Speaking of Japan's craftsman spirit, this is indeed worth learning, in Japan, many industries so-called "craftsmen", is through several generations to do a thing and to the extreme, then because Japan is now in the era of low desire, the craftsman spirit is particularly healing life, and as the most representative figure of Asian football, Nakata Hidetoshi chose to retire after the 2006 World Cup in Germany, to know that he was only 29 years old at the time, at the peak of his career, what is the real reason for retirement? What are your plans after retirement? Now, 14 years later, we have the answer, and it's an extremely shocking answer
If you want to say that the earliest "expander" of Asian football, then it must be the Japanese football star Nakata Hidetoshi, in the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games, only 19-year-old Nakata Hidetoshi became famous in a battle, relying on the flowing style and handsome appearance, Nakata Hidetoshi also won the title of "Asian little shell", in that era when Asian football was completely backward, the emergence of Nakata Hidetoshi also changed this situation. Throughout his career, Hidetoshi Nakata has won the title of "Asian Footballer of the Year" twice, and is also the backbone of the Japanese team at the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup, leading the Japanese team to shine in the World Cup, and many people also chose to wear the No. 7 jersey because of the presence of Hidetoshi Nakata.
However, what is surprising is that when Nakata Hideshou was 29 years old, although his career had just climbed to a peak, he resolutely chose to retire at this time, as for the reason, many years later, when talking about the reason, Nakata Hidetoshi also said that he could not find happiness in football, he felt that he had failed to live up to life, in other words, he did not live up to the original intention of playing football, it was this original intention, there was no happiness, so he thought he should change his way of life
After retiring from football, Nakata Hidetoshi chose to find himself in the trip, the 29-year-old football star Rush retired, but he became a treasure boy in the trip, after leaving football, Nakata Hideju traveled to more than 100 countries in the world for more than two years, went to Harvard to study, to learn to brew sake, to learn to try woodworking and other crafts, and even became a model for fashion brands, he has been constantly looking for the meaning after the age of 29
After traveling around the world, Nakata Hidetoshi locked his own trip to Japan, using 6 and a half years to travel through 46 prefectures in Japan, the length of the journey reached 200,000 kilometers, and visited more than 2,000 people and places. Every day Nakata Hidetoshi will go to a new place, no matter how much he likes the hotel and place, he will not stay the second night, in this long trip, the perception of the hometown, the love of Japanese culture, the respect for the spirit of the craftsman, all kinds of scenes have poured into the eyes of Nakata Hidetoshi, and reached his soul, he found meaning from the traditional Japanese craftsman spirit, in his view, the land where he grew up, everything is habitual, but ignores the details that should be inherited and carried forward
For example, in Japan, people eat strawberries and are accustomed to dipping condensed milk, but in Tokuzhang Prefecture, Nakata Hidetoshi found "peach strawberries" and "cherry strawberries" that did not need to be dipped in condensed milk, and in Gifu Prefecture he also found Parma ham that he had fought with, and the more he found a lot of details and beauty, the more he admired those ordinary people who only did one thing in their lives
After visiting every land in Japan, Nakata Hidetoshi also used his heart to feel all the beauty and beauty of his country, gave up football, he really sank down to learn sake brewing, learn gold poking techniques, and after traveling through so many trips, Nakata Hidetoshi also published his own literary work "Rediscover japan", he also used his personal experience to interpret the new meaning of life, and this book, Nakata Hidetoshi thought that it would take 1 year to visit and start to create, the result took a full 6 and a half years, If you were to ask him what his identity was now, he would tell you: I am a living person!
Special Editor: Su Daqiang