With the day off we headed out for a new adventure, to the farmlands of rural Japan to pick fresh pears, apples, and grapes! When you get in, you get to pick and eat unlimited fruit for 40 minutes, then you get charged by the kilo for whatever you take home. The pears were so sweet and the grapes were delicious!

After fruit picking we went to a local “Jinja” or Shinto temple because they are really neat to see.

Right next to the main temple building was another cool looking building with the door open. Naturally we went inside to check it out. There was so much nice decorative art, an empty room with tatami mats that looked beautiful, and… a kitchen? Uh oh. And a lady who just stepped out of the kitchen. And she looks confused and concerned. Uh oh, and she’s shooing us out of.. omg we are in her house! Whoops! Sumimasen!!

Apparently in Japan, people live on the temple grounds and take care of the temple full time. Yikes. Well now we know for next time! 😀