Farm Visit

[edlo]

Hello all,

I'm new to here and not sure if I could ask this question here.

My wife and I are planning to visit a fruit farm in August. And I would like to send an email to ask the farm if they're opening on a Sunday.

Could anyone please help me on the enquiry? Not sure if the following is ok and polite enough? (I could only handle some broken travel Japanese )

すめません、果樹園は日曜日で開業しますか?

Thank you in advance

Edward

[hatch_jp]

すみません、果樹園は日曜日は営業しますか?

[JonB]

it almost certainly will be open though as that is the day most Japanese go out and do that sort of thing. It would probably be closed on a week day like a Monday to make up.

But when in August? Watch out for the O-bon week:
In 2009, the peak of the Obon travel season is anticipated to take place between August 8 and August 16. The busiest days are expected to be August 8, 12 and 13 with people leaving the big cities, and August 15 and 16 with people returning to the big cities.

Why is this a problem? A lot of businesses still shut down that week even though it is not an official holiday like Golden Week. So be sure to add the date rather than just saying Sunday

[edlo]

すみません、果樹園は日曜日は営業しますか?

hatch_jp, thank you so much for the corrections

[edlo]

it almost certainly will be open though as that is the day most Japanese go out and do that sort of thing. It would probably be closed on a week day like a Monday to make up.

But when in August? Watch out for the O-bon week:
In 2009, the peak of the Obon travel season is anticipated to take place between August 8 and August 16. The busiest days are expected to be August 8, 12 and 13 with people leaving the big cities, and August 15 and 16 with people returning to the big cities.

Why is this a problem? A lot of businesses still shut down that week even though it is not an official holiday like Golden Week. So be sure to add the date rather than just saying Sunday

JonB, thanks for the tips. We're looking to visit one of the farms that allow people to pick the fruits in the Yamagata prefecture. And we maybe visiting on the 9th (Sunday), that's why I want to make sure before I go