3 discoveries
A small, naturally-farmed vineyard in the hills near Nasu where you pick straight off ~100 vines across 14 grape varieties and pay by the kilo — no flat entry fee, just cheap fruit you carry home yourself.
A breezy dairy farm on the Nasu plain where you can drink the milk fresh as soft-serve, pet the animals, try archery or fishing, and — on calm mornings — drift up over the fields in a tethered hot-air balloon.
A huge hilltop farm-park on the Boso Peninsula with sheep races, hand-feedable capybaras and alpacas, seasonal flower fields, and Tokyo Bay views — wholesome chaos with a Ferris wheel.