I've lived in my current place about ten years. Even though it's in Osaka Prefecture, our area is quite rural. Although there are lots of reasons I love living here, one of the reasons is a small honesty box in front of our house. My neighbor sells vegetables and fruit every Monday and Friday morning, so I always look forward to it. Each organic item is only ￥100!! Since the box is quite popular among my neighborhood, I sometimes miss out on the products.

The picture below shows daikon ( Japanese radish), turnips and yuzu ( a type of Japanese citrus).

That day, I bought some turnips. The holes in the leaves show that bugs have been nibbling on them.

On another day, the box had hassaku ( another type of Japanese citrus). Every year I enjoy making marmalade from it. I'll write about that sometime soon.

I know another honesty box where I can buy high quality organic tomatoes too. I'll write about those too.

I love these honesty boxes because they're usually cheap and organic. Have you ever used one before?

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