Direct Sales Store Spots in Japan

  • JA Kinosato Farmers Market Mekkemon Square
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Wakayama Pref. Kinokawashi Toyoda 56-3
    This farmers market is about a 30-minute drive from the Hanwa Expressway's Sennan Interchange. The largest of the JA Kinosato locations, it's bursting with local produce like fruit and vegetables. They also have a variety of other items including flowers like spray mums, tricolor chrysanthemums, and roses, prepared foods like dried plums, pickles, and Kinzanji miso, handicrafts, and more. Their food court features items like gelato, soft serve cream, rice balls, and curry made with fine ingredients. Take-out is also available.

    色々な野菜や果物が売られています。今回は、白菜が一玉100円と格安だったので買って帰りました。キャッシレス還元5%がうれしいです。

  • Kusunoki Komorebi no Sato
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
    Accommodations / Hot Spring
    Yamaguchi Pref. Ubeshi Nishimagura Okita 1662-1
    "This is an interactive complex located in Ube City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, housing various facilities such as a day use bath fed directly from the hot spring, ""Kusukusu No Yu"", the farmer’s restaurant ""Tsutsuji"" where you can taste regional cuisine with local vegetables, and a farmer’s market selling agricultural produce. In addition, there is ""Ban-nou-Juku"" where visitors can try their hands at farming, and the facility is visited by many people from afar especially during holidays."

    スーパー銭湯とレストランと農作物の直売所の複合型の施設。 近所にあったら半日くらいはここでのんびりしたくなるまったり感です。 時間の関係でお風呂に入れませんでしたが、次は時間をとって必ず入りたい。ここはロボットがソフトクリームを作ってくれるお店があって、味もいいし、見てておもろいです。

  • Tontonnooka Mochibutakan Main Shop
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    4.0
    10 Reviews
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    Miyagi Pref. Shibatagunogawaramachi Nittera Kita 185-11
    This store is located about five minutes by car from Ogawara Station on the Tohoku Main Line. They sell premium Waton Mochibuta pork raised on their own farm, ham, and sausages, as well as local Sennan agricultural produce and crafts. Waton Mochibuta pork is tender and lightly fatty, without any of pork's strong odor, with a flavor that Japanese people love. It was awarded the grand prize at the 33rd Japan Agricultural Awards in 2004 for thorough sanitation management and their effort surrounding it. Their dining area serves such Waton Mochibuta dishes as cutlets of pork loin or fillets.

    バーベキュー、温泉、遊具施設に 動物たちとの触れ合い、餌やり。 ファミリーで半日は遊べる 素晴らしいスポットですね❗️ とんかつは分厚いお肉! ですが柔らかジューシーでたまりません。 バーベキューがなんと1300円。 安い‼️ お肉のボリュームたっぷり♪ キャベツ、にんじん、ピーマン たまねき、しいたけなどもあり。 お肉はジューシーで中々柔らか! お腹いっぱいになります。

  • Toretta Miyoshi
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
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    Hiroshima Pref. Miyoshishi Higashisakeyamachi 10438
    This farmer’s market in Miyoshi City, Hiroshima Prefecture offers a variety of foods including local seasonal fruits and vegetables, processed products, and more. Visitors can also enjoy dishes made with plenty of locally-sourced ingredients at the market’s all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant. The market also serves as a venue for a variety of exchange activities. It features a cooking classroom where a variety of programs including food education seminars and cooking classes are held.

    本当は三次の野菜など地産地消のランチバイキングを狙って、遅めの時間を狙って訪ねましたが、まだ、20名以上の人たちが待っている人気ぶり、ランチは次回にして、三次の野菜や特産品の販売コーナーで美味しいものを仕入れて帰りました。季節柄、白菜などが玄関にどんと座っていましたが、我が家のお目当ては、きくいもなど三次らしい野菜。広島で買うより、割安感があります。良く見ると三良坂フロマージュのチーズも扱われてお...

  • Mura no Eki Hidaka
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Kouchi Pref. Takaokagunhidakamura Hongou 1478-9
    This is a farm direct shop in Hidaka Village, Takaoka County, Kochi Prefecture offering fresh local produce, souvenirs, and more. The tourist information area also displays one of only three of the prefecture's replicas of the national treasure sword, Kondoso Kanto Tachi. They have a restaurant and a dining corner for some quick refreshment while out on a drive.

    小さいけれど、ゆっくりと食事もできるし、野菜や果物など、現地の農産物の買い物もできます。オムライスももちろんあります。店先には、つばめが巣を作っています。

  • Ideyukko Market
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Shizuoka Pref. Itoushi Kusumimotowada 715-26
    Ideyukko Market is a direct sales outlet of JA Airaizu located along National Route 135 in Ito City, Shizuoka Prefecture. The market sells fresh, locally-grown agricultural produce all at affordable prices. They handle many other products too such as fruit and vegetables including specialty citrus fruits, original processed items such as juice and jam, flowers and plants such as cut flowers and potted plants, boxed lunches and other household dishes. It’s a popular place for local residents to do their shopping as well as a good place for tourists to pick up some fresh and tasty souvenirs.

