Tokyo is a bustling capital dense with citizens and tourists. If you have a day to spare, get out of the city for fresh air to explore the countryside.
The most popular day trip from Tokyo is to Hakone to get a closer view of Mt. Fuji on Lake Ashi. After taking in those sights in the morning, head west to Izu.
Izu is in the Shizuoka prefecture where some of the country’s finest fruits are produced – oranges (known as satsuma or mikan), musk melons, apples, and strawberries.
The farms growing these fruits allow visitors to experience something incredible: All you can pick and eat of the fruit on their farm. It’s amazing.
In Izu there are over 50 strawberry farms offering this tasting from January to May. The farmers produce two kinds of strawberries – akihime (large and sweet) and benihoppe (deep red and sour).
At Ootomi Farm 2,100 yen ($18 USD), or less depending on the farm and when you go, bought 30 minutes to indulge in the best strawberries in the world.
You are given a plastic container with condensed milk, which further sweetens the intense strawberry taste. The farmer shows you how to twist the strawberry off its stem. They are already cleaned and ready to eat on sight. You are on your own to walk through aisles and aisles of strawberry beds for 30 minutes.
Ootomi Farm | Website | TripAdvisor
1124 Kitaema, Izunokuni
Shizuoka Prefecture
+81-55-948-1133
Nirayama Strawberry Picking | Website | TripAdvisor
Nirayamayamaki, Izunokuni
Shizuoka Prefecture
+81-55-949-8215
09:00-16:00
Ema Strawberry Picking | Website | TripAdvisor
Kitaema, Izunokuni
Shizuoka Prefecture
+81-55-948-1115
09:00-16:00
Izunagaoka Strawberry Picking | Website | TripAdvisor
Minamiema, Izunokuni
Shizuoka Prefecture
+81-55-948-6160
09:00-16:00
Ichigo Land Nakanishi | Website | TripAdvisor
Naramoto, Higashiizu-cho, Kamo-gun
Shizuoka Prefecture
09:00-16:00
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