Togokusan Fruits Park, an agricultural park full of attractions from harvesting to gourmet dining!

“Togokusan Fruits Park” is located in Moriyama Ward, Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture.

There are 17 kinds of orchards, such as peaches, grapes, and apples, as well as tropical fruit greenhouses from around the world. This is a fruit-themed agricultural park where you can learn about and appreciate various fruits and plants up close. You can also enjoy sweets made with seasonal fruits at the rest house in the park. You can enjoy the blessings of nature throughout the four seasons, with fruit picking experiences and fruit sales.

This time, we will fully deliver the charm of Togokusan Fruits Park.

What is "Togokusan Fruits Park,”
​ an agricultural park celebrating its 40th anniversary?

Mt. Togoku (elevation 198.3m), the highest mountain in Nagoya City

Togokusan Fruits Park is located at the foot of Mt. Togoku surrounded by a rich natural environment. Opened in April 1980 as a multi-purpose agricultural park, providing a place to come into contact with nature in the city, a place to enjoy plant observation and walks, and guidance and research on fruit tree cultivation techniques. This year marks the 40th anniversary. It is popular as a unique agricultural park with the theme of fruits.

In spring, about 1,000 cherry trees, including the weeping cherry trees, bloom, making it a very popular cherry blossom viewing spot!

17 kinds of orchards
​where various fruits grow in each season

Let's go to the orchard first!

Pears, blueberries, apples, and other seasonal fruits grow in the orchards on a vast land of approximately 22,000 square meters. There are few opportunities to know how the fruits that we usually eat are like. It is also popular as a food education for children.

Mr. Ogawa and Mr. Noguchi, who are in charge of the orchard, showed us around.

First, go to the mandarin orange garden. At the time of the interview, they were in the stage of thinning out and making the fruit bigger.

Togokusan Fruits Park cultivates about 150 trees of 23 different varieties of citrus, including "Unshu Mikan". A harvest experience is held on the weekend when the yield is expected in mid-October.

Next, we went to the chestnut garden. There are a lot of big chestnuts!

At Togokusan Fruit Park,  about 25 trees of 11 varieties, such as "thornless chestnut", "porotan", and "Moriwase" are cultivated.

Lastly, the apple orchard. Togokusan Fruits Park cultivates about 120 apples of 26 varieties, including representative apple varieties such as Fuji and Orin. It's quite rare to see a familiar fruit on a tree like this, isn't it?

You can harvest seasonal fruits! Harvest experience

Harvesting experiences are held mainly on weekends when harvest yields are expected to be high. The harvest is sold by weight. Check Togokusan Fruits Park's twitter and Instagram for the harvest experience schedule!

Plum ：June
Blueberry: July-August
Pear: August to September
Apples: September to November
Mikan: October
Oyster: November

▼ Click here for details
https://www.fruitpark.org/event-information/harvest-experience.html

Opened in December 2018! Lemon orchard "Furusato Nagoya Lemon Garden"

The lemon orchard “Furusato Nagoya Lemon Orchard” opened in December 2018. This facility is jointly operated by Pokka Sapporo Food & Beverage Co., Ltd. and Nagoya City Green Association. A few years after the lemon saplings grow, you can enjoy winter harvesting and cultivation experiences that have never been done before. We're looking forward to it!

You can observe rare fruit trees
"World Tropical Fruit Greenhouse"

The two large and small dome-shaped greenhouses are modeled after the keyhole-shaped burial mounds, one of the many ancient burial mounds that exist around Mt. Togoku.

Next, let's go to the "World Tropical Fruit Greenhouse"!

In the greenhouse, 282 tropical and subtropical fruit trees of 104 varieties, including bananas, papaya, coconut palms, litchi, and jackfruit, are planted. You can observe rare fruits from all over the world.

<Greenhouse viewing fee>
300 yen for adults (free for junior high school students and younger)
・100 yen for those over 65 who live in Nagoya city
・20% discount for groups of 30 or more
・Annual passport 900 yen for adults

Once inside...it's like a jungle! There are many fruit trees that we have never seen before.

Mr. Nakajima, who is in charge of the greenhouse, showed us around.

All of a sudden, our question is, is a banana a tree?

It is often referred to as a "banana tree," but bananas are actually "grass." What looks like a tree is a series of overlapping leaf bases. The image is that of an onion skin.

After the flowers bloom, the fruit grows. we had no idea that bananas, which we eat everyday, grow in this way. Incidentally, India produces the most bananas in the world.

This is "Koparamitsu".

It resembles the jackfruit, the world's largest fruit, but the big difference is that the fruit is smaller and has a stronger aroma. The ripe fruit can be eaten raw around the seed and is juicy like a pear.

Next is "gourd tree". There are fruits on the tree trunk. This is a surprise! ! Although it has nothing to do with Japanese gourd, it is used for similar purposes such as containers.

The fruits introduced here are just a few. It is easy to find because there is a plate like this where the fruit is growing. The fruits that can be seen in each season are also different, so please enjoy the difference!