coton Nakasemba
Osaka, Japan · Operator: 辰野株式会社
Overview
An approximately 153-square-meter urban community garden opened beside Kuho Park in Osaka's Semba district in March 2025. Its name draws on 'coton' (cotton) and 'co + on', evoking Semba's textile-industry heritage and a wish for soft, cotton-like human connections.
Citizen participation
In the heart of the Semba business district, children and adults take part together in everyday care such as watering and weeding. Harvest festivals and seasonal planting events create year-round opportunities to connect people with nature and with each other.
Operating model
An urban community garden created and run by Tatsuno Corporation, a real-estate and building company, using its own land to add greenery and vitality to the area and to build relationships with building users and local residents.
Impact
Offers a model of opening corporate-owned land as a community garden, providing one of the few patches of green relief in central Osaka, and has been featured by the Kinki Regional Agricultural Administration Office as an example of a downtown community garden.
Land tenure
Created and operated on land owned by Tatsuno Corporation in Osaka's Semba district.
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
153 m² — 大阪市中央区北久宝寺町、久宝寺公園の隣接地に約153平米のコミュニティ農園
Sources（3）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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