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Daytrippers – ’tis the season for Mikans!

By on October 19, 2016

From early October until late November is the best time of the year to eat fresh mikans (or easy-peeling Japanese oranges) straight off the tree. Pack up on vitamin C in readiness for the coming chilly months. Head out to the best orange farms one weekend and stuff yourself with all-you-can-eat sweet Japanese oranges.

Seedless membrane and fleshy pulp are what make ‘mikans’ loved by kids and adults in Japan. Fruit picking is generally a favorite pastime for families, so you can bet that the popular mikan farms are packed on weekends. Here are some of the farms nearest to Tokyo.

%e3%82%a6%e3%81%95%e3%81%bf%e3%81%88%e3%82%93Usami-en 宇佐美園
(Farm 1)
Open everyday 8am-sunset
Fees: 400 yen adults
350 yen elementary school age up
300 yen 3-5 years old
230 yen a kilo for take-home oranges
(not allowed for big groups)
Where: Zenba 731, Isehara-shi, Kanagawa Ken
神奈川県伊勢原市善波731
Tel: Tel. 0463-94-0710
http://www.3s-denki.com/usamien/
How to get there:
(by train)
Take Odakyu Line bound for Odawara. (Make sure you don’t take the one going to Katase-enoshima because that’s a totally opposite route). Get off at Tsurumaki Onsen station. Take ‘Kanachu’ 神奈中 bus going to Isehara-eki Kitaguchi (4 mins). Get off at Tsubonouchi 坪ノ内stop. It takes an 8-min walk to the farm.
(by car)
8-km drive to Hatano Matsuda towards Route 246 via Tomei expressway from Atsugi interchange (Atsugi IC)

Usami-en 宇佐美園
(Farm 2)
Open everyday 10 am – 4pm
Fees: 800 yen adults
700 yen kids
350 yen a kilo take-home oranges
Parking space: available
Where: Kanagawaken’yokohamashi totsuka ku kagetorichō 146
神奈川県横浜市戸塚区影取町146
Tel. 0463-94-0710
How to get there:
(by train)
Take a 15-min bus ride from JR Totsuka station up to Kagetori stop. The farm is a 2-min walk from the stop.
(by car)
10-min drive from Yokohama Totsuka Shindo train terminal

asobi-netShibaguchi Kaju-en 芝口果樹園
Open everyday 10 am – 4pm
Fees: 800 yen adults
700 yen kids
350 yen/kilo take-home oranges
Parking space: available
Where: Kanagawaken’yokohamashi totsuka ku kagetorichō 146
神奈川県横市戸塚区影取町146
Te.l. 045-852-1445
http://www.s-kajuen.com/
How to get there:
(by train/bus)
Take a 15-min bus ride from JR Totsuka station up to Kagetori stop. The farm is a 2-min walk from the bus stop.
(by car)
10-min drive from Yokohama Totsuka Shindo terminal

screen-shot-2016-10-19-at-5-45-48-pmTsukui hamakankōnōen (Yokosuka) 津久井浜観光農園（横須賀）
Open everyday 9am – 3pm (from Oct. 20)
Fees: 650 yen elementary school age – adults
450 yen 3-5 years old
Parking free (limited to 100 cars)
Where: 5-15-20 Yokosuka Tsukui
横須賀市津久井５－１５－２０
Tel 046-849-4506
http://www.jakanagawa.gr.jp/kn5128/kanko/top.html
How to get there:
(by train)
20-min walk from Tsukui Hama station by Keihin Kyuuko Line
By car:
Take Yokohama-Yokosuka avenue and get off at Sahara interchange. Turn left at the Shimada Koen traffic light then turn right at the Keikyu Nobi Station entrance. Turn right when you arrive at the Route 134 station traffic light.

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