Shops without any sales staff, also known as self-service shops, are not hard to find in Japan...
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| At these types of stores, the owner will usually bring out the products at the beginning of the day, along with the price, usually 100 Yen. Customers will leave the money at the counter where they pick up the goods, or put it in a coin can the owner has already left there. At the end of the day, the owner just needs to pick up the remaining goods and take the money home. The counter in the photo is located on Amami Island near Okinawa, in the south of Japan. The store sells popular summer vegetables such as bell peppers, pumpkins, beans, and cucumbers - Photo: Amami. |
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| The photo on the sign reads: This is a farmer's shop in Kagoshima province, Kyushu island, southern Japan - Photo: AiraKrisma. |
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| This is a photo posted by a social media account owner named Tottekun in late summer 2015, with the caption: “Today on the way to work, I bought quite a lot of vegetables at this store. Spinach, cauliflower, carrots, all for only 100 Yen/item, only 1/3 the price compared to supermarkets and very fresh and delicious” - Photo: Tottekun. |
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| A self-service stall sells daikon, cabbage, carrots and other produce harvested from Nerima Farm not far away, in Saitama Prefecture in the Kanto region of central Japan - Photo: Narima Farm. |
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| Not only vegetables, but also fruits such as tangerines are sold by many Japanese farmers at empty stores like this. The sign in the right corner reads: “Happy New Year to you.” Each bag of tangerines here costs only 100 yen. The owner also leaves a phone number so that customers can contact him if needed. The photo was taken in Maisaka town, Shizuoka prefecture. |
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| A vegetable stall in Fukui Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan. The photo was taken in the summer of 2009 and uploaded to a Yahoo account by a user. |
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| “Super cheap and delicious fruits, each one only costs 100 yen,” reads the advertisement of an unmanned vegetable shop in Yufuin town, Oita prefecture. Photo taken in October 2011 - Photo: Yufuin. |
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| A self-service vegetable stall, located in the middle of a field in Minami village, Kumamoto province, Kyushu island in southern Japan - Photo: Minami |
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| The photo was taken by a Western tourist and illustrated with the caption: “This is a very clear illustration of honesty in Japan. People put vegetables and flowers here for sale. Customers put money in a small can next to it. Unfortunately, I came here in the afternoon, when the goods were almost sold out. I shook the can and saw many coins jingling inside. The store is in the middle of a crowded residential area and everyone put money in it.” Photo taken on June 24, 2014 - Photo: World Action. |
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A self-service vegetable stall in the middle of a crowded residential area, near Omiya Station in Saitama Prefecture, near the Japanese capital Tokyo. Every morning, a farmer harvests vegetables from his farm nearby and leaves them at the store. In the afternoon, he comes out to get the prices and collect the money. Photo taken in July 2016 - Photo: Ngoc Diep. |
According to VnEconomy
