Yuzu and Citrus tours in Japan
For Professional, Amateurs and Every Visitors
For fruits growers
Seasonal tours of key orchards and citrus production territories in Japan. Focus on varities discovery, horticulture technics and tools, post-harvest processing, conservation, transformation, pre-harvest key activities, pruning, fertilizing, pest controlling. Meet growers, technicians and agro engineers. Visit facilities. Develop a deep understanding of Japan’s key fruit production ecosystem and enjoy the food culture of provincial Japan on the way.
For fruits transformers
From orchards to consumers, discover processing methods, pressing facilities, processed fruits usages, traditional products and newly developed products, culinary and food industry usages, specialty stores outlet shop designing and services practices.
For chefs and gastronomy stakeholders
Discover citrus usages and deepen your knowledge of Japanese cuisine in the production regions.
For all citrus stakeholders
Japan is a treasure trove of citrus still largely unknown and a key entry point into the understanding of Japanese agriculture and rural ecosystems, from farm to table.
Tour formats
- Tours are planned according to your needs.
- Planning is offered year-round, but fruits are seasonal - as you know - and facilities are of interest in provinces at specific times only.
- Tours are technical first but also include as a matter of fact opportunities to discover and enjoy the rural side of Japanese cooking traditions at meal times and more
- All technical topics covered, from standard orchard management to AI/IoT trials and all topics along the line from trees to consumers.
Tours for chefs and food stakeholders
- Citrus are part of an ecosystem of culinary traditions and cannot be viewed as single independent items. The purpose of a citrus tour from a culinary point of view is to embrace the whole ecosystem, from orchard to table and everything that comes between, that includes food markets, food transforming factories, orchards of course, food outlets and the kitchens inside, all with tasting opportunties.
- Meals at unlisted restaurants, but also stops at pastry makers, traditional and modern, are among the must-go list of destinations.
- Shops and kitchens design is also part of the discovery trail, what with tools of the cooking trade.
Destinations
Depending on varieties and seasons, citrus are to be discovered year round for production specialists, but especially from November for acidic citrus, Satsuma and Buntan, and around March for oranges and most sweet types of fruits. Destinations are located near Tokyo or further down the South Western axis of the country near Osaka, Hiroshima and the Shikoku island down to Kyushu and Okinawa.
An Important Message on Seed and Seedlings removal from Japan
Since April 2021, Japan has made illegal the carrying or sending of seeds or seedlings of domestically developed farm products out of the country.
Individuals found to have illegally exported designated agricultural products can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, or fined up to 10 million yen ($91,500) or punished with a combination of both, while institutions could face a fine of up to 300 million yen.
Citrus and crop focused tours are an uphill endeavor designed on building trust with destinations. Any inappropriate act during visits including fruits or seedlings or seed snatching and smugling is not only illegal, but will jeopardize Nextaroma’s business. Clients are requested to behave legally and bear the consequences of illegal behaviors.
Individuals found to have illegally exported designated agricultural products can be sentenced to up to 10 years in prison, or fined up to 10 million yen ($91,500) or punished with a combination of both, while institutions could face a fine of up to 300 million yen.
Citrus and crop focused tours are an uphill endeavor designed on building trust with destinations. Any inappropriate act during visits including fruits or seedlings or seed snatching and smugling is not only illegal, but will jeopardize Nextaroma’s business. Clients are requested to behave legally and bear the consequences of illegal behaviors.