The Experience and Interaction Activities of Farming Experience Farms during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Nerima, Tokyo

Abstract

In this study, we present the experience and interaction activities of farming experience farms in Nerima, Tokyo, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The status is as follows. First, farming experience farms functioned as a close place for city dwellers to experience agriculture, even under the unusual circumstance of the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, farmers devised ways to offer workshops that teach about farmwork, e.g., the use of video content. Finally, almost all of the various events at farming experience farms were cancelled, and interactions decreased. These results play a role in documenting the response to a contingency and examining future efforts toward the post-COVID-19 scenario.