tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post4963180517938110615..comments2019-10-05T19:53:03.260-04:00Joan Lambert Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]Blogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-6071083496184355762016-01-22T00:16:19.477-05:002016-01-22T00:16:19.477-05:00Beetroot remains a rare gem in Japan, although I do occasionally find it at the UNU Farmers Market and at the Earth Day Market. I have also seen it at Yokohama&#39;s Kitanaka Marche. An organic farmer there carries it, and it is scrumptious. Some supermarkets also have it, but I&#39;ve never shopped for it there. Good luck!Joan Lambert Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-56559386242821435072016-01-22T00:04:07.324-05:002016-01-22T00:04:07.324-05:00Does anyone know where to get beetroot in the Tokyo area?<br />Thank you!Anonymous[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-31507651712441485232012-07-07T21:09:11.679-04:002012-07-07T21:09:11.679-04:00Kevin, <br /><br />Just left a FB comment for you, but wanted to check in here in case you looked back. I&#39;m not heading there today, but am planning to next weekend. Any tips you can give on finding them (photo, etc.) I&#39;ll appreciate. I can stop over and perhaps even do a feature on them. Would be glad to do so.Joan Lambert Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03115423496781398997[email protected]tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670240581789114113.post-82440171148161579352012-07-07T20:05:22.165-04:002012-07-07T20:05:22.165-04:00Our village has a booth at the UNU Market. A friend of mine is in charge so goes every weekend. If you see the booth from Sakae Mura say Hi to Kanako. Tomoe will also be selling her bread jams and other goodies there soon.<br /><br />Apparently, one problem the Sakae Mura booth has is that the prices are too low so no one buys. If the zucchini from Sakae is 100 yen and the next booth is selling it for 250, people tend to buy from the expensive place because they perceive higher price as better quality, when there is absolutely nothing wrong with the cheap one - our farmers just aren&#39;t used to selling to an upscale trendy market, so not so good at taking advantage of Tokyo-ites unfathomable disposable income :)<br /><br />So if you are there, please buy some cheap zucchini (all the zucchini farmers here are accredited Eco-Farmers, meaning they use a lot less chemicals than conventional)<br /><br />Mona Tomoe and I were just out helping some of them the other day :)<br /><br />http://bastish.net/blog/2012/07/01/zucchini-warabi/Kevinhttp://www.bastish.net/blog/[email protected]