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apple orchard
An orchard where apples are grown commercially. Common throughout the apple-producing regions of Japan, especially Aomori, Nagano, and Iwate. Often appears in tourism contexts, since many orchards offer pick-your-own apple experiences (りんご{狩り}) in the autumn harvest season.
りんご園を訪れる。
To visit an apple orchard.
秋になると、りんご園は真っ赤な実でいっぱいになる。
When autumn comes, the apple orchards fill with bright red fruit.
青森のりんご園では、家族連れがりんご狩りを楽しんでいた。
At an apple orchard in Aomori, families were enjoying apple picking.
Compound of りんご ('apple') and the suffix 園 ('garden; orchard; plantation'), commonly attached to fruit names to denote orchards: also seen in ぶどう{園} ('vineyard'), みかん{園} ('mandarin orange grove'), 梨園 ('pear orchard'). The headword is usually written with りんご in kana, though the kanji 林檎 also appears.
USAGE:
- Strongly associated with northern Japan, especially Aomori (Japan's leading apple producer) and Nagano.
- Many orchards are open to the public during the autumn harvest for りんご{狩り} ('apple picking'), making the word common in tourism brochures and seasonal news.
- Other plantation suffixes are: 園 (general, for fruit/flower farms), 農園 (a working farm garden), 果樹園 (fruit orchard, more general).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- りんご園を経営する: to run an apple orchard
- りんご園を訪れる: to visit an apple orchard
- 広いりんご園: a vast apple orchard
- りんご園でりんご狩り: apple picking at an orchard
- 家族経営のりんご園: a family-run apple orchard
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 果樹園: fruit orchard — general term for any orchard.
- ぶどう{園}: vineyard — same suffix pattern but for grapes.
- 農園: farm; plantation — broader term for a cultivated farm or garden, including fruit, vegetables, and flowers.
- 林檎農家: apple farmer / apple-growing household — refers to the people, not the place.
- りんご狩り: apple picking — the seasonal activity at a りんご園.