The strawberry picking season has arrived. A tourist farm in the city of Nobeoka, Miyazaki Prefecture, is busy with visitors. The Ichininoichigoen farm grows five varieties of strawberry with different sweetness and sourness: Beni-Hoppe, Oi-C Berry, Haruhi, Tochiotome and Sagahonoka. Families enjoyed picking and comparing the tastes of different kinds of large, red and ripe strawberries.

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