Kamakura Farmers' Market, the Renbai

photo by 妖精書士 · CC0

Open since 1928, it opens at 8:00 and closes when it has finished: twenty-three farms take turns.

It is a low open-sided shed behind Komachi, and inside are the stalls of twenty-three farms that take turns by the day. Over the course of the year more than a hundred varieties of vegetables pass through: these are the kamakura-yasai that then turn up written on the menus of the restaurants around it. It opens at around eight and closes when it has finished, not at a set time. ⚠️ Before photographing the sellers, you ask.

Founded in 1928 on the model of European open-air markets, it was one of the first of its kind in Japan; in 1957 it moved from Wakamiya-ōji to the current shed. The member farms sell directly, with no middlemen.

ℹ️ Opens at around 8:00 and closes at sunset or when the produce has sold out. On weekdays it is best to arrive before 10:00, on Sundays and public holidays by 9:00: after that, the best of the stalls is gone. Closed 1–4 January. ⚠️ There are no toilets, and parking on the street is prohibited. Ask before photographing the sellers.

🚉 Kamakura · 5 min walk

Sources: kamakuraguide.com · trip-kamakura.com · tripadvisor.com

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