Japan's largest direct-sales app "Pocket Marche" (operated by Amekaze Taiyo), where you can buy seasonal food directly from farmers and fishermen and have conversations with them.
▼Features of Pocket Marche (Pokemaru)
・ A direct mail order app that allows you to order seasonal ingredients from all over the country directly from the farm.
・More than 600,000 registered users.
・Sellers are 100% farmers or fishermen (there is no middleman).
・ About 7,000 producers in 47 prefectures nationwide are registered (as of September 2022).
- Approximately 15,000 ingredients such as vegetables, fruits, fish, and meat. With Pocket Marche, you will surely be able to meet those ingredients that you couldn't easily find at the supermarket!
・Producers directly pack and ship without going through a warehouse (directly from farmers/fishermen). It is fresh and delicious because it is delivered as soon as possible after harvesting and fishing (delivered as soon as the next day).
・You can ask questions directly to the producers and convey "Thank you for the meal".
・You can meet rare ingredients that are hard to find in the market, as well as reasonably priced ingredients.
・ Finding ingredients that can be eaten deliciously even if they are damaged or out of standard, leading to food loss, food loss reduction, and support for producers.
・In partnership with Yamato Transport Co., Ltd., the shipping fee is a Pokemaru special price. In particular, shipping to Kanto is greatly discounted.
・We deliver heavy ingredients such as rice to your home. Regular flights are also available, so you can save the trouble of going to the supermarket for shopping.
・Fruits, seafood, meat, and processed products carefully selected by producers are recommended as gifts for mid-year gifts and year-end gifts.
・Since you can also pay your hometown tax, you will receive the same fresh ingredients as the products exhibited at Pokemaru as a return gift. A one-stop exception system is also available.
▼ How Pocket Marche (Pokemaru) allows you to shop with peace of mind
・At Pocket Marche, only producers (farmers, fishermen, and hunters) who have passed the examination are listed, so you can shop with confidence.
・You can check the production method, information sent by the producer, reviews of users who have already purchased (posted by the customer), etc., and buy directly from the producer you trust.
・Payment will not be made until the product is shipped.
・You can apply for a refund in the unlikely event that there is an obvious defect in the product due to a delivery accident.
▼ Payment methods available at Pocket Marche (Pokemaru)
Credit card (Visa, MasterCard, JCB, American Express, Diners Club)
▼Products delivered directly from the farm that can be purchased at Pocket Marche (Pokemaru)
Vegetables, rice, fruits and other crops, meat, eggs, flowers and foliage plants delivered directly from farmers. Seafood such as fresh fish, shellfish, and seaweed delivered directly from fishermen. Processed products made by farmers (jams, juices, dried fruits, seasonings, sweets, wine, rice cakes, koji, cheese, etc...).
▼Handling fees/delivery charges
Purchasers at Pocket Marche do not incur any fees when using the service. You will only be charged for the purchase price + shipping.
Shipping costs vary by region and product. In partnership with Yamato Transport TA-Q-BIN, Pokemaru-bin's postage is particularly advantageous for deliveries within the same region or to the Kanto region!
Depending on the product, there are items with uniform shipping nationwide or free shipping.
▼ Media publication results
Nihon Keizai Shimbun, Yomiuri Shimbun, Weekly Toyo Keizai, Nippon Television "news every.", TV Tokyo "News Morning Satellite", NHK "Asaichi", TV Tokyo "Cambria Palace", Fuji TV "Tokudane" "Economic full bloom TV" We have been featured in various media.
* Pocket Marche is operated by Amekaze Taiyo Co., Ltd.
At Amekaze Taiyo, our mission is to "mix the urban and rural areas", and we are engaged in a related population creation project.
▼ Pocket Marche (Pokemaru) website
https://poke-m.com/
▼ What is Pocket Marche (Pokemaru)?
https://poke-m.com/about
▼Pocket Marche (Pokemaru) Frequently Asked Questions
https://poke-m.zendesk.com/hc/ja
▼ About the operating company Amekaze Taiyo
https://ame-kaze-taiyo.jp/
▼Umekaze Taiyo Business
https://ame-kaze-taiyo.jp/service/