http://youmadam.com/2007/10/09/brown-paper-packages-tied-up-with-strings/ A boundless pile of paper to be filled with all manner of odd things. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:51:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://youmadam.com/2007/10/09/brown-paper-packages-tied-up-with-strings/#comment-293 Jeana Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:40:22 +0000 http://contemplationrose.wordpress.com/2007/10/09/brown-paper-packages-tied-up-with-strings/#comment-293 Hello I am not sure if you will even get this but... I am looking for organic fresh food in the yokosuka area!! My husband is military and I am newly here and in the states I ate all organic but here due to the language barrier I find it extremely difficult!! Could you help me?? thanks <strong> <em>Madam says: Thanks for your comment. I am no longer in Japan, but in answer to your question, one place to look for local produce is the Kamakura Farmer's Market. It is held most mornings (say around 8 to 12) and it is located within walking distance of Kamakura station. It is down the main road that leads to the Hachimangu shrine, but walk away from Hachimangu shrine towards the beach. The market is on the left near a Patagonia Store and past the post office. It isn't necessarily organic produce, but it is local produce, and so many writers in the environmental movement have said that local is almost more important than organic. But if you really have to have organic, you could look at the "Co-op" stores in the area. It's a chain of environmental, semi-organic supermarkets. "Semi" in that I can't be sure everything they sell is organic, but certainly some of it will be. You should know that the organic movement has been a bit slow in Japan, but local Miura Peninsula produce is very good. There is a Co-op store in Kamakura. Not sure if there is one in Yokosuka. Hope that helps.</strong></em> Hello I am not sure if you will even get this but… I am looking for organic fresh food in the yokosuka area!! My husband is military and I am newly here and in the states I ate all organic but here due to the language barrier I find it extremely difficult!! Could you help me??
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Madam says: Thanks for your comment. I am no longer in Japan, but in answer to your question, one place to look for local produce is the Kamakura Farmer’s Market. It is held most mornings (say around 8 to 12) and it is located within walking distance of Kamakura station. It is down the main road that leads to the Hachimangu shrine, but walk away from Hachimangu shrine towards the beach. The market is on the left near a Patagonia Store and past the post office. It isn’t necessarily organic produce, but it is local produce, and so many writers in the environmental movement have said that local is almost more important than organic. But if you really have to have organic, you could look at the “Co-op” stores in the area. It’s a chain of environmental, semi-organic supermarkets. “Semi” in that I can’t be sure everything they sell is organic, but certainly some of it will be. You should know that the organic movement has been a bit slow in Japan, but local Miura Peninsula produce is very good. There is a Co-op store in Kamakura. Not sure if there is one in Yokosuka. Hope that helps.

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