Freshly picked blueberry bonanza
Blueberry season is back again this year, and Aichi is full of farms with premium cultivation methods and berry varieties. Pick all the berries you can carry and pique your appetite!
Blueberry season is back again this year, and Aichi is full of farms with premium cultivation methods and berry varieties. Pick all the berries you can carry and pique your appetite!
The Minamichita area in southern Aichi is relatively warm throughout the year, and this agricultural operation for tourists and anyone interested in trying their hand at farming makes full use of it. Perhaps one of its most well-known aspects is its gigantic flower garden, which paints the farm in different colors each season. Just a stroll among the rainbow of colorful flowers is more than worthy of the small admission fee.
Blueberry Farm Okazaki has 1,500 blueberry bushes of around 50 varieties, making it possible to taste 10–20 types no matter when you come. Sweets made with the berries too are plentiful with Blueberry Frozens receiving 2,000 orders a summer. Come and get your fill!
Nakata no Oka Farm has 700 blueberry bushes of 30 varieties. Varieties come and go with their respective peak periods, making for a great chance to taste different types. The entire farm is covered with weed-proof sheets, so you can walk around and pick blueberries with sneakers or sandals even during rainy weather. The facility is also wheelchair-accessible, allowing all to come and have a great harvest—even parents with strollers.
Blueberry Lane INABU has a wealthy variety of blueberries—50 types—and encourages visitors to stuff a mix of them in their mouth and delight in the flavors. With no time limit during your stay, you're free to enjoy your blueberry picking to your heart's content.
Fufula BERRY GARDEN stands before a backdrop of Mt. Sanage's quiet, lush greenery with the natural soundtrack of birds singing as you pick your berries. The entire farm is covered with weed-proof sheets, so you don't have to worry about dirtying your shoes and children and seniors alike have an easy time walking. Take your pick of 50 different varieties from 1,000 blueberry bushes, making for a fun time tasting the different flavors. The blueberries offer a popping sensation in your mouth with sweet, refreshing, and fruity aftertastes combined with aromatic scents—all differing by variety. Fruits as big as a 500-yen coin, blueberries which are actually pink, and all sorts of other incredible treats await you.
Shimoyama Bark Park's blueberry farm is 100% pesticide-free and organic with 20 varieties of some 2,000 bushes with branches bending due to the sheer number of berries each year. Tif Blues offer the perfect balance of sweet and sour, Woodards boast incredible sizes with a soft consistency, and other popular blueberry types tantalize those who come. An all-you-can-eat plan is available, so come and eat your fill.
Mainichi Blueberry offers around 800 blueberry bushes with a variety of flavors on a 2,975-m2 property. Enjoy picking your own berries from late June to late July every year.
Peruse more than 2,500 blueberry bushes of 50 varieties on one of Japan's largest tourist-centered blueberry farms with an expansive 11,900-m2 property offering meticulously managed walkways with natural lawns thanks to the fact that a golf course lies within the premises. Aside from blueberry picking, you can enjoy mini golf, ground golf, a BBQ space, and cafe.
Irago Blueberry is home to 1,000 blueberry bushes of 80 varieties, and lets you taste a whole bunch of different types. Visitors in wheelchairs and pushing strollers have no problem getting around the premises and there's no need to worry about the weather. Come out with family or friends for a relaxing, fun time.
Riverside Farm Yorita offers visitors a little bit of everything: a blueberry farm, dog run, BBQ, riverside fun and canoeing, pottery classes, and more. Pick your own pesticide-free blueberries and enjoy them as a juice with handmade pizza fresh from the oven.
NPO Tehohe's Nokkii Blueberry Farm lets you pick your own blueberries each year from July. Cafe Nokkii, located inside Nokiyama School, sweetens the deal with cool blueberry sweets using those harvested from the farm.
Green Stage Hana no Ki stands at the base of Aichi Prefecture's highest mountain, Mt. Chausu, where it offers blueberry picking, the chance to make your own jam, charcoal BBQs, and a giant maze to literally lose yourself in.
Enjoy Blueberry Asagane's tasty blueberries grown without chemical fertilizers or pesticides—providing a safe bite to eat with peace of mind. Some 1,000 blueberry bushes are accompanied by cucumber, eggplant, and other produce grown in the highlands with the added bonus of occasional events.
A river runs below Yamauchi Farm, letting you pick your blueberries by the relaxing riverside.