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Old Aug 9, 2007 | 7:15 am
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Originally Posted by Calcifer
I've seen plenty of places in Japan where you can do this, although it usually involves eating it then and there (cherries, strawberries, grapes) and is priced as a flat fee for a particular period of time. Usually the name of the fruit followed by -gari, if I remember correctly.
I concur. Yamanashi prefecture (just to the East of Tokyo and North of Mount Fuji) is very well known for this. There are even Inns there that include fruit picking in their rates and fruit picking tours are available for tourists (so you can gather peaches with Fuji san in the background)

Here's an example farm: English page - Japanese page with better photos ! turn the sound down before opening these!

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