Experience

Farm & Factory Tours

Go behind the scenes and see how things are made at Hiroshima’s farms and factories. Explore over 100 years of Mazdas and watch workers assemble new ones at Mazda Museum Hiroshima. Learn about Calbee, one of Japan’s most popular snack companies and watch their factory at work at Hiroshima Calbee Snack Factory. Sample free wine while touring one of the leading wineries in Hiroshima. Indulge your curiosity in a range of industries from oyster to Benihoppe strawberry farming. We explore the places that make modern Japanese life possible.

Kikuta Farm (菊田農園)

Kikuta Farm sells the best grapes from their farm and grape vinegar made from their own grapes. The grapes grown at Kikuta Farm are large grapes, such as the famous Hiroshima Pione grape. The grape vinegar made from these grapes is popular for its acidity and fruity sweetness, and has many fans outside Hiroshima Prefecture.

Moment of Joy

The signature product of Kikuta Farm is the grape vinegar made with plenty of the excellent grapes grown on their farm. There are three types of grape vinegar in their repertoire: grape vinegar, grape vinegar ponzu, and drinkable grape vinegar. All of them are made without sugar, sweeteners, preservatives, or colorants, and are safe and reliable. One of the most popular is the “Drinkable Grape Vinegar. It is a vinegar drink made with grape vinegar and honey, and is recommended to be diluted 5 to 10 times with soda or water.