Food Market In Nippori, Tokyo


This weekend, you can meet some 20-30 food sellers from all over Japan at the Nippori Marche, a French-style market at the east side of the Nippori station on the Yamanote line. There will be live taiko performance and all kinds of fun. You can get fresh veggies from Hokkaido to Okinawa (and Tanegashima).

Support these people if you live in Tokyo! Just one more reason to get to talk to people who actually work the soil, do the harvesting, and enjoy selling their goods. Do visit for the booths from Niigata, Nagano, Fukushima, and Chiba.

Tokyo needs more of these kinds of events.

Stay tuned to their activities: Nippori Yume Donya

People in the big city must learn how to connect, man-to-man, woman-to-woman, with the people who know how to grow food. The people in the rural areas also need to learn how to market their wares. Nippori Marche is one such event, held monthly, that makes me feel hopeful about how Tokyo and Japan will manage as we are heading towards dire straits.

I like how Nippori Marche has become a way for people in Tokyo to support the farmers and everyone in the Tohoku area. But it is more than that. As we learn how to appreciate what we eat, we also learn to appreciate the people who bring the food to our table, to our plate, to our cup. We are all connected. Without that, we are nothing.

にっぽりから日本全国へ地域物産・名産品をお届けします。福島復興支援、新潟、島根、北陸、東北などの物産

Comments

Tom O said…
I only tend to go to this event if the German Ambassador is there... ;o)
3:58 am, February 11, 2012
mike in tokyo rogers said…
Thanks Martin!
I was looking for something to take my wife and son to! This is perfect!
7:24 pm, February 11, 2012
Martin J Frid said…
Thanks for the comments, there will be a taiko drum performance at 1PM so don't miss that. The market is on the east side of the station, but the west side is nice for walking around too, with the Yanaka temples and shrines, and lots of small shops.
7:36 pm, February 11, 2012
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