Keep your city beautiful? How about keeping it delicious for a change! Short examples from 'Keep your city delicious' (街をおいしく！）activities in Tokyo. By a-small-lab/Chris Berthelsen.

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Chris Berthelsen
chris@a-small-lab.com
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2. Keep Your City Beautiful!
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3. Keep Your City Beautiful!
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4. Keep Your City Delicious!
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5. Keep Your City Delicious!
How about keeping it delicious for a change?
A few examples from Tokyo
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6. Title: Aoyama Breakfast
Time: 7:30am~10:00am, Early Spring
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7. Title: Aoyama Breakfast
Time: 7:30am~10:00am, Early Spring
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8. In a small run-down park not a minute's walk from the
death-trap of Omotesando Hills. A small bearded man
waits.
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9. He has no political agenda, purely a love of early
mornings, hash browns, juice, chocolate and strong
coffee...combined with a dire financial situation.
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10. Contrast the leisurely urban interior
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11. Contrast the leisurely urban interior...............................
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12. with the psychological rigor that the commerical crust
demands...........anyway, back to the breakfast.
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13. butter, chocolate,
juice, etc
gas burner grated potato
coffee, cups,
stovetop espresso
flour maker
Necessary bits and pieces
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15. COOK!
(Hash browns recipes here)
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16. COOK! & CRISP!
(Hash browns recipes here)
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17. Season, sauce and eat.
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18. Season, sauce and eat.
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19. Don't forget the coffee.
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20. A small, balding man enjoys his breakfast.
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21. Title: Street Oranges
Time: Late Afternoon, Early Spring
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22. Come across a lonely citrus tree on land of
indeterminate ownership........
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23. ......climb up, shake the branches, collect the fruit. All
to your childrens' horror.
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24. Slice, suck, chew.
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25. Save the seeds, and grow your own!
(Instructions Here)
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26. And if you're kind, leave some for the birds
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27. Title: Mulberry Jam
Time: All Day, Early Spring
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28. Late spring/early summer before the rainy season in
Japan sees the fruiting of Mulberry – (Kuwa-no-mi (桑
の実) in Japanese) – along a large stretch of the
Tamagawa river. 28

29. Hidden beneath large broad leaves, juicy mulberries
ripen out of sight – undisturbed except for the elderly,
and inquisitive children.
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30. I came across a grove of them walking through one of
the expanses of parkland that open up a few
kilometers out of the city center (exact location
secret) and this year collected a kilogram for a rich
chunky jam. 30

31. A perfect morning stroll and afternoon activity. And a
perfect excuse for tree climbing with the kids (not that
one is needed).
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32. Tip: A good rule of thumb = when you see the elderly
hunched over picking at the ground, foraging, or
shaking trees, get in quick – (and pick their brains for
cooking advice: they have the key knowledge). 32

33. In a city where going strawberry picking is an all-day,
high-cost trip out to a neighbouring prefecture
discovering a plentiful harvest down the road is
magical, spirit-lifting and
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34. delicious!
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35. Title: Home Bakery
Time: Morning (+ Previous Night Prep)
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36. Welcome to the bakery in a home!
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37. Welcome to the bakery in a home! Entrance fee 100
yen for 20 pieces, and your money back at the end!
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38. Bread tickets!
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39. Bread, cake, biscuits and more! Take your pick!
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40. Bread, cake, biscuits and more! Take your pick!
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41. Bread, cake, biscuits and more! Take your pick!
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42. Go for it!
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43. Serve it up!
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44. Don't forget to ask for feedback!
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45. Examples the delicious streets of Tokyo
(from Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)
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46. Rice and tomatoes in Harajuku backstreets
(Details Here)
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47. Rice and tomatoes in Harajuku backstreets
(Details Here)
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48. Yanaka basil in brick planter
(Details Here)
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49. Grape maniac in Minato-ku
(Details Here)
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50. Grape maniac in Minato-ku
(Details Here)
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51. Grape maniac in Minato-ku
(Details Here)
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52. Spectacular goya curtain in Tokyo suburbs
(Details Here)
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53. Spectacular goya curtain in Tokyo suburbs
(Details Here)
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54. Apartment garden and grapes
(Details Here)
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55. Apartment garden and grapes
(Details Here)
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56. Dead space spring onions
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57. Keeping cabbage fresh on the window ledge
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58. An 'honesty box' selling myoga and salted cucumber
in Mitake, on the outskirts of Tokyo
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59. Curbside Chili Garden
(Details Here)
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60. Curbside Chili Garden
(Details Here)
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61. And lots more, everywhere!
Keep Your City Delicious!
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Chris Berthelsen
chris@a-small-lab.com