Tamba Black Beans (fresh, in pod)
Harvested from Yamamoto Farm in Tanba-Sasayama, Hyogo, these fresh black soybeans arrive in late July still in …
480 yen per 200gAsh Vault Line is a greengrocer in Kyoto's Fushimi ward, stocking field-direct vegetables and fruit from small farms across the Kinki and Chugoku regions. Everything on the shelf is there because we held it, smelled it, and decided it was worth your kitchen.
Harvested from Yamamoto Farm in Tanba-Sasayama, Hyogo, these fresh black soybeans arrive in late July still in …
480 yen per 200gA Kyoto heirloom variety grown by Fujita Farm in Maizuru. Long, thin-walled, and almost entirely without heat. …
320 yen for 5 piecesThe gourd-shaped heirloom squash that appears in Kyoto cuisine every summer. Grown by Okada Farm in Sakyo ward,…
780 yen per pieceFrom Nishida Farm in Nara, grown in soil-based greenhouses with drip irrigation. The Momotaro variety is bred f…
580 yen per 4-packCut the same morning from Hayashi Farm in Uji, south of Kyoto. The mizuna is the broad-leaf summer variety, sli…
220 yen per bundleThese arrive from Tanaka Orchard in Asakuchi, Okayama, a farm Kenji Muraoka has visited twice and trusts comple…
1,200 yen per 2-packKenji Muraoka opened Ash Vault Line in the spring of 2019 in a narrow shopfront on Toba Kaido, a street that used to be lined with small traders and has been losing them steadily for twenty years. The name came from a n…
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Most people walk into a vegetable shop and look at the price tag first. That is understandable. But in a shop that stocks by season and by farm, the more useful thing to look at is the harvest date and the growing region. This guide is a practical introduction to how we think about choosing produce, and how you can apply the same logic wherever you shop.
Read more →Kamo eggplant is one of the most recognisable Kyo yasai, the traditional Kyoto vegetables, and also one of the most misunderstood. People who are used to the long, thin Japanese eggplant or the large Italian aubergine sometimes treat it the same way and end up with a result that does not do the variety justice. This is a guide to what makes it different and how to cook it well.
Read more →A vegetable box subscription is a different kind of shopping from walking into a shop and choosing each item yourself. Some people love the constraint. Others find it frustrating. This is an honest account of how our Thursday box works, who tends to get the most out of it, and a few things to consider before you sign up.
Read more →Answer three questions and we will point you to the right part of the shop, or the right service, for what you actually need.
For most retail items, no. The shelf is first-come, first-served, and we keep quantities small on purpose. For the weekly vegetable box, you subscribe and we handle the selection. For restaurant supply orders, yes, those are placed by Sunday evening for Tuesday delivery.
We cannot arrange farm visits directly, but several of the farms we work with do welcome visitors during harvest season. Ask us in the shop and we will tell you which ones are open and how to get in touch. We do not act as an intermediary, just as a pointer.
Let us know by the Sunday before your delivery Thursday and we will skip that week without charge. We ask for at least four days' notice because we are ordering from the farms by Sunday evening. Pausing for a longer period is also fine, just send us a message.