daughters/granddaughters—focuses on the succession of farm-inn businesses from the older generation to the younger generation. A comparison of these different generations’ life stories shows that farm inns provide both generations with new identities as rural women, but in quite differing ways.

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