INTRODUCE YAMAGUCHI PLUM FARM

INTRODUCE YAMAGUCHI PLUM FARM
Ogose is famous for the Plum blossoms. About 1,000 plum trees grow there, and this includes a plum tree that is about 600 years old as well as the colorful Shirakaga plum, Ogose wild plum, and Kobai (red blossom) plum trees.
The best season to view the blossoms is in early spring from the middle of February to the middle of March, where a plum festival is held every year.

INTRODUCE YAMAGUCHI PLUM FARM
And the place is crowded with a large number of tourists. Ogose produces plenty of plums(Ume). As many as  20,000 plum trees are raised around the grove. Ms. Yumi Yamaguchi is one of the Plum farmer in Ogose.

INTRODUCE YAMAGUCHI PLUM FARM
She grows about 300 Plum trees, rice, sweet potatoes(Annouimo) and wild yam(Jinenjyo) and also produces many kinds of Plum products.She offers a farm experience and the activities depend on the season.

INTRODUCE OUR OWNER

Owner and Plums

Hello. My name is Yumi Yamaguchi. I succeeded my father-in-low in the family farm 10 years ago. Then I started to grow Plum tree, rice, sweet potaoes and so on. At the same time, I offer some kinds of farm experiecne programs and activities depend on the season ones a month. Want to experiece Japanese farm life and food like a local?
Let’s enjoy seasonal programs!
Looking forward to meeting you!

■face book (sorry! japanese only)

AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCE

Drying plum
Drying plum
Umeboshi
Umeboshi
umeboshi
Plum products & rice
Plum products & rice

Cook the rice in the furnace
Cook the rice in the furnace
Making Japanese foods
Making Japanese foods
Beautiful hana shushi making
Beautiful hana shushi making

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION

This is a tour to spend Japanese New Year in Plum Farm which also includes special Japanese cultural programs and decilious Japanese foods and making class with farm owner!

Program

Let’s spend Japanese New Year at Plum Farm!

  • Special welcome drink.(Ume juice and Umeshu.)
  • Eat Osechi-ryori (special dishes prepares for the New Year).
  • Pounding mochi.
  • Cook the rice in the furnace.
  • Make hana-shushi.
  • Eat seasonal frash vegitables and fruits.
  • Farm work.
  • Japanese High Tea time.

Any other program… (You can request!)

  • Make Miso.
  • Dinner around the sunken hearth.
  • Zen meditation.
  • Rice reaping. (Depends on the season.)
  • Pickle Ume. (During May)
  • Make Umeshu.(During May)
  • Ume blossom viewing. (February-March)
  • Wearing Yukata and taking pictures.

※Any other program you want, we can arrage. Please let us know.
When

31 Dec. 2015 10:00am～15:00pm

　

※Any other date, please contact us.
Email: the_shun@kosaka-corp.com
Price

JPY 5,000
(If you want to stay, please ask the price. JPY 8,000～)

The price is per person and includes:
-every experience program
-lunch

Stay If you would like to stay, we can arrange for you.
Please contact us.
Others Minimum number of participants: 3 persons

ACCESS

Address 4-13-6 Ueno Higashi Ogose Town Irumagun, Saitama prefecture, Japan 350-0417
Map

map

ShuttleService Available. We can arrange for you and your group.
If you need, please contact us.
Email: the_shun@kosaka-corp.com
Parking Available (Free)

MEAL

Other We enjoy cooking Japanese traditional meal with you.
Vegetarian meals available.
Please let us know in advance of what you can and cannnot eat in detail.
Email: the_shun@kosaka-corp.com

SERVICES and FACILITIES

Internet Available(Free Wi-fi)
Payment Cash(Japanese YEN), Credit cards, Paypal
Language English, Chinese and Japanese
Others No smoking in the house.
Regrigerator available.

Reservation and Other Services

■Email:　the_shun@kosaka-corp.com