Strawberry Picking

Spring is obviously strawberry season, and if you want to taste the reddest, the juiciest and the sweetest strawberries, eat them straight from the plant itself! Good thing a friend's hubby was kind enough to drive us to the Kishiwada Farm. I didn't notice any bus stop nor a train station near the farm so it would be best to go there by car equipped with a GPS Navigator.

In Kishiwada farm, strawberry picking starts at 11:00AM. I didn't understand what the receptionist's instructions were, and how long were we allowed to stay inside the vinyl house, but after 20 minutes of eating strawberries, I gave up. I wanted to eat more but I was so full. Plus, we had to make room for the barbecue after picking strawberries! 6,000 yen (for 4 persons), barbecue and strawberry picking included. The barbecue ingredients were mostly vegetables and only a few slices of meat but it didn't matter. We barely finished everything up!

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Wordless Wednesday #13: Kishiwada Strawberry Farm

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Mino City

Minoh City is about 15km from the center of Osaka City and is famous for the Minoh Waterfall and the Minoh Park.

To get there, take the Hankyu Railway. It costs 260 yen to Minoh City.

Here's the train transfers information:

1. Umeda (梅田）　-> 　Ishibashi　(石橋) (about 20 minutes)
2. Transfer to another platform
3. Ishibashi　(石橋) -> Minoh City (箕面市) (about 6 minutes)

From Minoh Station, the waterfall is about 30-45 minutes walk. There are arrows and maps along the way so there's no need to worry about getting lost. But I haven't really looked at the maps so I'm not sure if there are English translations. If they're only written in Japanese, then there's still a single option left: just walk upstream. ;)

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