LOCAL FARM Okurayama Park
Kobe (中央区), Japan · Operator: 株式会社ファクティブ（LOCAL FARM）
Overview
A smart rental farm at the north edge of Okurayama Park in Chuo Ward, offering empty-handed vegetable growing beside the cultural hall.
Citizen participation
Smart rental plots inside the park with tools and app support; open enrolment online, waitlist when full.
Operating model
Park-based rental farm under Kobe’s garden programme; plot fees.
Impact
Turns a corner of a central park into citizen growing space and supports park use and community ties.
Land tenure
Allotment use within an urban park
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
大倉山公園北端。4／6／8㎡区画。地下鉄大倉山駅徒歩6分
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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