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Keep Your City Delicious!
How about keeping it delicious for a change?
A few examples from Tokyo
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Title: Aoyama Breakfast
Time: 7:30am~10:00am, Early Spring
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Title: Aoyama Breakfast
Time: 7:30am~10:00am, Early Spring
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In a small run-down park not a minute's walk from the
death-trap of Omotesando Hills. A small bearded man
waits.
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He has no political agenda, purely a love of early
mornings, hash browns, juice, chocolate and strong
coffee...combined with a dire financial situation.
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Save the seeds, and grow your own!
(Instructions Here)
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And if you're kind, leave some for the birds
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Title: Mulberry Jam
Time: All Day, Early Spring
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Late spring/early summer before the rainy season in
Japan sees the fruiting of Mulberry – (Kuwa-no-mi (桑
の実) in Japanese) – along a large stretch of the
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Hidden beneath large broad leaves, juicy mulberries
ripen out of sight – undisturbed except for the elderly,
and inquisitive children.
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I came across a grove of them walking through one of
the expanses of parkland that open up a few
kilometers out of the city center (exact location
secret) and this year collected a kilogram for a rich
chunky jam. 30
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A perfect morning stroll and afternoon activity. And a
perfect excuse for tree climbing with the kids (not that
one is needed).
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Tip: A good rule of thumb = when you see the elderly
hunched over picking at the ground, foraging, or
shaking trees, get in quick – (and pick their brains for
cooking advice: they have the key knowledge). 32
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In a city where going strawberry picking is an all-day,
high-cost trip out to a neighbouring prefecture
discovering a plentiful harvest down the road is
magical, spirit-lifting and
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