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fruit picking (as a leisure outing)
Visiting an orchard or farm to pick and eat fruit, a popular seasonal outing in Japan. 果物 (fruit) + 狩り (picking, gathering).
果物狩りに行く。
We're going fruit picking.
秋は果物狩りの季節だ。
Autumn is the season for fruit picking.
家族で農園へ果物狩りに出かけた。
The family went out to an orchard for fruit picking.
果物 (fruit) + 狩り (gathering; the reading voices to がり in the compound). The 狩り suffix is used broadly for gathering or viewing outings, not just hunting.
RELATED OUTINGS:
- いちご狩り: strawberry picking
- ぶどう狩り: grape picking
- 潮干狩り: clam digging
- 紅葉狩り: autumn-leaf viewing