Mother Farm
Mother Farm (マザー牧場, Mazā bokujō) is a theme park located inside the Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park and about 45 km due south of Tokyo. Situated in the southern part of the Bōsō Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture and not far from the summit of Mt. Sakuraisōshōkinada in Futtsu City, it is one of the largest privately owned green spaces open to the public in the Kantō region.[1][2]
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| Location | 940-3 Tagura, Futtsu,, Chiba 299-1731, Japan |
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| Coordinates | 35°14′45.7″N 139°56′5.4″E |
| Slogan | "An Entertaining Farm with Flowers and Animals" |
| Owner | Bōsō Bokujō |
| Opened | February 2, 1962 |
| Previous names | Boso Farm (changed in 1980) |
| Operating season | Year-round |
| Visitors per year | c. 850,000 annually (2016) |
| Area | 250 hectares |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 6 |
| Roller coasters | 1 |
| Website | www |
| Status | Operating |
History
Mother Farm was founded in 1962 by Hisakichi Maeda, a business tycoon who also ran the Sankei Shimbun, Osaka Shimbun, Osaka Broadcasting and Kansai Telecasting as well as the parent company that launched Mother Farm. Hisakichi's mother, who was a poor farmer, used to say, "If there was a cow in our house, life would be much easier," and this farm was named after her. Although Hisayoshi had previously acquired the land for Mother Farm as a candidate site for Tokyo Tower, the plan to build a giant tower there never materialized. Instead, the property became a pastoral resort and tourist-farm attraction. Blueberry cultivation began here in 1977 and in 1983 a pottery center was created. In 1994 a small chocolate factory was added and less than a decade later, some cookie production facilities. The grounds were substantially renovated in 1998 and in 2000 campsite facilities were established. In 2003 Mother Farm opened up a store in Ginza to market some of their goods and since 2005 they have also launched about a number of cafes in the Kantō region.[3]
References
- Gatewood, Jason (2020). "Mother's Farm: Mountaintop Petting Zoo and More in Chiba Prefecture". H&R Group. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- japan-guide (1 March 2021). "Mother Farm". Retrieved 2 November 2021.
- Mazā Bokujō (2020). "(in Japanese) Enkaku | Mazā Bokujō ni tsuite | Mazā Bokujō (沿革|マザー牧場について|マザー牧場）/ History | About Mother Farm | Mother Farm". Mazā Bokujō. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
This article incorporates material from the Japanese Wikipedia article on the same topic as well as this resource: Maeda, Hisa (2014). Mazā Bokujō Tanjō Monogatari (マザー牧場誕生物語) [Mother Farm's Birth Story] (in Japanese). Tokyo/Osaka: Sankei Shimbun Publications. ISBN 9784863061125.