Blueberry Farm Tokyo (Higashi-Koiwa, Edogawa City, Tokyo)

Blueberry Farm Tokyo, opened in 2023 in Higashi-Koiwa, Edogawa City, by Yano Takayuki, the 17th generation of a farming family whose land dates to the Edo period. He converted a komatsuna field left unworked after his grandfather's stroke. Around 1,000 potted bushes carry 35 established varieties plus four under trial — among the widest selections in Tokyo — drawn from Australia, New Zealand, Georgia and North Carolina among others. The June-to-August season was chosen deliberately to coincide with children's summer holidays; the farm is 35 minutes from Tokyo Station.

Visitors first watch an explanatory film and hear a talk with regional origin maps and variety comparisons, then pick for themselves with a cup in a tented growing area. Because the pot-grown bushes are low, children and older people can harvest without difficulty.

A family farm in the city run as a pick-your-own visitor farm, switched from its traditional komatsuna production to blueberries, which ripen in time for the school summer holidays.

A response to the succession problem on urban farmland — land going unworked when the grower falls ill — by switching from labour-heavy leaf vegetables to a crop whose harvest can be handed to visitors. Pot cultivation with automatic drip irrigation keeps management light, and keeping the bushes low lets children and older visitors pick. Foregrounding variety tasting also turns what could be a simple harvest experience into food education.

Converted from the family's own inherited farmland.

This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.

• OfficialSightseeing-Style Urban Farm in Tokyo Promotes Delicious, Healthful Blueberries — Tokyo Updates（東京都、2026年8月19日） ↗tokyoupdates.metro.tokyo.lg.jp
• Officialブルーベリーファーム東京 公式サイト ↗blueberrytokyo.jp