Maizuru Fururu Farm (舞鶴ふるるファーム)
Maizuru Fururu Farm is an agricultural park located in Sezaki, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture. It was opened on a part of the Oura-hanto Peninsula north to the center of Maizuru City on July 22, 2006.
Located in the mountains of the peninsula, it is a scenic spot that overlooks the sea. One can see Kanmuri-jima Island from this park on a clear day.
It houses the following facilities: A buffet restaurant of more than sixty kinds of natural food most of which are safe local produce; a handicraft workshop where one can experience working natural materials, and learning about the natural environment; a farmer's market; a strawberry greenhouse with the vertically arranged multi-layered hydroponic system which is available to a person in a wheelchair; allotment gardens (also referred as Klein Garten, in German meaning small garden) with seventeen land parcels for staying users; allotment gardens of twenty-one parcels for single-day users; and two cottages.
It is operated by Fururufarm Inc. which was designated to manage the farm.
Summary of the Facilities
Fururu zone for experiencing exchanges
Farm Restaurant Fururu: Open 11:00 to 15:00 for weekdays; 11:00 to 15:00, and 18:00 to 22:00 for Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Fururu handicraft workshop
Fururu Market (9:00 to 17:00)
Fururu Office
Farming zones
Strawberry greenhouse
Seasonal Vegetable Field
Open space with grass
Hoshi no Fururu Mura Zone (Zone of Full-of-stars village)
Two cottages
Allotment gardens (Klein Garten): Seventeen land parcels, yearly rent
Allotment gardens for single-day users: Twenty-one land parcels, yearly rent
Other
Parking area: For about eighty cars
Operator
Fururufarm Inc.
Location
60 Sezaki, Maizuru City, Kyoto Prefecture
Phone: 0773-68-0233; Fax: 0773-68-0700
Access
It is approximately a twenty-minute by car for Oura-hanto Peninsula from Maizuru Higashi Interchange of Maizuru-Wakasa Expressway.
Scenic Spots and Cultural Facilities in the Neighborhood
Maizuru Shinkai Koen (Maizuru Sea Park)
Maizuru Nature and Cultural Park
Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum
Maizuru Shisei Kinenkan (Maizuru City Commemoration Hall): 12 brick warehouses
World Brick Museum
Maizuru Red Brick Warehouses