{"id":85646,"date":"2016-04-05T11:41:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T02:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?p=85646&lang=en"},"modified":"2017-06-26T18:18:38","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T09:18:38","slug":"takenoko-harvesting-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/takenoko-harvesting-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Takenoko Harvesting in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sakura<\/em> may be the symbol of spring, but takenoko<\/em> (bamboo shoots) are commonly regarded as the taste of spring. These chunky shoots are at their best in April (the beginning of spring), and Kyushu is lucky enough to be home to one of the country\u2019s premium bamboo shoot-producing regions: Ouma, Kokura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu City. The bamboo shoots from here are used by high-end restaurants all over Japan! But don\u2019t just pick some up at the supermarket – take a day trip and go bamboo shoot digging! Tenacious takenoko<\/em> are as fun to dig as they are delicious to eat. Here are two great spots where you can try your hand at digging up takenoko<\/em>, plus one event where you can learn the best digging methodology directly from local farmers.<\/p>\n

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Ouma Takenoko Taiken-en<\/strong>
\nAddress: 452 Tsujimitsu, Kokura-minami-ku, Kitakyushu [Map<\/a>]
\nOpen: 3\/26 ~ 4\/30, 9:00~ (Sat., Sun. & Hol. only)
\nPrice: Adult \u00a5300, Child \u00a5100, Hoe rental \u00a5100
\n* \u00a5300\/kg of bamboo shoots
\nTel.: 093-452-0240 (Weekdays), 090-8225-9959 (Sat., Sun., Hol.)
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n

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Munakata Kanko Takenoko-en<\/strong>
\nAddress: 1142 Yamada, Munakata [Map<\/a>]
\nOpen: Throughout Apr.
\nPrice: Adult \u00a5300, Child \u00a5100, Hoe rental \u00a5100
\n* \u00a5300\/kg of bamboo shoots
\nTel.: 090-8222-1101 (Mr. Yoshida; reservation required)
\nWebsite<\/a><\/p>\n

Motegi Takenoko Festival<\/strong>
\nGreat opportunity to try digging for takenoko<\/em>! Local farmers will teach you how to dig up the shoots!<\/p>\n

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\u2022 4\/10 (Sun.) 10:00 ~ 15:00
\n\u2022 \u00a5400\/kg
\n\u2022 Motegi area, Ukihamachi Imogawa, Ukiha City [Map<\/a>]
\n\u2022 Tel.: 090-1086-9078 (Daytime; Mr. Sato), 090-2517-6760 (Nighttime; Mr. Nogami)
\n\u2022 PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nOriginally written in March 2016.
\nCopyright Fukuoka Now – including all text, photos and illustrations. Permission required to re-use in any form. Meanwhile, feel free to link to to this page.<\/em><\/p>\n

NOTE:<\/strong> The information presented here was gathered and summarized by the Fukuoka Now staff. While we have done our best to check for accuracy, there might be errors and details may have changed. If you notice any errors or changes, please contact us. This report was originally written in March 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sakura<\/em> may be the symbol of spring, but takenoko<\/em> (bamboo shoots) are commonly regarded as the taste of spring. These chunky shoots are at their best in April (the beginning of spring), and Kyushu is lucky enough to be home to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26238,"featured_media":85654,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"85646","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1769,4913],"tags":[5112,5124],"class_list":["post-85646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-activity","category-things-to-do","tag-festival","tag-outdoors","location-fukuoka-prefecture","location-kitakyushu","location-munakata","en-US"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/takenokohanbai-e1459757242733.jpg?fit=340%2C340&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26238"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85646"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85907,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85646\/revisions\/85907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}