A lonely house:A 47-year-old and 40-year-old couple who run a blueberry farm in Wakayama Prefecture, where the wife had longed for a rural life and ended up "uninviting her husband"

"The House in the Middle of Nowhere" (ABC TV/TV Asahi, Sunday 7:58 p.m.) is a variety show that uses satellite photos to find a secluded house. The February 2nd episode will feature a couple from Wakayama Prefecture who run a blueberry farm.

The guests are actor Satoshi Jinbo and former member of the idol group "HKT48" and talent Anna Murashige. Jinbo says, "Living alone is wonderful. I've always wanted to try it, but it's not easy for someone who's used to living in Tokyo..." Meanwhile, Murashige, who hails from Yamaguchi Prefecture and grew up in a home surrounded by forests, says, "I feel at ease when I go back to the countryside. My mother is Russian, so I think I'll be able to handle the cold." She shows interest in "living alone."

The satellite photos obtained by the search team show a building on a site carved out of the deep mountains of Wakayama Prefecture. A river runs along the site, and it looks like a huge farm. In the nearest village where the search team visited to ask questions, a 72-year-old man who checked the satellite photos declared, "This is a farm that grows blueberries. I'm 100% sure."

The search team left the village behind. They continued along a narrow mountain road barely wide enough for one car to pass. As they went down a steep slope ahead, a building came into view. They were greeted by a couple, aged 47 and 40. This is a tourist blueberry farm, where they also grow Nankou plums. The tourist season is in summer, but from autumn to winter, there is a lot of work to do, such as pruning and weeding, and the couple commute from their home in a village at the foot of the mountain to tend to the blueberries.

Her husband's parents started a blueberry farm here. His mother passed away six years ago, and his 93-year-old father entered a nursing home after falling seriously ill about two years ago. Her husband took over the farm and runs it with his wife. The two met about 14 years ago. His wife, who was originally interested in farming and rural life, was taken to this area by a friend. "I heard there was a single man working at a blueberry farm, so I went to meet him, and we ended up getting married," she recalls with a smile.

They have been married for 13 years and are blessed with three children. The couple smiles and says, "It's difficult now because our children are still young, but we'd like to move here in the future and spend our time here slowly." Guest Jimbo, who was watching the family's lifestyle in the studio, commented, "That's great. I want to live like that."