Uesumiyoshi Farm (formerly Minna-no-Uen Uesumiyoshi)
Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan · Operator: 土地オーナー（立ち上げ支援：一般社団法人グッドラック／みんなのうえん、Osaka Metroエリアリノベ連携）
Overview
In Uesumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi Ward: a nagaya paired with a vacant-lot farm. Started 2023 as Minna-no-Uen Uesumiyoshi; since April 2025 it continues as owner-run Uesumiyoshi Farm.
Citizen participation
Neighbourhood plots reached on foot or by bike. The adjacent nagaya’s residents drop by; passers-by can see the garden. Ownership-led ops since April 2025 after Good Luck / Minna-no-Uen incubation.
Operating model
Osaka Metro area renovation reused a nagaya and the adjacent vacant lot as a farm. Minna-no-Uen incubated operations, then handed them to the landowner—a baton-pass model.
Impact
Demonstrates a handoff model so individual owners can sustain urban farms after civic incubation.
Land tenure
Owner-held land; ops transferred from Good Luck to the owner
Crops
- vegetables
Scale
120 m² — 4㎡×13区画。長屋（1階コミュニティスペース）と隣接
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