Grape World:

Just got back from the town of Miki, home to a grape farm. These purple beauties make themselves available to hungry-eyed tourists en masse, at the minimal price of $5 or so.

Basically, you get a few mats, scissors and a washing bucket. Then you are directed to a section of the vinyard and you eat as many grapes as common sense dictates. we ate enough to pay for the admission. The unique experience of being surrounded by grapes and other grape-devouring otherlings was, as you may guess, free of charge.

next on my fruit touring circuit shall be Mikan, or Japanese mandarin oranges. Those beauties, known as the cheapest fruit crop in Japan, are due to ripen in late November...