We pick you up at your hotel in Nagano city or Yudanaka. This private tour of about 8 hours is for the apple season, from September to November. Nagano is the second biggest apple region in Japan, and the hills around the city are full of orchards.

Around 09:30 we arrive at an orchard in Iizuna. With the farmer you learn how to pick an apple by twisting it upwards. You can eat one on the spot and take some home. Allow about one hour.

Around 11:00 we visit the Iizuna apple area shops, where you can see many apple types side by side and try apple juice.

Around midday lunch is in Nagano city. Oyaki and soba are the local foods; halal food is not guaranteed.

In the early afternoon you visit Zenkoji, a big temple that has welcomed pilgrims for about 1,400 years. You walk up the Nakamise approach and see the main hall.

Around 14:30 we drive to Suzaka or Obuse for a cider stop at a local maker or shop. Adults can try cider; there are non-alcoholic apple juices and sparkling juice too. Your driver does not drink. Then we visit a second orchard or farm shop on the way back.

Around 16:30 you are back at your hotel.

Your plan is customizable: you can skip the cider stop, pick at two orchards, swap Zenkoji for Obuse town, or spend longer at the orchard, within the tour time.

This is a private tour. Only your group.

If the apple orchard is closed on your date, your driver-guide takes you to a similar place nearby instead. If you prefer, we can instead visit a farm shop for apple tasting and spend more time in Obuse.