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[Tsuruya Kissho Tei] Family-friendly tangerine picking experience: Izu’s seasonal fruits such as Early Season, Unshu, and Navel.

2024.03.06

From February 20 to March 31, 2024, Tsuruya Kisshotei is offering an overnight stay plan that includes a 30-minute all-you-can-eat mandarin orange picking admission ticket and dinner of sashimi-broiled sea bream.

Plan to enjoy Izu in spring is now available!

Shizuoka Prefecture, with its mild climate throughout the year, is a major citrus grower. The sunshine produces delicious oranges with a perfect balance of sweetness and tartness. On a clear day, you can enjoy picking freshly picked oranges at a farm with a great view of Izu Oshima Island.

[Dinner] Kaiseki cuisine boasting freshly fried tempura at the "Aya" restaurant - Kitagawa Romance

Dinner is a kaiseki meal with as much freshly fried seasonal tempura as you like, with a gift of braised sea bream and aragoshimikan sake or orange juice.

Kitagawa Onsen (hot spring) in Higashi Izu is a quiet, small port town boasting gourmet seafood and a spectacular view of Sagami Bay. Enjoy picking mandarin oranges at a hilltop farm, and relax in a natural hot spring with its own hot spring source.

Outline of the "Family Harvest Experience "Mikan Picking" Plan with Free Accommodation for Infants and a Snapper

Period: 2024/2/20~3/31
Charge: per person per night with evening meal and breakfast
・19,500 yen and up (4 persons/room), 20,500 yen and up (3 persons/room), 22,500 yen and up (2 persons/room)
*Tax and service charge included, bath tax 150 yen extra, day of the week and season rates available, child rates available
meal: Dinner: Kaiseki cuisine boasting freshly fried tempura at the “Aya” restaurant – Kitagawa Romance
Breakfast: Japanese-style meal with locally produced and locally consumed dishes such as dried fish grilled over a charcoal fire and fluffy dashimaki tamago (rolled egg) at the “Aya” restaurant.

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・Invitation to all-you-can-eat mandarin orange picking for 30 minutes *Offer valid for children up to elementary school age
Location: Hinokuchi Garden (tentative) – 10 minutes from the inn
*The park may be closed depending on the growing conditions of mandarin oranges.
*In case the park is closed, a souvenir set of New Summer Fruit will be provided per room.
・Infants (3~5 years old) stay free of charge (meals and bedding included)
・A glass of “Aragoshimikan-shu” or orange juice at dinner
・Private open-air baths are available at half price. Usually 2,000 yen (45 minutes) → 1,000 yen (45 minutes)
・One room with one sea bream cooked in its original form as a gift.

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