Just like cherries!? We introduce you to a tomato picking experience where you can eat as many thin-skinned, sweet tomatoes as you like!

Kuramoto Farm started a tomato picking business seven years ago with the aim of revitalizing the local area. Participants can enjoy freshly picked, sweet cherry tomatoes, and the greenhouse is filled with the bright laughter of participants enjoying tomato picking.

Hime Toma is an original mini tomato from Kuramoto Farm. It has a shiny finish like a cherry, and its surface is not perfectly round but rather uneven. Its thin skin makes it squishy, and unlike ordinary mini tomatoes, it has a soft, gummy texture. It has a high sugar content and tastes just like fruit. Its easy-to-eat sweetness is complemented by a refreshing sourness that is characteristic of tomatoes.
Even children who don't like tomatoes will probably think that they can eat Hime Tomatoes!

The secret to the sweetness of Hime Toma is to stress the roots. Water them in small amounts at a time, 30 to 40 times a day. This concentrates the moisture in the plant, bringing out its sweetness. Kuramoto Farm's unique bag cultivation method is also the secret to its delicious taste.

After being taught how to harvest by a staff member and borrowing special scissors and a container to put the stems in, it's time to start picking tomatoes!

Choose tomatoes that are red and shiny. To harvest, use scissors to cut just above the stem. Each seedling will have slightly different levels of freshness, firmness, and sweetness, so we recommend trying different seedlings and comparing them to find the one you like best. Enjoy the taste of freshly picked tomatoes to your heart's content for as long as you can.

You can take home as many souvenir tomatoes as you can pack. Enjoy them at home or share them with your friends.

The scissors have sharp tips, so please be careful when letting small children handle them.

This is an estimate of how many you can eat in an hour, but in my case, I was able to eat about 50, enough to fill up my stem cup!

Normally a pack contains 15 to 20 tomatoes and costs 550 yen, so this all-you-can-eat buffet is a great deal, considering it's a rare experience and also comes with a pack of tomatoes as a souvenir.

We received some great ideas about what to bring in. If you want to eat chilled tomatoes in the summer, please bring a bowl and ice water from home. Chilled tomatoes are great. I definitely want to try it!

Pick tomatoes and eat as many Hime Tomatoes as you like! They are as sweet as fruit and have a fun, squishy texture. Even children who don't like vegetables might be able to eat the sweet Hime Tomatoes that they picked themselves. Please try this rare tomato picking experience, which is held twice a year.

Kuramoto Farm

Address: 143 Miiri, Kisosaki-cho, KisosakiTown Mie Prefecture, 498-0802

Event period: May to June 2024 and Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from November to January 2025 (check the website or call for weekdays)

Time: 10:00-12:00 Time limit: 1 hour (all-you-can-eat)

Price [Tomato Picking]
Adults: 1,500 yen
Children: 1,000 yen (ages 3 and up)
*The fee includes the experience fee, rental items used in the experience, material fees, facility usage fee, all-you-can-eat cherry tomatoes, and a souvenir (1 pack).

[Take-out plan]
This plan does not include a harvesting experience and is just for take-home.
・1 pack ￥500
・2 packs ￥1,000
・3 packs ￥1,500
・4 packs ￥2,000

Ages: 3 to 90 *Children under 7 must be accompanied by a guardian.

For reservation
・Advance internet reservations: from one month before the start of tomato picking to the day before
[Tomato Picking] Kuramoto Farm Reservations　　　　　　　　　　　
・Advance phone reservations: 080-9433-5105 (9:00-18:00)
・ Same-day reception/reservations: 080-9433-5105 (9:00-11:00)

access
10 minutes by car from nagashima IC on the Tomei-Han Expressway
20 minutes by car from Yatomi IC on the Tomei-Han Expressway

Parking for 4 cars: Parked close to the house