Joan Bailey
Joan Bailey, an American writer living in Japan, focuses on food, farming, and farmers markets with the occasional travel piece thrown in for good measure. She publishes JapanFarmersMarkets.com, the first English website dedicated to farmers markets in Japan, sharing the delicious work being done by their growers and producers. Joan is a regular columnist and contributor to Outdoor Japan and Traveler magazine, and her articles, essays and reviews can be found in The Japan Times, Civil Eats, Modern Farmer, Permaculture Magazine and other publications.
Markets
Up Market in Osaka
There wasn’t much to see in Ashiharabashi before Up Market set out its first tents six years ago. Former home to Osaka’s leather-...
Markets
Shizuoka Organic Festival
Nestled in a wooded corner of the Shizuoka Exercise Park, the Shizuoka Organic Festival might be difficult to find if it weren’t ...
Markets
Osanbashi Marche
The newest addition to the array of farmers markets in the Tokyo and Yokohama regions is the Osanbashi Marche. When no ships are ...
Travel
Air it Out
There is no better time to head out to Japan’s great outdoors than autumn. Mountainsides turn from green to gold and red, and the...
Markets
Ark Hills Marche
Tucked away in Roppongi, a part of the city known for nightclubs, expensive hotels and high-end dining, is the Ark Hills Marche. ...
Markets
Onomichi Farmers Market
At the trailhead of the Shimanami Kaido Bike Trail in Onomichi is a lovely little monthly market aptly named Onomichi Family Kitc...
Markets
The Greenmarket Sumida
Just over the bridge from Asakusa and Senso-ji, and only a few steps from the river that shares its name, the Greenmarket Sumida ...
Markets
Aoyama Farmers Market
Fans of the Tokyo markets will surely know the Aoyama Farmers Market. Each weekend nearly 100 vendors fill the generous sidewalk ...
Hiking
Hiking Hearth to Hearth
An afternoon storm sends us scuttling under the eaves of a sari shop and clears the road in Besi Sahar. Only a few buses trundle over the uneven stone surface of the road in this mountain town, the starting point for many of Nepal’s most popular treks.
Hiking
Cool Summer Trails
When the cicadas start to sing, summer in Japan is officially underway. Mid-summer days are hot, often followed by muggy nights, ...
Market Watch
Osaka’s Odona Marche
Rough-and-tumble Osaka is as famous for its delicious food as it is for yakuza. It is no surprise then that one of its longest ru...
Market Watch
Yebisu Marche
One of Tokyo’s loveliest little markets is Yebisu Marche. Part of the Marche Japon movement that started in 2009, Yebisu Marche f...
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