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10 Osaka Strawberry Picking Farms to Get Your Fill on Delicious Japanese Fruit

10 Osaka Strawberry Picking Farms to Get Your Fill on Delicious Japanese Fruit

Last updated: 21 December 2022

Osaka has several season-exclusive fruit-picking activities to enjoy. Osaka strawberry-picking farms, in particular, are extremely popular. You pick the unique Japanese strawberries in the fields to eat – it doesn’t get fresher than this.

Strawberry picking in Osaka is available from winter to spring and is an activity you can’t miss! Here are ten strawberry farms in the Kansai region that offer prime all-you-can-eat Japanese strawberries.

1. Strawberry Farm Haru (Osaka): All-You-Can-Eat 'Asuka Ruby' Strawberries for 60 Min.

1. Strawberry Farm Haru (Osaka): All-You-Can-Eat 'Asuka Ruby' Strawberries for 60 Min.

Strawberry Farm Haru in Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture, offers 60 minutes of all-you-can-eat of the bright red “Asuka Ruby” brand strawberry.

The strawberries are easy to pick since they use elevated cultivation containers, and you don’t have to worry about getting dirty since the soil is contained above the floor. You can use scissors to pick the strawberries carefully.

Strawberry Farm Haru also offers cake and ice cream, so you can use the picked strawberries as toppings. Additionally, they have chocolate sauce and condensed milk that you can garnish your strawberries with, and they even have free drinks. What more could you want?

  • Strawberry Farm Haru
    いちご畑はる
    • Address 2415-1 Obucho, Kishiwada, Osaka 596-0816
    • Nearest Station Get on the Nankai Bus “Michino-eki / Aisai Land” at Nankai Main Line “Kishiwada Station” - JR Hanwa Line “Shimomatsu Station,” and get off at “Tombo-ike Koen Mae”
    • Phone Number 072-440-0200
    • ・Season: January 5, 2023 - early June (tentative)
      ・Hours: 9:00 a.m. to noon (may vary depending on the quantity of strawberries)
      ・Fee: January to early May (until Golden Week): Adults (junior high school students and older): 3,500 yen, elementary school students: 2,500 yen, children 3 years old and older to under elementary school students: 2,000 yen, children 1 to 2 years old: 500 yen, infants: free
      ・Mid-May (after Golden Week) to early June: Adults (junior high school students and older): 2,500 yen, Elementary school students: 2,000 yen, 3 years old and older to under elementary school age: 1,500 yen, 1 to 2 years old: 500 yen, infants: free
      *All-you-can-eat 60 minutes, tax included in all prices, you can’t take home strawberries you picked
      ・Strawberry brand: Asuka Ruby
      ・Closed: not scheduled (for more detail, please check the reservation calendar and reservation form)
      ・Requires reservation (please fill out the reservation form)

2. GrandBerry (Osaka): 30-Minute All-You-Can-Eat Juicy 'Akihime' Brand Strawberries

2. GrandBerry (Osaka): 30-Minute All-You-Can-Eat Juicy 'Akihime' Brand Strawberries

GrandBerry in Yao City, Osaka, is located near Osaka City and also a 10-minute walk from the closest station, Onji Station. To enter the picking grounds, you will have to wear slippers (adorable). The floor is even covered with a sheet to prevent dust from blowing up on the strawberries.

Here you can enjoy the “Akihime” brand, which gets juicier and sweeter the colder it gets. The strawberries are cultivated at a height where children can easily pick them. They offer 30 minutes of all-you-can-eat strawberries that are carefully grown.

Health & Safety Measures
Indoor disinfection measures taken - Sanitizer installed - Ventilation measures in place - Restricted admission, reservation system in place - Entry declined to anyone who is feeling unwell - Guests are required to wear masks

  • GrandBerry
    GrandBerry
    • Address 1-254 Onji Kitamachi, Yao, Osaka 581-0875
    • Nearest Station Kintetsu Nara Line “Namba Station” Kintetsu Osaka Line “Onji Station” 25 minutes, walk north for 10 minutes from “Onji Station”
      *Only local trains stop at “Onji Station”
    • ・Season: Mid-December to late May
      ・Hours : 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. (last admission)
      ・Fee: Elementary school students to adults: 2,200 yen, 4 to 6 years old: 1,700 yen, 1 to 3 years old: 600 yen, infants: free
      ・All-you-can-eat strawberries for 30 minutes, all prices include tax, strawberries cannot be taken home.
      ・Strawberry variety: Akihime
      ・Closed: Mondays and Tuesdays (If Monday is a national holiday, the following Tuesday and Wednesday are closed.)
      ・Reservations are required.
      ・Reservation page: https://www.grandberry.net/gb/Reserve.php

