We often fight about who will get out first, if we need to grab something – like the tv remote. Of course, getting situated under your Kotatsu is such an ordeal, that once you’re situated underneath all the layers, it’s hard to leave. We’ll sit under our Kotatsu, watching tv, drinking green tea, and eating Japanese mikans all day long. It’s kind of like a ridiculous looking sleeping bag with a table top that’s lugging along an electric heater. During Japan’s cold winter season, we wedge ourselves under the Japanese kotatsu, a low table with an attached heater, which is then covered with a futon. In Japan, Mandarin oranges (we call them Mikan) are a popular winter fruit. If you want to find out more about you-pick-farms in the Sacramento area, check out our posts on apple picking & chestnut picking! Some orchards even offers pick-yourself days, which is a great activity to do with kids, families, and guests. We’ve got abundant berries during the spring and summer, ripe peaches and nectarines in summer, pitted fruits, persimmons and chestnuts in the fall, and citrus during the mild winters. Sacramento is lucky to have incredible produce all year round. It’s an activity that’s affordable, close to home, and a great way to spend time outside. Our favorite orchards offer mandarin picking, and it’s one of our top-rated activity to usher in the season. Northern California’s cool weather welcomes deliciously sweet & tangy mandarins to the orchards, east of Sacramento.
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