    伊東方面からの帰り道で、買い物によく立ち寄るお店です。 売り場も広く、多くの野菜やフルーツが売っています。柑橘類はスーパーで買うより数倍多くの買えますが、かなり酸っぱい場合もあります。今回もそうでしたが、目が覚める酸っぱさを楽しみました。 キンカン、八朔や野菜を沢山買って帰りました。 お茶やお惣菜、お花、苗なども売っています。

  • Farmer's Market TAWAWA ASAGIRI
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Kyoto Kameokashi Shinochounojou Uemata 30JA Kyoto Shino Branch Next
    This farmer's market is in Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture. It's the largest in the prefecture and sells vegetables, meat, and milk produced locally throughout the year. They stock a variety of items like Kyoto vegetables and black beans, as well as processed products like dressings and sauces. Their rice flour bread made with the Tango koshihikari variety of rice is popular.

    農産物生産者の私が見ると、価格も品質も今一歩、と云う程度のものです。又、午後になってからの訪問であったが、昼食になるようなものを、と店内を探したが、殆どが売切れでロクなものがなかった。規模の割には商品の量と品ぞろえが不足している。ここはトイレ休憩程度の場所でした。時間をかけてわざわざ行く程度の場所ではないと思う。

  • Farmer's Market Yotteke Popora
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Yamagata Pref. Higashineshi Chuouhigashi 3-7-16
    This is a farmer's market carrying fresh local produce. It is located across from Omoriyama park along Prefectural Route 122 in Chuohigashi, Higashine City. Here you can buy agricultural products of fruit, vegetables, and flowers, as well as freshly harvested rice, milled right on site, gelato made from local fruits, and other handmade crafts. During the peak cherry season, mid-June through mid-July, at least seven varieties of cherries are always available from over the 20 varieties grown.

    さて、こちらの販売所では、あれこれ考えてはいけません。他店との価格比較は無意味です。おつむが痛くなるだけでしょう。お買物戦争は、容赦のない決断力と実行力と戦略が勝敗を左右します。①買い物カートは、大きい物を選ぶ。②お買い物リストは、すぐ捨てる。③棚の上の物だけを見ない。④迷ったら両方買う。以上を守れば、大きな後悔はしないでしょう。良く分かったんですが、『袋入りの「訳あり」は、大した訳では無く、「傷...

  • Awaji Island Akai Yane
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    4.0
    16 Reviews
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    Hyogo Awaji-shi Nakada 4139-4
    This direct sales store is located in Nakada, Awaji City. It has agricultural products including vegetables such as specialty onions from Awaji, fruits and rice, as well as processed seafood products, well-known sweets from Awaji and souvenirs. You can also taste fresh seafood from Awaji at the adjoining restaurant called Kitora.

    淡路の産直ということで海産物を期待してよったが、冷凍ものばかりで種類も少なく、完全に当てがあずれた。玉ねぎや乾物は充実しているが、わざわざ行くほどではない。

  • JA Higashi Tokushima Yottene Market
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    3.5
    15 Reviews
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    Tokushima Katsuura-gun Katsuuracho
    Located next to "Roadside Station Hinanosato Katsutura" along Prefectural Route 16 in Katsuura-cho, Katsuura-gun, this farm sells fresh vegetables, fruits, wild vegetables, and other seasonal produce harvested in the town, as well as handmade processed foods such as prepared dishes and pickles, etc. Especially popular are the special mandarins that abound during winter.

    周囲の風景のとおり、「近隣で生産された農産物」が多く販売されていますが、海からも30分を要しないこちらのエリアでは、瀬戸内と太平洋の両方に面した「徳島」の美味しいお魚たちが、けっこう充実しています。 季節ごとに旬の海産物が、おもに半加工だったりお惣菜(お刺身、お寿司)として完成した状態で販売されており、近隣の住民も普段使いに購入をしていく施設のようです。 旅行の最終日、ココに立ち寄って「今日の晩ご...

  • Sunrise Higashi, Higashimura Roadside Station
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    3.5
    15 Reviews
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    Okinawa Kunigami-gun Higashi Mura Taira 550-23
    This farmer's market is located in Higashi Village, Okinawa Prefecture. It sells a wide variety of local specialties of Higashi Village, Japan's biggest producer of pineapples. These include several varieties of pineapple including a few rare varieties, processed products such as pineapple jam and BBQ sauces, herbal teas, herbal soaps, locally-grown tea, farm-fresh produce, and more. The attached restaurant offers up quintessential flavors of Okinawa such as their tebichi (pork feet) set meals and Okinawa soba (a local style of wheat noodles). The facility also provides information on a variety of subjects including about sightseeing Higashi Village. There is a park and a beach behind the facility where visitors can enjoy swimming during the beachgoing season.

