Nov 13, 2012 - 1 min read

Mikiyama Mushroom Hunt

Learning about wild food in a Hyogo forest park

By Benjamin Stock

Community writer

Mikiyama Forest Park offers beautiful scenery for a mushroom hunt.

Every group is accompanied by a knowledgeable guide.

Keep your eyes on the ground, and you may find a rare specimen such as this 'sakuratake'.

Participants of all ages hunt high and low!

Nothing is more exciting than discovering a handful of choice chanterelles.

Everyone pitches in to prepare the mushrooms for lunch.

The children were eager to help with mushroom chopping.

Miso soup with wild mushrooms offers a number of unique textures and flavors.

After lunch, the experts explain which mushrooms are edible and which are deadly.

If you're lucky, you might even get some mushrooms to take home!

Mikiyama Forest Park is a nature preserve in Miki City that offers a variety of regular activities and special events, not least of which are the twice annual mushroom hunts. Join 40 to 50 participants, along with several guides, to scour the forest, searching for either summer varieties in July or fall varieties in October. Edible mushrooms are used in making miso soup, which is enjoyed by all. The event is ended with an in-depth explanation (Japanese only) of the collected mushrooms, so you can learn how to avoid the more deadly species!

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Bryan Baier

Bryan Baier 12 years ago

Really cool! I want to try that.

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