3. Strawberry Farm No.15 (Osaka): Pick Japanese Strawberries Picking at the Large Garden

3. Strawberry Farm No.15 (Osaka): Pick Japanese Strawberries Picking at the Large Garden

Located inside a garden center, The Farm UNIVERSAL OSAKA, is Strawberry Farm No.15, by the Farm UNIVERSAL OSAKA. They offer a style where you can pick as much as you want to take home, and you can pick from the three brands of “Akihime,” “Beni Hoppe,” and “Oi C Berry.”

Once you pay 440 yen (tax inc.) to enter, you will first try the samples* and find the flavor you like; after that, you can start picking.

*As of December 2022, this has been paused in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

There is no time limit, so you take your time picking. It’s not all-you-can-eat, but you can take home the picked strawberries for 4yen/1g + tax. The service ends when they run out of strawberries, so we recommend going early in the morning. They also have a cafe that offers strawberry parfait and drinks.

Health & Safety Measures
Sanitizer installed / staff wear masks, wash hands, gargle, and monitor temperature / admission restrictions, reservation system / declining entry to customers with poor physical condition / customers requested to wear masks / customers' temperatures measured on entry

  • Strawberry Farm No.15 by the Farm UNIVERSAL OSAKA
    Strawberry Farm No.15 by the Farm UNIVERSAL OSAKA
    • Address 193-2 Saho, Ibaraki, Osaka 568-0095
    • Nearest Station About a 20-minute walk from Osaka Monorail Saito-Nishi Station. Or 5 minutes on the Hankyu Bus and get off at “Baba” bus stop.
    • Phone Number 070-2440-6863
    • ・Season: Starts from December 2022
      ・Hours: From 10:30 a.m. until strawberries are gone
      ・Fee: Admission (elementary school students and older) 440 yen (tax incl.; includes strawberry tasting), free for preschoolers
      ・After picking strawberries, you can purchase strawberries by weight at the cashier (4 yen per 1g + tax).
      ・Not all-you-can-eat, direct sales of strawberries picked in the morning and strawberry sweets available.
      ・Strawberry varieties: Akihime, Benihope, Oi C Berry
      ・Closed: Open all year round (May be closed due to growing conditions.)
      ・Reservations can be made on the website from 9:00 a.m. 30 days in advance. For some, admission is available on a first-come, first-served basis from 10:00 a.m. on the day of the visit.

4. Kafuka Strawberry Farm (Shiga): All-You-Can-Eat Strawberries With Free Chocolate Sauce and Condensed Milk!

4. Kafuka Strawberry Farm (Shiga): All-You-Can-Eat Strawberries With Free Chocolate Sauce and Condensed Milk!

Kafuka Strawberry Farm is a large strawberry farm in Shiga Prefecture that cultivates about 35,000 strawberries. They offer 45 minutes of all-you-can-eat strawberries with free chocolate sauce and condensed milk. Their parking lot is spacious and large buses can park there.

The facility is barrier-free, so people in wheelchairs and families with strollers can enjoy Osaka strawberry picking. You can pick the “Akihime” brand, and at the direct shop, they sell “Akihime” and “Beni Hoppe.”

Health & Safety Measures
Sanitizer available / Ventilation increased / Reservation required / Customers requested to wear masks and undergo temperature check / Distribution of disposable gloves used during strawberry picking

  • Kafuka Strawberry Farm
    鹿深いちご園
    • Address 5940-4 Minakuchicho Minakuchi, Koka, Shiga 528-0005
    • Nearest Station 5-minute walk from Ohmi Railway “Minakuchi Jyonan Station”
    • Phone Number 074-863-5811
    • ・Season: From December 2022 to June 2023 (Reception from December; strawberry picking from January 4)
      ・Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Strawberry picking from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.)
      ・Fee: January 4 - February 28: Adults 2,300 yen, Seniors (65+) and elementary school students 1,900 yen, Infants (3 and up) 1,100 yen, children under 3 free
      ・March 1 - April 9: Adults: 2,200 yen, Seniors (65+) and elementary school students: 1,800 yen, Infants (3 and up): 1,000 yen, children under 3 free
      ・April 10 - May 7: Adults 2,000 yen, Seniors (65+) and Elementary school students 1,600 yen, Infants (3 and up) 900 yen, children under 3 free
      ・May 8 to late May: Adults 1,700 yen, Seniors (65 and older) and elementary school students 1,300 yen, infants (3 and up) 700 yen, children under 3 free
      ・All-you-can-eat for 45 minutes, all prices include tax, strawberries are available as souvenirs at the direct sales counter (limited number available)
      ・Strawberry variety: Akihime
      ・Closed: Open all year round
      ・Reservations preferred

