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title: Fruit Market Ichigi
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# Fruit Market Ichigi

Places we stopped along the way　/　Nachikatsuura, Wakayama

An unstaffed roadside farm stand. Bags of mandarins sit on covered shelves, with the variety and price chalked on a board. Growers from Mihama and Kumano in Mie, a region known for its citrus, each bring their own fruit. I bought extra-early mandarins, the first of the autumn.

## This moment in the journey: Mandarins, also self-service

On the way home I stopped at a roadside farm stand, also unstaffed. Bags of mandarins lined the covered shelves, and a chalkboard advertised extra-early mandarins. I picked up a bag of the autumn fruit, still tinged with green.

![Bags of mandarins on covered shelves at the unstaffed stand](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/nachikatsuura/s77-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.pref.mie.lg.jp/NANBU/HP/m0012300017.htm

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/nachikatsuura/