Nationwide strawberry picking │ Seasonal season, best time to eat, variety, brand, recommended plan, reservation method

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On this page, a vegetable and fruit picking event that is gaining popularity from a wide range of age groups, regardless of age or gender, as a leisure activity for travel destinations and outings. Strawberry picking experience (strawberry picking) Is a major feature.

"Producing area, yield, variety (brand), season, season, clothes, belongings, etc." will be held at strawberry farms all over the country along with basic knowledge for enjoying strawberry picking. Recommended plan by prefecture I will introduce.


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Reservation reference data for strawberry picking experience

Lowest rate per person 350 Yen (tax included) ~
0 years old ~ (depending on the plan)
Generally from December to May
  Same-day reservation OK / Reservation the day before is OK / Cheapest first / Review order / Recommended order   Tohoku / Kanto / Koshinetsu / Tokai / Kansai / Sanin / Sanyo / Kyushu

Are strawberries a fruit? vegetable?

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Strawberries (English: strawberry, strawberry) Is a perennial plant belonging to the genus Strawberries in the Rosaceae family.

Since it is cultivated in the field (house cultivation), it is similar to melons and watermelons. Classified as vegetables as a domestic standard Although it is a plant that is grown, it is treated as a fruit in the market and distribution.

The classification is ambiguous, and according to a government survey, " Specific vegetables or fruity vegetables It is said that it is sometimes called by the name.

However, the image from the consumer side is the "King of Fruits" lined up in supermarkets and fruit and vegetable stores. Generally called fruit That's right.


Strawberry production area and yield ranking

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Everybody, Strawberry production area What area do you think of?

In Japan "Tochigi" boasts an overwhelming share of both yield and shipment Tohoku in the north and Kyushu in the south Domestic strawberries are produced and shipped from strawberry farmers all over the country. It has been.

Next, referring to the "2021 National Strawberry Yield Ranking" based on data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Major domestic strawberry producing areas and yields I will check.

2021 National Strawberry Yield Ranking

Ranking Prefectures Yield (t)
The first place Tochigi 22,700
2nd place Fukuoka 16,400
3rd place Kumamoto 12,200
4th place Nagasaki 10,500
5th place Aichi 10,400
5th place Shizuoka 10,400
7th place Ibaraki 8,790
8th place Saga 7,560
9th place Chiba 6,320
10th place Miyagi 4,640
Reference: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries "Reiwa 2nd Year Production / Crop Survey (Vegetables)"

As mentioned above, it is a famous strawberry producing area in both name and reality. "Tochigi" ranks first in Japan in terms of yield It has become.

Less than, 2nd place "Fukuoka", 3rd place "Kumamoto", 4th place "Nagasaki", "Aichi" and "Shizuoka" are 5th place at the same rate It has become.

Next, the top of the "2021 National Strawberry Yield Ranking" Types (varieties) of strawberries produced in the top 10 prefectures Is summarized.


Strawberry types and production prefectures

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Even if you say strawberry in a bite, "Tochiotome", "Amaou", "Red Hoppe", etc. that are familiar at supermarkets and fruit and vegetable stores Various types represented by famous domestic varieties there is.

Taste, sugar content, acidity, color, shape, etc. Each variety has its own unique personality The most suitable varieties are selected according to the difference in eating method and cooking method as well as taste.

Below, it is produced by prefecture with the highest annual yield. Main varieties (types) of strawberries I will look at.

Main varieties of strawberries and production prefectures

Prefectures Variety
Tochigi Prefecture Tochiotome / Tochihime
Fukuoka Prefecture Amaou (Fukuoka S6)
Kumamoto Prefecture Last night, Hinoshizuku
Nagasaki Dream
Aichi Akihime
Shizuoka Red Hoppe / Kirapika
Ibaraki Prefecture Tochiotome
Saga Ichigo-san
Chiba Tochiotome
Miyagi Another one
Reference: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

In addition to the varieties and brands introduced above, "Skyberry (Tochigi)", "Angel Fruit (Saga)", "Crimson Misuzu (Chiba)" and "Yotsuboshi (Mie / Kagawa / Chiba)" Such New varieties registered after the 2000s Are also born.

