No.28
Connecting with our community through food.
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LOCAL NEWS
Meeting the makers by the sea in Maiko.
Shizenha Festa 2026
Saturday, November 14, 10:00-15:30
Lawn Plaza, Maiko Park
About 50 producer booths gather, with organic vegetables, organic foods and more. Beyond shopping, it is a day to enjoy talking with producers, food education activities for parents and children, and workshops.
Free. Please bring your own tableware and cup. Some activities, such as "Kids Shopkeeper," require advance reservations.
Local handmade goods for your shopping by the station.
Tarumi Welfare Products Market
Friday, November 20
1F, Levante Tarumi Building 2 (3 minutes' walk from JR Tarumi Station)
Small goods, sweets, fresh vegetables and more, made at welfare facilities attended by people with disabilities, are on sale. A chance to meet local craftsmanship, easy to drop in on while shopping near the station.
The official notice does not give opening hours. To check, contact the organizer, the Tarumi Ward Community Independent Living Support Council office (078-704-3340). It may be cancelled when a weather warning is issued.
Seafood and vegetables at Tarumi Fishing Port.
Fish & Produce Market at Tarumi Fishing Port
Wednesday, November 18, from 13:30 until sold out
1F, Kobe City Fisheries Hall (Tarumi Fishing Port)
The market, known locally as "Gyogyo Day" (Fishery Day), is held on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays from April to December. Fresh fish, chirimen (small dried fish), vegetables and more are on sale. It often sells out and ends around 14:00-14:30, so we recommend going early.
Column by the Third Generation
Shopping, a way of greeting the neighborhood.
Since our child was born, to juggle our time, we have been shopping more through delivery services such as Co-op Shizenha. Even so, going out to local shops now and then is one of my everyday pleasures.
At Agro Garden, where I buy supplies and consumables for the guesthouse, I also take a turn around the farm-direct corner for my daughter, who loves fruit. At Nana Farm in Suma, I choose local vegetables and souvenirs for guests and friends. At Yamada Store, which I visit as if it were a museum of food, I pick up seasonings and eggs from Kitasaka Poultry Farm on Awaji Island, among other things.
I also go to the fishmonger in the shopping street and a roastery nearby. The coffee beans themselves come from overseas, but I like buying beans roasted in the neighborhood at the shop that roasted them.
A life where food travels as short a distance as possible to reach us. Or rather, what I may really want is a neighborhood life, with favorite shops close by, where shopping and daily errands flow along comfortably.
Our vegetables are now largely grown in the guesthouse garden, which my mother and grandfather tend. Someday I hope to grow rice somewhere in the north of Kobe, too.
Food and everyday things, as much as possible from close to home. The things we need for daily life circulating within the community. That is the kind of life I want to keep living.
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