Minna Batake community garden (Kunitachi)
Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan · Operator: 特定非営利活動法人 くにたち農園の会
Overview
An NPO community garden in Yaho, Kunitachi, offering both private and shared plots. Layers farm living with childcare and neighbourhood belonging, linked to the group’s wider farm-experience sites.
Citizen participation
Choose a personal plot or join shared plot days (Thursdays / second Saturdays). Homemade compost and tools, indigo and seasonal-cooking workshops, BBQs and fire gatherings.
Operating model
NPO-run as part of a Kunitachi network linking urban farmland, childcare and farm experience. Personal plots ~¥40–60k/year; community membership ~¥33k/year (day rates available).
Impact
Roots a citizen-collaborative urban-farmland model and sustains multi-generation places centred on growing.
Land tenure
NPO leases/uses urban farmland and premises for the garden
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
国立市谷保5069「暮らしのアトリエ 藍と土」併設。マイ区画（4〜8㎡）と共同区画（約100㎡）
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