[Includes tasting of freshly harvested onions, onion chiffon cake, and milk ice cream] This is how Awaji Island onions are born! Uncover the secrets of onion production using the traditional "recycling agriculture" system that has been in place in Minami Awaji City for over 100 years. Japan Agricultural Heritage Tour & Onion Harvesting Experience (Minami Awaji, Hyogo)

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"Circular agriculture," a traditional agricultural system that has been practiced in Minami Awaji City for over 100 years, is a production circulation system unique to Awaji Island that combines rice, onions, and cattle farming. It was also recognized as a Japanese Agricultural Heritage Site in 2020.

To make effective use of limited farmland, rice and onions are grown alternately in the same place as a "double crop," but if this is continued, the soil will eventually lose its nutrients. That's where cow manure comes in as a surefire remedy. The rice straw produced by rice cultivation is used as cow feed, producing nutritious cow manure. This mutual support with the livestock industry keeps the farmland fertile, allowing for the production of delicious, sweet onions.

On this tour, you can actually harvest the delicious onions grown using this system while interacting with local residents. Afterwards, you can sample sliced onions with onion dressing to really experience the sweetness of the onions you harvested!

Furthermore, an official Minami Awaji City guide will take you to spots that are full of the region's unique characteristics, such as the "nagayamon" gates used by livestock farmers that support this "recycling agriculture," the "onion huts" that were designed as drying facilities suited to Awaji Island's climate, and the "irrigation ponds" that are the densest in Japan and were created to address the water shortages that have long plagued the island.

We will continue to make the most of what is available and produce quality products without waste.
Come experience the prototype of the SDGs that has been in place for over 100 years.

[Period of event]
End of February to early June Every Friday and Saturday

[Time Required]
Approximately 2 hours (harvesting experience and tour of surrounding facilities)

【time frame】
① Start time 9:00 End time 11:00
② Start time 10:00 End time 12:00
③ Start time 11:00 End time 13:00
④ Start time 13:00 End time 15:00
⑤ Start time 14:00 End time 16:00
⑥ Start time 15:00 End time 17:00

[Capacity]
Limited to one group per day (1-5 people)

[Support for other languages]
English available

Experience schedule example (starting at 10:00)
10:00 Meet at the parking lot (next to Oji Shrine, Kasumigo, Minamiawaji City)
10:00-10:40 Explanation of the Japanese Agricultural Heritage System "Recycling Agriculture" and tour of the surrounding area (visit the onion shed, cowshed, etc. while enjoying the scenery surrounded by nature)
10:40-11:20 Explanation of Awaji Island onions, onion harvesting experience
11:20-12:00 Freshly harvested onions (sliced or steamed whole),
Freshly squeezed milk ice cream and onion chiffon cake tasting event