Naga Trip 2024 “Autumn Fruits! Full Course of Chestnuts at Tsuda Farm in Tawarayama” was held.

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Oct 8, 2024
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Enjoy the taste of autumn at Tsuda Farm in Tawarayama

On Saturday, October 5, 2024, "Autumn Fruits! Full Course of Chestnuts at Tsuda Farm in Tawarayama" was held. This is a special autumn program of Nagato's "Nagatrip" experience program collection.

Picking up chestnuts

At first, we received a lecture on precautions and how to pick up chestnuts, and then began to pick up chestnuts. We took a walk while enjoying the autumn scenery of the farm.

Tsuda Farm has been operated by the family for generations, and the current representative is the third generation, Mr. Hirotoshi Tsuda. The vast valley-shaped chestnut orchard grew eight varieties of chestnuts, including "Porotan" and "Porosuke," and the trees were covered with large chestnuts.

In this program, you can take home 500g of the chestnuts you picked up, and you can purchase additional chestnuts for more than that. When weighing the chestnuts they picked up, everyone was excited, "Who got the most chestnuts? Everyone had a great time.

After the weighing, we moved to the direct sales area where Mr. Hirotoshi Tsuda talked about the cultivation of chestnuts.

After graduating from an agricultural university, Mr. Tsuda continued his research on fruit trees and has been involved in fruit tree breeding ever since.

Mr. Hirotoshi told us about the history of his farm, his ingenuity in growing tasty chestnuts, his thoughts and hardships in production, and many other topics.

Participants asked questions about how to eat chestnuts and how to cook and preserve them, which were also answered in detail.

Taste the Taste of Autumn

While listening to Mr. Tsuda's story, we were also able to enjoy the "Japanese Chestnut Special. The "Japanese Chestnut Special" is a seasonal product made with rich chestnut ice cream topped with Japanese chestnut paste. 8 chestnuts are used to make one "Japanese Chestnut Special," and it is a popular product that offers the rich and gentle sweetness of chestnuts (the offer ends when the chestnuts of the year run out).