Eat and compare the balance of taste such as color, shape, sugar content, acidity, texture, etc. "Finding your favorite strawberry" is also a way to enjoy the strawberry picking experience It can be said to be one of.

Strawberry picking recommended plan

Review and word-of-mouth experience

It was the best ☆
All-you-can-eat 6 types + white strawberries, all of which were excellent strawberries and were really delicious. It was the most satisfying strawberry hunting I've ever been to. I want to go every year! Thank you very much.
5.0 ★★★★★ Experience date January 2022

The charm of strawberry picking

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Recommended for families, couples and groups

Every winter, it is actively introduced as a TV travel program, travel information magazine / site, schedule of popular tourist destination bus tours, drive course, etc. Strawberry picking ".

Its charm is You can eat a lot of freshly picked and delicious strawberries Of course, from small children to the elderly Anyone can enjoy regardless of age or gender There is in.

Strawberries carefully cultivated in a greenhouse are picked from the branches as they are and eaten by hand in a fresh state, or dipped in condensed milk etc. and eaten, depending on the contents of the plan, jam using strawberries There are a wide variety of plans such as a course where you can process and cook sweets such as cakes and take them home as souvenirs.

Also, there are many strawberry farms that can accept large groups, so Recommended as an experience program for school trips and employee trips for families and couples is.


POINT!

There are two types of strawberry picking experience plans: one that allows you to "all-you-can-eat" within the time limit (there is also a comparison of eating multiple varieties), and one that allows you to "sell by weight" only what you want to eat in grams.

Strawberry picking recommended plan

[Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture] 80 minutes with plenty of all-you-can-eat strawberries | Wheelchairs and strollers are easy to pick up for the whole family in a large house!

Lakeside Red Farm
Miyazaki / Aya
2,000 Yen ~ (tax included)
  • 5.0
  • (2 reviews / experiences)

It is a lakeside red farm of a strawberry farm. We are opening a house where you can pick strawberries in Miyazaki City. Strawberries hang at the height of a child's eyes in a large house, so both those who use strollers and those who use wheelchairs can easily enjoy strawberry picking with the whole family. It's in the house even on rainy days, so it gets wet in the rain

Review and word-of-mouth experience

Strawberry picking
I was chartered and taught me how to take it carefully. It was a big and delicious strawberry. I want to go again.
5.0 ★★★★★ Experience date February 2022

Strawberry picking season / season

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Strawberry picking from December to May

Domestic strawberries are harvested and used in supermarkets and fruit and vegetable stores. The time to line up in stores is about December to May every year. In addition, the season from early spring to early summer is the season for general varieties.

Because the fruits (receptacles) are colored red and ripe before being harvested Harvest time, shipping time, and seasonal eating time are almost the same There is a feature that becomes.

In other words, the seasons and seasons when you can enjoy strawberry picking at farms all over the country are almost the same at farms all over the country. Period from December to May It is held in.

Also, in recent years, the number of strawberry varieties such as "Summer Princess" and "Natsumizuki" that are harvested from summer to autumn is increasing. Sometimes you can enjoy strawberry picking all year round I have.


Strawberry picking clothes and belongings

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Next, Clothes and belongings suitable for enjoying strawberry picking I will explain about.

In conclusion, there is no need for special preparation and preparation to enjoy strawberry picking, basically You can enjoy wearing your usual clothes is.

However, according to the experiences of farm staff and experienced strawberry hunters, " Important points to keep in mind about clothes and belongings for strawberry picking There seems to be.

Without stress To enjoy strawberry picking comfortably Use the information below to help you choose your clothes and prepare your belongings.

