Vegetable market - Seikashijo

Japanese: 青果市場 - せいかしじょう

Also known as a vegetable market, this is a wholesale market for fresh produce such as vegetables and fruits. Because it deals in fresh food, it developed in cities and their surrounding areas. In Edo, Komagome first opened in the 1570s during the Warring States period, and was then opened in Senju and Kanda, before forming distribution markets for commercial crops in various places, such as Tenma in Osaka and Yaoyacho in Kyoto. Those in large cities were integrated into central wholesale markets under the Central Wholesale Market Law of 1923. As of 1999, there were 87 markets in 56 cities, but off-market distribution, such as direct delivery by courier from the producers, is also on the rise. → Kanda Vegetable Market

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Japanese:

青物市場(あおものいちば)ともいい，野菜・果物など青果物の卸売市場。生鮮食料品であるため，都市とその周辺に発達した。江戸では駒込に戦国時代の1570年代に起こり，次いで千住，神田などに開設，大阪の天満，京都の八百屋町など各地で商品作物の流通市場を形成した。大都市のそれは1923年の中央卸売市場法で中央卸売市場に統合された。1999年現在で56都市に87ヵ所の市場が設けられているが，産地直送の宅配便などの市場外流通も増えている。→神田青物市

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