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simmered pig leg and sangria
Osaka CastleFruit Picking in Osaka
If you are there in Autumn season, this farm is a great place to go.
Yamabikoen is located in the southern part of Osaka in Tondabayashi.
Mikan (mandarin orange) picking is available from Oct to December
Chestnut picking is available from September to October
And Sweet potato "digging" is available from September to November.
The place is run by a sweet elderly couple, but they do not speak much english though.
They have an open air BBQ pit area as well.
If you use their ingredients is 2500yen per person
If you are just renting the pit it's 500yen.
Great if you have just picked Sweet potatoes :)
For Mikan picking it's 800yen for Adults 700yen for Kids
How the "picking" works is that you pay a flat fee and you can pick as many as you like, but you have to eat your pickings in Yamabikoen itself.
For Chestnuts it's 1000yen for Adults 400yen for kids, but you get to take back home 500g of chestnuts on top of the ones you eat in Yamabikoen.
For Sweet Potato it's 220yen per piece.
Access is a little tricky but fun, as you get to see Rural Osaka.
From Nankai's Nanba station, take the Nankai Koya Line Express to Kawachinagano Stn.
Transfer to Kintetsu's Minamiosaka Nagano Line Semi-Exp train and take to Tondayabashi Stn.
From here take 金剛東条 Konga toujou bus (from 4th platform) and alight at 蒲 Gama bus stop.
Call 090-4303-9751 for a free pickup to Yamabikoen.
There's also a hiking course that starts from Takidanibudou Stn
Map's located here http://www.yamabikoen.com/img/high-course.gif
It's a 2.2km course that takes about 40mins.
If you drive there, parking is Free.