Recommended clothing for strawberry picking

  • Clothes that can get dirty
  • Clothes that are easy to put on and take off
  • Easy-to-move clothes
  • Familiar shoes

The inside of the greenhouse is warm (hot)

In a strawberry farm The temperature inside the greenhouse is approximately 20 ° C to 25 ° C. Is set to.

The main season for strawberry picking is from December in winter to May in spring, so depending on the season Because the difference with the outside temperature may be large Be careful when choosing your outfit.

Clothes that are easy to put on and take off If you participate in and sweat Prepare clothes and towels It's a good idea to do it.

It can get dirty with soil or strawberry juice

The environment for strawberry picking experience differs depending on the farm, but the soil may be exposed inside the greenhouse, so Clothes may get dirty there is.

Also, when tasting fresh and juicy strawberries In some cases, the juice may fly to your clothes and get dirty. .. (Especially children need to be careful!)

To prevent your clothes from getting dirty and unpleasant when you pick strawberries, which should be fun Prepare clothes that can get dirty and participate will do.

Easy-to-move clothes and shoes are recommended

The environment here also differs depending on the farm, but because it moves around in the greenhouse It is better to participate in comfortable clothes ..

Also, it may be set so that strawberries can be harvested at a height as high as a child's eyes. Possibility of more bending and stretching movements of the waist there is.

Also, in the case of women, excessively such as miniskirts Participation in overexposed clothing and high heel shoes is not recommended ..


POINT!

You want to enjoy dating and family leisure in fashionable fashion. If you choose clothes that follow the minimum etiquette with reference to the above points, there are no strict NG items and you can enjoy strawberry picking.

Strawberry picking experience recommended plan

Below, "Activity Japan is currently accepting online advance reservations. Strawberry picking experience recommended plan Will be introduced for each prefecture.

Please use it for comparison and examination of plan selection by referring to the reputation from user reviews and word-of-mouth experiences, including basic information such as the location (address) of the experience place, access, business hours, and regular holidays.


POINT!
Many reservations and inquiries are expected for each plan during weekends and holidays and long vacation seasons. We recommend that you make an early reservation after checking the availability of the schedule.

Yamagata Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Sagae City, Yamagata Prefecture] Strawberry hunting experience in the snow

Activity Japan Tohoku (Sagae City)
Tendo, Sagae, Obanazawa
2,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

Strawberry hunting is the most popular fruit hunting from winter to spring, but strawberry hunting in Yamagata, Snow Country is a bit different! Enjoy strawberry picking in Sagae City, where you can enjoy various kinds of fruit picking all year round.

Gunma Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Gunma / Numata] All-you-can-eat red and cute strawberries! Easy strawberry picking from adults to children! You can enjoy it from December to June ♪

Fruit village Harada plantation
Numata / Oigami / Oze
1,980 Yen ~ (tax included)
  • 3.5
  • (2 reviews / experiences)

You can enjoy "Yayoihime", which is very popular among women and children because the flesh is firm and has a good balance of sweetness and acidity, and "Kaorino", which has a soft flesh and plenty of juice. * The strawberry varieties that can be harvested vary depending on the season.

Kanagawa Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Kanagawa / Atsugi] Strawberry picking | All-you-can-eat | 30 minutes | Recommended for families and couples | Held from the end of November!

Atsugi Farm
Atsugi / Ebina
2,400 Yen ~ (tax included)
  • 4.8
  • (3 reviews / experiences)

All-you-can-eat strawberry picking at Atsugi Iiyama for 30 minutes! You can eat and compare strawberries freely in a large house. You can also experience interacting with goats at the farm! Feeding is also free ♪

[Kanagawa / Atsugi] Strawberry picking | Night tour | All-you-can-eat | 30 minutes | Recommended for couples

Atsugi Farm
Atsugi / Ebina
3,700 Yen ~ (tax included)

All-you-can-eat strawberry picking at Atsugi Iiyama for 30 minutes! You can eat and compare strawberries freely in a large house. You can enjoy two varieties of strawberries, Kaorino and Tochiotome. How about a romantic evening strawberry picking limited to 6 people each time? Please spend time with a special person in fantastic lighting and moody music.

