Konan Agream Fureai Citizen Garden
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan · Operator: 高松市（香南アグリーム・農業交流体験施設）
Overview
A citizen garden inside the 5-hectare 'Konan Agream' farming-exchange facility near Takamatsu Airport, where residents rent about 50 m2 for roughly 10,000 yen a year. Through harvest and cooking experiences it lets people touch rural life and acts as a food-education and community hub.
Citizen participation
Residents rent plots of about 50 m2 for roughly 10,000 yen a year to grow vegetables. The facility also offers harvest experiences for more than a dozen crops a year and cooking workshops (sausage, pizza, udon), making it a place to experience rural life and meet others.
Operating model
Operated by Takamatsu City's 'Konan Agream' farming-exchange facility, which combines an experience farm, citizen garden and cooking workshops, funded by plot fees and program charges.
Impact
Provides accessible growing and cooking experiences, functioning as a food-education and exchange venue that links city residents with the rural area.
Land tenure
Citizen garden within a city exchange facility; users lease plots for an annual fee.
Crops
- vegetables
- potato
- sweet potato
- bamboo shoot
- persimmon
Scale
50,000 m² — 高松空港近くの5ha農業交流体験施設内。ふれあい市民農園は1区画約50㎡を年間約1万円で貸し出し
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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