      *No foreign language speaking staff at the strawberry picking farm. Please visit with a person who can interpret or use an interpretation app.

5. Berry Fields (Nara): 30 Minutes All-You-Can-Eat Nara Brand 'Nara Akari', 'Kotoka', 'Nanoka' Strawberries

5. Berry Fields (Nara): 30 Minutes All-You-Can-Eat Nara Brand 'Nara Akari', 'Kotoka', 'Nanoka' Strawberries

“Berry Fields Shimomura” offers 30 minutes of all-you-can-eat Nara brand strawberries. You can enjoy “Kotoka” with a rich flavor and high sugar content, as well as a new variety called “Nanoka” and “Nara Akari.” (Ony one or two varieties may be available at the time of picking, depending on the condition of the strawberries.)

Kotoka is especially rare and an expensive strawberry that is hard to acquire. When you take a bite the sweetness and the right amount of sourness will fill your mouth. After the staff is finished with their explanation, take the scissors and plastic bag and you are ready to start picking. Enjoy your picking!

  • Berry Fields Shimomura
    下村ベリー園
    • Address 989-8 Kinoharacho, Gojo, Nara 637-0076
    • Nearest Station About 30 minutes on foot from "Yamato-Futami Station" on the JR Wakayama Line, about 5 minutes by taxi
    • Phone Number 0747-24-3830
    • ・Season: From January 14 - May 28, 2023
      ・Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (last admission at 3:00 p.m.)
      ・Price: Adults (junior high school students and older): 2,200 yen, elementary school students: 1,500 yen, infants: 1,000 yen, children under 3: free
      ・All-you-can-eat for 30 minutes, all prices include tax, strawberries are available for purchase as souvenirs.
      ・Strawberry varieties: Koto Hana, Nanoka, Nara Akari
      ・Closed: Tuesdays
      ・Reservation required

6. Shigisan Nodokamura Farm (Nara): 30 Minutes All-You-Can-Eat Various Ripe Japanese Strawberries

6. Shigisan Nodokamura Farm (Nara): 30 Minutes All-You-Can-Eat Various Ripe Japanese Strawberries

Shigisan Nodokamura Farm offers over 30 types of fruit picking throughout the year. For strawberry picking in Nara, they offer a 30 minutes all-you-can-eat course with “Kotoka,” a Nara brand strawberry that has the right sugar content, sourness, and aroma, “Asuka Ruby,” and “Akihime” (variety available depends on the day).

No reservation is required, and it will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Numbered tickets will be issued if crowded.

The facility has a day campsite and a barbeque house where they provide the equipment.

Other popular activities are gathering eggs in a pen with 500 to 600 chickens and the mini-farm with goats and sheep. They also have classes where you can experience making jams, konjac, and soba (reservations preferred). If you contact them, they will provide a shuttle bus to Kintetsu Bus Shigisanmon Bus Stop.

  • Shigisan Nodokamura Farm
    農業公園 信貴山のどか村
    • Address 1 Come-7-1 Sangocho Shigiminamihata, Ikoma-gun, Nara 636-0833
    • Nearest Station Take the Nara Kotsu Bus Line to "Shigisanmon Bus Stop” from Kintetsu Ikoma Line “Shigisanshita Station” or JR “Oji Station.” 5 minutes by shuttle bus from “Shigisanmon Bus Stop.”
      Transfer at Kintetsu Osaka Line “Yamamoto Station,” take the cable car towards “Takayasuyama,” take the Kintetsu Bus to “Shigisanmon Bus Stop,” and take the shuttle bus for 5 minutes.
    • Phone Number 0745-73-8203
    • ・Season: January to May 2023
      ・Hours: December - February 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., March - November 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
      ・Fee: Adults (junior high school students and older): 1,500 yen, elementary school students: 1,200 yen, infants (3 and older): 600 yen, infants (1 to 2 years old): 200 yen
      ・All you can eat for 30 minutes. All prices include tax.
      ・Admission fee is required (March to November: 600 yen for adults, 350 yen for children; December to February: 300 yen for adults, 100 yen for children).
      ・Strawberry varieties: Koto Hana, Asuka Ruby, Akihime
      ・Closed: Wednesdays and Thursdays from December to February, Thursdays from March to November (open if the day falls on a national holiday), open daily in May and October.
      ・When crowded, numbered tickets will be issued on the day of the event on a first-come, first-served basis. Ends when all the red strawberries are gone.

