Tamonji Community Farm
Tokyo, Japan · Operator: NPO法人 寺島・玉ノ井まちづくり協議会（てらたま）
Overview
A temple parking lot in Sumida, Tokyo turned into a community farm by citizens through the priest's free loan (completed 2020) — a pattern of interim citizen greening of idle temple land.
Citizen participation
Built and run by volunteer citizens under a Sumida Ward grant; grows the heirloom 'Terashima eggplant', with plans for wheelchair-accessible growing and children's firefly observation.
Operating model
The temple lent its former parking lot free of charge (free loan) for community benefit; construction was funded by hometown-tax crowdfunding, run non-profit.
Impact
Linked use of idle temple land with heirloom-vegetable revival and welfare-oriented growing.
Land tenure
Temple parking lot lent free by the priest (free loan), then designated a Sumida Ward 'civic green space'.
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
276 m² — 多聞寺の駐車場跡 約276㎡。畑12ユニット、雨水タンク・ビオトープ・ウッドデッキ。2022年に墨田区「市民緑地」認定。
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