Yamanashi strawberry picking experience

[Near the Kofu Minami Interchange in Yamanashi Prefecture] Four types of strawberry picking with no residual pesticides that do not require condensed milk ♪ No time limit in the area! Private area system

Gourmet Strawberry Museum Maeda
Kofu / Yumura / Shosenkyo
2,300 Yen ~ (tax included)

We are proud of our safe and secure strawberries with zero residual pesticides! It's sweet and delicious without condensed milk ♪ All four varieties of strawberries are assigned in the private area, so you can enjoy strawberry picking to your heart's content without worrying about others.

Shizuoka Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Shizuoka / Izu-Atagawa] Strawberry picking and all-you-can-eat ♪ 30 minutes

Funoguchi Garden
Higashiizu
1,600 Yen ~ (tax included)
  • 4.0
  • (1 review / experience)

Izu-Atagawa "Hinoguchi Orchards" is open from October to May for mandarin orange picking, orange picking, and strawberry picking. From the top of the garden carrying Mt. Amagi, you can see Izu Oshima and Niijima, and the fields in the quiet mountains are surrounded by camellia and acacia trees, so you can enjoy nature! There is also a free transfer from Izukyu "Izu-Atagawa Station". Please come and visit us.

Kyoto prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Kyoto / Kumiyama] Eat and compare as many different types of strawberries as you like at the Strawberry House! Relaxing strawberry picking enjoyment plan in a private area

Kyo Rafurezu
Nagaokakyo, Uji, Minamiyamashiro
3,100 Yen ~ (tax included)

It is a strawberry hunting garden in Kumiyama, Kyoto! We will guide you by dividing the area for each customer, so you can enjoy plenty of strawberry picking in your own area! Since it is inside the house, it will not get wet even if it rains. In addition, the aisle is wide, so wheelchair users and strollers can enter as they are! Of various varieties

Wakayama Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Wakayama / Hamanomiya] Strawberry picking! Eat and compare 5 kinds of strawberries! !! Selling by weight plan

Seaside Garden / Hamaguchi Farm
Wakayama / Kinokawa
350 Yen ~ (tax included)

It is a strawberry picking at Seaside Garden and Hamaguchi Farm. It will be sold by weight for 350 yen per 100g. After picking strawberries, you can eat them at the store! It's OK to take it home!

[Wakayama / Kinokawa] Strawberry picking experience ♪ With sweets buffet!

Furutsu Farm Co., Ltd. Wakayama Co., Ltd.
Wakayama / Kinokawa
3,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

It is a strawberry hunting experience in Wakayama. Held in Kinokawa City, Wakayama Prefecture! Enjoy Wakayama Prefecture's brand Strawberry Marihime and Sweets Viking! Since it is an indoor experience, you can experience it even in the rain. Please come by all means!

[Wakayama / Hamanomiya] Baking in a real stone oven, pizza making experience & strawberry picking! Enjoyment plan

Seaside Garden / Hamaguchi Farm
Wakayama / Kinokawa
3,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

Seaside Garden Hamaguchi Farm's pizza making experience and strawberry picking are a set plan. There is a shop in front of Hamanomiya Beach in Wakayama City, and the location is excellent! Enjoy with friends, couples and families! From kneading the dough to baking, everyone will make it while doing it! Rest assured that there is a roof even on rainy days! Handmade stone

Hiroshima prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima] Ripe strawberry picking and strawberry jam making experience-The closest strawberry picking farm to Hiroshima

Ko Ko Ni Shi Ka Office
Hiroshima / Miyajima
7,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

