No.12
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LOCAL NEWS
Tasting the local, by the sea in Suma.
EAT LOCAL KOBE FARMERS MARKET
Sunday, October 18, 10:00-14:00
Suma Beach, just south of JR Suma Station
A market where farmers and shops gather to bring the local season. This time it is held by the sea on a Sunday. "aono coffee" from Suma and "Toki to Na to Sakana to Santaka" from Tarumi are also expected to take part.
Also held: Suma Yutaka na Umi Festa 2026
A fish touch pool, crafts using materials from the sea and a music stage. Activities are basically free (some are paid or need advance registration).
Column by the Third Generation
Bringing the season in from the garden.
There is a small vegetable patch on the guesthouse grounds. My mother mainly looks after it. My grandfather, in his late nineties, also comes from his care home to work in the garden. I just prune the overgrown trees.
No pesticides; if anything, a leave-it-alone style of farming. In summer, bitter melon, green peppers and eggplant. Now pumpkins and persimmons are starting to come in, bringing the season to our family table.
It is not fine enough to serve to guests, but if something ever stopped the guesthouse from running, I think we could just about live by fishing by the sea, with vegetables from the garden, stored rice, well water and a little solar power.
I meant to think about "being prepared for emergencies," and before I knew it I was talking about our own way of life. Perhaps eating what is in season every day is a small kind of preparedness too.
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