    ここにうかがうのは3度目です。 辺戸岬から東海岸沿いの道路を南下するとここにたどりつきます。 併設してる食事処(東ぬ浜)は観光客ではなく地元民に愛用されてます。 店舗自体は小規模で地元で獲れた野菜やフルーツ、とうがらしなどが売られてます。 目の前が海なので堤防を登って海を眺めると爽快な気分になります。 ドライブ途中の休憩スポットとしての利用価値大な施設です。

  • JA Kinan Farmers' Market Kisaikan
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    4.5
    12 Reviews
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    Wakayama Tanabe-shi Akizucho 752-1
    "Located a five-minute drive from the Nanki Tanabe Interchange on the Hanwa Expressway, this is a base for ""locally grown, locally consumed"" food in JA Kinan, and it is the largest farmers' market in the region. Varieties of sweet mandarin oranges are available throughout the year, and since free samples are provided, customers can ""try before they buy."" The food sold here, whether it is saury sushi, miso, pickled vegetables, or bread, is all handmade on local farms, using locally sourced ingredients whenever possible, for a real homemade taste. There is also a wide selection of locally produced dried plums and tea products. From time to time, events are held in which customers can try harvesting mandarin oranges or plums or arranging flowers."

    南紀白浜へ行く途中で高速を手前で降りて寄った。地元の食材を中心に品ぞろえが豊富で、下手な道の駅へよりよほど良い。わざわざ寄る価値あり。帰りにも寄った。

  • Kimura Peanuts
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    Chiba Pref. Tateyamashi Shimosanagura 236-3
    Kimura Peanuts is a direct outlet peanut store located in Shimosanagura, Tateyama City. The Kimura company handles every stage of the production process, from peanut-growing through processing to sales; the peanuts are hand-shelled to prevent unnecessary damage. Besides selling unshelled peanuts and hand-shelled peanuts, Kimura Peanuts also sells a range of peanut products, including peanut paste, peanut soft-serve ice-cream, etc. Kimura Peanuts has its own café.
  • Fureai Station Okan (Farmers’ Market Under the Jurisdiction of the Union of Kansai Governments)
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
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    Shiga Nagahama-shi Kinomotocho Kinomoto 1472 Kinomoto Sta. 1F
    This farmers market is located on the first floor of the JR Kinomoto Station building. The shop sells produce and foods from local farms and area residents. In addition to seasonal vegetables, fruits, and rice, the shop also sells a wide selection of foods and ingredients made locally, such as soy sauce, Shiga Prefecture's famous red yam cake, and noppei udon noodles. In addition, the shop carries an abundance of clothing, handmade ornaments, and folk crafts from the Kinomoto area, perfect for giving as souvenirs. Lastly, the shop is adjoined by a tourist information center, making this a destination where you can learn more about local sightseeing spots as well.

    JR木之本駅(JR駅は2階、こちらは1階)内で特産品を売っていると言うので 狭い売場面積をイメーシしていましたが 売場面積が想定以上に広く 更に 気になる品々が並んでいることに 少々驚きました。 こちらでは 木之本名物の[地蔵せんべい]も2種類(添付 写真参照)、[ふな寿し]や[うぐい寿し]、[近江鮎の甘露煮]や[ヒワマスの甘露煮]、[近江鮎の一夜干し] など 気になるお土産がスラリと販売さ...

  • JA Ritto City Inaka-no-Genkiya (Farmers Market Under the Jurisdiction of the Union of Kansai Governments)
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Shiga Ritto-shi Ono 547-3
    "A three-minute drive from the Ritto Interchange on the Meishin Expressway. This local farm produce market adjoins a restaurant and onigiri shop. The market sells seasonal produce and foods diligently created by local farmers; fresh-polished Ritto rice; ""Genki"" sushi made with fresh seafood; and homemade side dishes, bento meals, and confections. The adjoining Onigiritei onigiri shop sells freshly made onigiri rice balls via a drive through, making it the first of its kind in the prefecture. The large Kuri Maru Onigiri, made with your choice of three fillings, is popular."

    近江牛が食べたい!と思って散策していたら偶然発見しました。 定食・麺類・丼物などあらゆる種類を取り揃えてありました。 近江牛だと、近江牛のすき焼きというものがありましたか、値段が予算と合わず…断念。天丼を頂きました。 レストランの営業時間が変更になったと書いてありました。 14時30分ラストオーダーの15時00分までみたいです。 レストランを挟んで右側には地元産の野菜や果物が売っている施設があ...