An experience plan where you can pick ripe strawberries yourself and eat them on the spot at a tourist farm in the Saeki area of Hatsukaichi City, which is said to be a "town of water and green", and then make jam with freshly caught strawberries. is. Of course, you can eat all-you-can-eat strawberries, but it is limited to 30 minutes. It is the only strawberry picking farm in the western part of Hiroshima prefecture, so please try it. When

Fukuoka prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Fukuoka / Shikajima] [Strawberry picking * 40 minutes all-you-can-eat] Enjoy Amaou

Maemura Farm
Fukuoka City (Hakata / Tenjin) / Dazaifu
2,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

Held from March to early May You can enjoy strawberry picking on Shikashima, which is rich in nature, across the Umi-no-Nakamichi road in Fukuoka. * [All-you-can-eat for 40 minutes] Enjoy the sweet "Amaou" ♪ * It is also recommended during sightseeing in Shikajima, which is full of nature. * Corona measures are being implemented

Miyazaki Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Nobeoka City, Miyazaki Prefecture] Strawberry picking, 60-minute soft serve ice cream service Nobeoka IC "Machinaka Tourist Farm"

Ichini no Ichigoen
Takachiho / Nobeoka
2,400 Yen ~ (tax included)

* Customers who are taking measures against corona and wearing masks are requested to disinfect their hands, measure the temperature, and wear (bring) a mask.・ We will guide you through the large house so that it will not be crowded with the number of people for each time zone. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding. If you build a new house and make the inside of 9 houses dense

[Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture] 80 minutes with plenty of all-you-can-eat strawberries | Wheelchairs and strollers are easy to pick up for the whole family in a large house!

Lakeside Red Farm
Miyazaki / Aya
2,000 Yen ~ (tax included)
  • 5.0
  • (2 reviews / experiences)

It is a lakeside red farm of a strawberry farm. We are opening a house where you can pick strawberries in Miyazaki City. Strawberries hang at the height of a child's eyes in a large house, so both those who use strollers and those who use wheelchairs can easily enjoy strawberry picking with the whole family. It's in the house even on rainy days, so it gets wet in the rain

Kagoshima Prefecture strawberry picking experience

[Kagoshima / Akune] Strawberry hunting plan by weight (300g per person)

Farm garden sky
Izumi / Kawauchi / Kushikino
750 Yen ~ (tax included)

A strawberry picking experience that is very popular with adults and children! It is a harvest experience plan where you can choose and pick large ripe strawberries yourself and take them home. This "sell by weight plan" is a plan of picking + weighing purchase, so you cannot eat strawberries in the strawberry house. If you wish to eat while picking, please make a reservation for the "all-you-can-eat plan". "All-you-can-eat plastic

[Kagoshima / Akune] All-you-can-eat strawberry picking plan (all-you-can-eat 3 types of Koi Minori, Beni Hoppe, and Kaorino)

Farm garden sky
Izumi / Kawauchi / Kushikino
2,200 Yen ~ (tax included)

The "strawberry picking experience" held from the latter half of December to the beginning of May is the most popular "30-minute all-you-can-eat strawberry plan". At the strawberry house in the big tourist garden, we mainly cultivate 3 varieties (Koi Minori, Beni Hoppe, Kaorino), so you can eat and compare 3 kinds of strawberries! (* However, depending on the growing conditions and congestion, you may enjoy it on the day of the event.

[Kagoshima / Akune] All-you-can-eat strawberry picking plan All-you-can-eat & take-out 2 packs + facility entrance fee

Farm garden sky
Izumi / Kawauchi / Kushikino
5,000 Yen ~ (tax included)

"Strawberry picking experience" held from the latter half of December to the beginning of May The more popular "30-minute all-you-can-eat strawberry plan" is sold by weight for "2 packs of souvenir strawberries" and all the entrance fees to the farm garden empty It is a plan that I made. At the strawberry house in the big tourist garden, we mainly cultivate 3 varieties (Koi Minori, Beni Hoppe, Kaorino).

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