{"id":2059,"date":"2015-10-09T09:42:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T00:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/welcome.city.matsumoto.nagano.jp\/modules\/xpressme\/?p=2059"},"modified":"2019-07-11T15:32:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T06:32:29","slug":"fruit-harvest-and-picking-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/fruit-harvest-and-picking-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Fruit Harvest and Picking Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2060\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2060\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/apple14org.jpg?resize=280%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"203\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i>Fuji<\/i> Apples with \u201cHoneycore\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2061\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/grape12org.jpg?resize=280%2C203&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"203\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two Kinds of Fresh Grapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><br clear=\"all\">In Matsumoto, Nagano, Autumn is a season for beautiful colored leaves, mushrooms in forests, and yummy FRUITS!<\/p>\n<p>You can buy and eat various kinds of apples and grapes in farmers&#8217; markets.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you pick apples in orchards and eat them immediately, you would be surprised that taste of fresh apples are different from usual ones you eat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/APPLE053.jpg?resize=544%2C317&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"317\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full\" title=\"GRAPEGA2\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GRAPEGA2.jpg?resize=300%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\">Experience of picking grapes and eating under grapes is fun and it will be good memory.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the orchards where you can experience fruit picking in or around Matsumoto are<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><!--Azumino Fruit Land, PAI cannot pick yourself-->Azumino Fruit Farm in Azumino, Northern Neighboring Town of Matsumoto (See Activities page of the downloadable <a href=\"http:\/\/www.azumino-e-tabi.net\/en\/contents03+index.id+4.htm\">English Gourmet Guide PDF<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azumino-e-tabi.net\/en\/sightseeing\/blueberryazumino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blueberry Azumino Orchard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unique-nagano.com\/detail.php?id=143\" target=\"new\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fumondi Orchard<\/a> in Shiojiri, Southern Neighboring Town of Matsumoto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/GRAPE.jpg?resize=580%2C411&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"411\"  data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/fruit-harvest-and-picking-season\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/fruit-harvest-and-picking-season\/\" data-text=\"Fruit Harvest and Picking Season\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Matsumoto, Nagano, Autumn is a season for beautiful colored leaves, mushrooms in forests, and yummy FRUITS! You can buy and eat various kinds of apples and grapes in farmers&#8217; markets. But, if you pick apples in orchards and eat them immediately, you would be surprised that taste of fresh apples are different from usual ones you eat. Experience of picking grapes and eating under grapes is fun and it will be good memory. Some of the orchards where you can experience fruit picking in or around Matsumoto are &nbsp; Azumino Fruit Farm in Azumino, Northern Neighboring Town of Matsumoto (See Activities page of the downloadable English Gourmet Guide PDF) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/fruit-harvest-and-picking-season\/\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/en\/gourmet\/fruit-harvest-and-picking-season\/\" data-text=\"Fruit Harvest and Picking Season\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"inline_featured_image":false,"spay_email":""},"categories":[2365,2356],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/blog.visitmatsumoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/apple14org-1.jpg?fit=280%2C203","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.9.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fruit Harvest and Picking Season | Visit Matsumoto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In Matsumoto, Nagano, Autumn is a season for beautiful colored leaves, mushrooms in forests, and yummy FRUITS! 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