  • Yottekare Johana
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    4.0
    9 Reviews
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    Toyama Nanto-shi
    This direct sales shop is at the Johana Service Area on the Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway (also accessible from surface roads). In addition to fresh local farm produce, they have Toyama specialties like Masuzushi (pressed trout sushi), processed foods, famous sweets, local sake, and so on. The attached eating area offers light meals and about twenty types of rice balls. The Sakuragaike Kurgarden adjacent also has a hot spring bathhouse, lodging, and restaurant.

    野外ステージがボルダリング施設に変更されている工事中でした。立派な施設となる感じで、ボルダーには良い場所となりそうです。 お土産屋さんや入浴施設もあり一般道から入れるので、ゆっくり出来る時間があったらお風呂も食事も利用してみたいと思いました。 高い場所に位置しているようで眺めも良かったし、風も吹いて大変気持ちよかったです。 トイレと売店を利用し、散歩しただけですので下記の評価はその点をご了承くださ...

  • Sanchoku Market Yottette, (Roadside Station Kudoyama Shop)
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Wakayama Ito-gun Kudoyamacho Nyugo 5-5
    This farmer's market is attached to Roadside Station Kaki-no-Sato Kudoyama in Kudoyama Town. It sells local produce as well as jam and other processed products. Persimmon is a local specialty of Kudoyama Town, so the market is stocked with both fresh and dried permissions from the area's many farms during the persimmon season. The market also carries a good selection of seasonal fruit delivered from places including Katsuragi Town and Kinokawa City. One of the market's attractions is that it carries not only local specialties but also a variety of daily necessities. This makes it a destination not just for buying souvenirs while sightseeing but also for a little everyday shopping.

    弘法太師さまの母公のお寺として有名な慈尊院のすぐ近くにありました。和歌山ということでみかん、梅はもちろん、マスカットや柿などその時期の旬のフルーツがたくさんお値打ちに販売されていました。また生鮮食料品も一緒にあるので道の駅というよりほぼ食品スーパーです。地元の方が多いのか、2時すぎでもかなり混雑していました。

  • Rest Park Ino
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Kochi Agawa-gun Inocho 418
    This shop wants to promote the fabulous flavors of Tosa. It sells products like fresh vegetables and seasonal fruit grown by local farmers. Their on-site eatery Gohanya offers meals that taste just like home-made. With cuisine made with local ingredients in a self-service format, it lets you enjoy the bounty of the mountains, sea, and community. Their specialty section has lots of limited availability items you won't find elsewhere and Tosa Treats expertly made by prefectural producers and manufacturers.

    お土産はもちろん、地元の農産物が豊富にあります。 レストランもあり、ゆっくり時間を過ごすことができます。 入口の花売り場は色鮮やかで、疲れを癒してくれる雰囲気です。 同じ敷地には寿司一貫やココスもあり、いつも賑わっています。

  • Panorama Ichiba
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Yamanashi Pref. Hokutoshi Oizumichounishide 8240
    Agricultural product wholesaler for Yatsugatake Highlands, Panorama Ichiba primarily sells processed food products and local vegetables cultivated by nearby producers. Events are held every month-enjoying the bounty of Mt. Yatusgatake is highly rated. Wild vegetables, mushrooms, and nuts-cultivated crops and natural ones picked from the mountain by the master himself are arrayed in season.

    ナスとミニトマト、りんごを買いました。 家に帰ったときに匂いが気になって袋を見たら3個入りナスのうちの1つが腐ってましたので電話をして次の日に取り替えてもらいましたが対応された店員さんはとても良かったです。 問題なのは会計のときに現れた店員さんが耳を疑うようなことを発していてそれがショックというか、悪いのを取り替えて貰いに来ただけなのになんで「お金を返せってことですね?」みたいなとてもありえないこ...

  • JA Kamiina Miharashi Farm Toretate Market
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    3.5
    8 Reviews
    Shopping
    Nagano Ina-shi Nishiminowa 3416-1
    A farmers market located inside Habiro Agricultural Park Miharashi Farm in Ina City, here visitors can buy seasonal fruits and vegetables and other agricultural products from Ina City, local liquors, sweets, and other souvenirs and gifts. The market also carries foods made with Miharashi tofu and fresh produce grown on the farm; and many unique items offered nowhere else, like ostrich eggs from the ostriches raised on the farm's ostrich ranch. In the light meal corner, you can enjoy romen noodles, a popular cheap eat in the Ina Valley area. The perfect place to look for physical keepsakes of the memories your children make here, the market also sells produce harvested as part of the farming experience activities offered at Miharashi Farm.

    だらだらと坂を上って、伊那の町を見下ろすような山すそ。 野菜や果物狩りがメインのようですが、だちょうのたまご3000円が珍しいと思いました。

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