7. Kishigawa Tourism Strawberry Hunting Association (Wakayama): All-You-Can-Eat Strawberry Picking with No Time Limit!

7. Kishigawa Tourism Strawberry Hunting Association (Wakayama): All-You-Can-Eat Strawberry Picking with No Time Limit!

Fruit kingdom Kinokawa City Wakayama Prefecture is thriving with strawberry cultivation. Here you can enjoy all-you-can-eat sweet large strawberries with no time limit. They use biotechnology to cultivate the strawberry “Marihime,” a Wakayama Prefecture original brand.

Since there is no time limit, you can take your time and pick strawberries. Please enjoy picking plump strawberries at Kinokawa City, which has been blessed with great climate and soil. Also, at the closest station (Kishi Station), you might see the cat station master “Tama.”

Health & Safety Measures
Sanitizer installed - Ventilation measures in place - Restricted admission, reservation system in place

  • Kishigawa tourism Strawberry hunting Association
    貴志川観光いちご狩り協会
    • Address 238 Kishigawacho Kodo, Kinokawa, Wakayama 640-0413
    • Nearest Station 15-minute walk from Wakayama Electric Railway Kishigawa Line Kishi Station
    • Phone Number 0736-64-7212
    • ・Season: January 20 - mid-May, 2023
      ・Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (until 2:00 p.m. at the reception desk; closes when the strawberries are gone)
      ・Price: Adults (junior high school students and older) 2,500 yen, children 1,800 yen (aged 3-12)
      ・All you can eat for an unlimited time.
      ・Strawberry variety: Marihime, Sachinoka, Kinoka
      ・Closed: Open all year round
      ・Reservations required (Reservations start from January 10, 2023, and are limited to reception on the day during January)

8. Vegetable Garden (Shiga): Strawberry Night Picking at this Illuminated Strawberry Farm!

8. Vegetable Garden (Shiga): Strawberry Night Picking at this Illuminated Strawberry Farm!

At Vegetable Garden, you can enjoy a magical strawberry-picking experience in Shiga in an illuminated environment. During the day, it is a bright and warm room, and at night they use illumination to create a romantic atmosphere to enjoy strawberry picking.

They have 9 types of strawberries centered on “Akihime.” Inside the facility, they have counters and tables, which creates a space like a cafe where you can relax. At night they have drink services and you can enjoy strawberry picking in a relaxed environment.

Health & Safety Measures
Indoor disinfection measures taken - Sanitizer installed - Ventilation measures in place - Plastic partitions installed - Limited capacity/increased space between seats - Restricted admission, reservation system in place - Entry declined to anyone who is feeling unwell - Masks required/temperature check enforced

  • Vegetable Garden
    ベジタブルガーデン
    • Address 1267 Ikedacho, Higashiomi, Shiga 527-0054
    • Nearest Station Take the bus heading towards Eigenji Shako Bus Stop from Ohmi Railway Main Line Yokaichi Station to Nyorai Bus Stop and walk for 8 minutes, or take the taxi for 15 minutes from Yokaichi Station.
    • Phone Number 080-6102-2671
    • ・Season: From January 2, 2023
      ・Hours: Daytime 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., Nighttime sunset - 9:00 p.m.
      ・Fee: Daytime: Adults (junior high school students and older) 2,300 yen, children (elementary school students) 2,000 yen, infants (3 years and older) 1,700 yen, children 2 years and younger free
      ・Nighttime: Adults (junior high school students and older): 3,300 yen, Children (elementary school students): 2,700 yen
      * Preschoolers can only attend daytime strawberry picking
      * All-you-can-eat 45 minutes, tax included.
      ・Strawberry brand: 9 brands centered on Akihime
      ・Requires Reservations

9. ADAMINE Plateau Farm (Nara): Strawberry Picking from Winter to Spring/BBQ and Activities in Summer!

9. ADAMINE Plateau Farm (Nara): Strawberry Picking from Winter to Spring/BBQ and Activities in Summer!

Gojo City, located on the border of Nara Prefecture, Osaka Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture is the home of “ADAMINE Plateau Farm.” It is located 200m above sea level and they offer strawberry pickings in Nara from winter to spring, and BBQ and athletic activities in summer.

