Lavender is known to have many beneficial properties, and it definitely makes for a gorgeous sight in flower fields. When you’re in Japan, drop by Farm Tomita, the go-to place for lavender cultivation in the country, for a much-needed, anxiety-relieving day trip.
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With a history hailing back from as far as 1952, Farm Tomita’s now-famed lavender cultivation is the work of Tadao Tomita, the grandson of the farm’s founder, Tokuma Tomita.
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In the summer of 1958, Tadao planted the first lavender field in Farm Tomita with his beloved wife, Sachiko. Despite the ups and downs that have affected the lavender cultivation industry, Farm Tomita has persisted and thrived.
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Farm Tomita specialises in lavender cultivation, with multiple rolling fields of lavender covering their land.
The farm not only produces heaps of the flower itself, but many products derived from lavender as well, including things like ice cream, pastries, desserts, soda, potpourri, essential oils, and perfume.
These products are proudly featured at the cafe on the farm, where visitors can enjoy delicious lavender-flavoured food and gorgeous scenery at the same time.
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There is even a perfume house where visitors can customise their very own lavender-scented oils and perfume based on their personal preference, in addition to observing the whole perfume-making process. Guests can also make scented bookmarks with their favourite perfume.
Farm Tomita doesn’t only feature lavender fields, but they also cultivate a vast variety of other gorgeous flowers, creating rainbow fields which are a breathtaking sight to behold.
There are also flower fields dedicated to each season, which means that no matter the time of the year, visitors will have some beautiful scenery to admire.
The farm boasts a cafe as well, which mimics a greenhouse so that visitors never miss out on the gorgeous scenery. Oh, to be surrounded by flowers as far as the eye can see!
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Whether lavender is your favourite flower or not, you’re sure to find a bloom that’s to your liking here. Don’t forget to take home a little souvenir or two before you leave – dried lavender smells heavenly.
Address: 15 Kisenkita, Nakafurano, Sorachi District, Hokkaido 071-0704, Japan
Opening hours: 9am-5pm, Daily
Contact: +81 167-39-3939
For more places that will bring you the healing presence of nature, check out this family-friendly park with a petting zoo, this vast flower meadow with an “Anywhere Door” just like in Doraemon, or catch these 12 types of sakura in Japan next spring.
Cover image adapted from: @farm_tomita_official, @farm_tomita_official, and @farm_tomita_official
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