It's finally mikan season!

Last year we arrived at the mid-tail end of mikan season. Mikan are essentially satsuma oranges/tangerines...but even better. This year we went mikan picking with friends.

They have a special type of scissor that allows you to easily cut the stem.


The trees are pretty much our height, so it made for easy picking.

It also made it easy for Ian to walk underneath. I had to do a lot of ducking to keep up with him. Of course, he had a tendency to go for the moldy mikan on the ground.

Here is Ryan proudly displaying his basket (along with Tim smiling for the picture). We had a contest to see who could pick the smallest mikan. (typically the smallest mikan taste the best) Ryan was in first place for a while, but by the end of the day he dropped down to 3rd. There was also a contest to see how many mikan you could eat that day. I think Ryan's boss ate somwhere in the range of 12-15. That's dedication.



We came home with a lot of mikan...which is a little tricky when we're heading to the US in 1.5 weeks. You really can never have enough mikan, though, so we'll be fine.