Here you can pick the “Akihime” brand with high sugar content and low sourness. They use elevated cultivation, so it is easy to pick. The farm has various facilities, such as a grassy multipurpose open space and a direct shop that sells strawberries and shiitake mushrooms.

  • ADAMINE Plateau farm
    あだみね高原ファーム
    • Address 244 Onoshindencho, Gojo, Nara 637-0015
    • Nearest Station 25-minute walk from Kintetsu Yoshino Line Fukugami Station
      ADAMINE Plateau farm
    • Phone Number 080-2407-2217
    • ・Season: January 8 to May (Golden Week), 2023
      ・Hours: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
      ・Fee: Adults (junior high school students and older): 2,000 yen, children (elementary school students and older): 1,500 yen, children 3 years and older: 1,000 yen *Condensed milk: 50 yen (one time)
      ・All you can eat for 45 minutes, all prices include tax.
      ・Strawberry variety: Akihime
      ・Closed: Mondays (open if Monday is a national holiday)
      ・Reservation required

10. GREENARIUM Awajishima (Hyogo): Picnic Under Floating Strawberries!

10. GREENARIUM Awajishima (Hyogo): Picnic Under Floating Strawberries!

At “GREENARIUM Awajishima,” they have a unique strawberry picking experience in Hyogo. They offer the “Strawberry Picnic,” where you can have a picnic under the strawberries after you are done picking.

They have a cultivation shelf that moves up and down, one of the only few in the world, and it gives the illusion that the strawberries floating.

If you purchase the Strawberry Picnic coupon, you can rent items for picnics for free and receive one pack of strawberries. At the counter in front of the facility, you can purchase sweets and coffee for your strawberries. If you want to experience strawberry picking, you can ask the staff and purchase what you picked. (3yen/1g *prices may vary depending on the season) GREENARIUM also has a cafe and restaurant, and if you order lunch, you can experience sweet mini-tomato picking.

Health & Safety Measures
Sanitizer installed / staff wear masks, wash hands, disinfect, gargle, undergo temperature monitoring / division between "harvest area" and "picnic area" / admission restrictions, reservation system implemented / customers requested to wear masks

  • GREENARIUM Awajishima
    グリナリウム淡路島
    • Address 1550-10 Nojimatokiwa, Awaji, Hyogo 656-1726
    • Nearest Station Take the express bus from Sannomiya and get off at Awaji IC Bus Stop. Go down the steps and reach the general road, and from the Awaji InterChange Express Bus Stop, you can get on the Kitaawaji tour bus “Flower Ring Bus.”
    • Phone Number 0799-70-4179
    • ・Season: December 21, 2022 - end of May, 2023
      ・Hours: 11:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
      ・Fee: 1,300 yen for ages 4 and up, free for ages 3 and under *Maximum 90 minutes
      Included in the fee:
      ・Picnic area admission ticket, 1 pack of strawberries (1 pack's worth of strawberry harvesting may be available)
      ・Free rental of leisure seats and table mini chairs
      *The strawberry harvesting and weighing is not included in the plan, but can be experienced with separate payment at the park.
      ・Strawberry varieties: Akihime, Benihope, etc.
      ・Closed: Tuesdays
      ・Reservations required (strawberry picnic tickets can be purchased on the website).

Japanese strawberries carefully grown in greenhouses are large, juicy, and sweet. They are so delicious that it’s hard to stop eating. The greenhouses are quite warm compared to the outside temperature, so they are comfortable. Make sure to follow the rules of the farms and enjoy the sweet and delicious Japanese strawberries near Osaka!

* Due to COVID-19, business hours may be changed, temporary closures, and service contents may be changed.
*The information at the time of publication has been updated in December 2022. Please contact stores directly for the latest information.

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Kiko Matsuda, Keiko Kimura, Risa Tsuji, and a team of female writers familiar with Kansai. We love eating, drinking and traveling! We share fun information based on our experiences.

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