Tomoiki Farm (Kanagawa Prefectural Office rooftop)
Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan · Operator: 株式会社AGRIKO（委託元：神奈川県 福祉子どもみらい局共生推進本部室）
Overview
Opened August 2026 on the Kanagawa Prefectural Office east-building terrace. Aquaponics links food education, agri-welfare work and community-building in a civic rooftop space, making ‘living together with nature’ visible ahead of GREEN×EXPO 2027.
Citizen participation
Users of disability-support facilities join planting, nursery work, harvest and daily care to raise local wages. Children’s circular-system tours and processed-food projects will follow. Open on weekdays with the prefectural office; weekends/holidays mainly for events.
Operating model
AGRIKO operates under Kanagawa Prefecture commission, installing aquaponics on the office rooftop—using bamboo and scrap timber—as a public–private practice of the prefecture’s coexistence charter.
Impact
Layers agri-welfare, food education and circular production on a landmark civic rooftop, modelling closer urban ties to food and nature.
Land tenure
Operated under prefectural commission on a government-office rooftop
Crops
- herbs
- vegetables
- fish
Scale
神奈川県庁東庁舎11階テラス。アクアポニックスを核とした共生型コミュニティ農園
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