Vissel Kobe Noesta Farm (Noevir Stadium Kobe)
Kobe, Japan · Operator: ノエビアスタジアム神戸（御崎公園球技場）
Overview
A membership rental garden attached to Noevir Stadium Kobe in Misaki Park. By embedding a growing space within an urban sports venue, it offers an example of urban farming where residents enjoy growing vegetables right beside the stadium.
Citizen participation
A rental garden attached to Noevir Stadium Kobe, the home ground of Vissel Kobe in Misaki Park, where users lease 4-square-meter plots on annual contracts to enjoy growing vegetables, with use of the stadium's underground parking, linking an urban sports hub with farming.
Operating model
A plot-rental garden run by Noevir Stadium Kobe, operated on a membership basis with an annual contract fee (92,400 yen for 4 sqm) plus an 11,000 yen joining fee, and listed on Kobe City's 'Town Farm Navi' as an urban-farming site.
Impact
As an unusual attempt to attach a citizens' garden to a professional football stadium, it is positioned within Kobe City's urban-farming policy (Town Farm Navi).
Land tenure
A membership rental garden run alongside Noevir Stadium Kobe (under designated management) in Misaki Park.
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
神戸市兵庫区御崎町、御崎公園内のノエビアスタジアム神戸に併設。1区画4平米
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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