This paper presents a review and clarifi cation of the research trends on urban farming in Tokyo and promotes a perspective on the future direction of that study. We focused on the following three points from the overview of urban farming in Tokyo: public benefits based on the agriculture and farmland in Tokyo, the agricultural business management in Tokyo, effect of the urban farmland policies such as Amendment of Productive Green Land Act. This research uncovered the necessity of sustainable research from academic points of view adequate to objects, improvement of the database for quantitative analysis, economic evaluation of intensive agricultural production technology.
