Farm Stays in Ukiha : A Journey Through Our Way of Life
【農泊について】
私たちが目指す農泊は、「古民家」と農業をはじめとしたうきはならではの「体験型コンテンツ」を通じて、
訪れる人が「暮らすように旅する」ことのできる体験をしていただくことを目指しています。
- Farm Stays the Concept -
The goal of the farm stays we offer is to provide every visitor to Ukiha with experiences
that allow them to take a "journey through our way of life."
These unique experiences are delivered through activities that are unique to Ukiha,
making use of local features such as the area's agriculture industry and traditional Japanese-style houses.
古民家活用×滞在×体験による「ファームステイ型の農泊」の創設
市内には、フルーツやスイーツなどの「食べる資源」、吉井の白壁やつづら棚田などの「見る資源」、観光農園や陶芸などの「体験する資源」など、様々な地域資源を有し、宿泊滞在をセットにした場合に巡る選択肢が多いのが特徴です。
私たちは、空き家・古民家の活用と体験型プログラムを組み合わせることで、地域の困りごとの解決を通じた社会貢献活動を進めます。
Creating a New Style of Farm Stay Accommodations with Traditional Japanese-Style Houses and Activities
The city of Ukiha is endowed with an array of local resources. These include culinary resources such as the local fruit and confections, visual resources such as the Tsuzura rice terrace and the historic white-walled buildings of Yoshii, and experiential resources such as the area's tourist-friendly farms and ceramics workshops. Ukiha offers overnight visitors with a uniquely large number of itinerary options.
Our lineup of local activities and use of traditional and other repurposed houses reflect our ongoing commitment to helping the region overcome the issues it faces in a manner that is socially responsible.
豊かな自然・農林業資源を活かした、高付加価値な飲食サービスを提供
多くの生産量を誇る野菜やフルーツのほか、山間地が多い地域ならではの課題であるイノシシやシカ等の有害鳥獣を使い、来訪者・滞在者に楽しんでもらうことのできる飲食サービスの造成を進めます。
Leveraging Our Region's Natural Splendor, Farms, and Forestry Resources to Provide High Value-Added Food Services
To create food service options for visitors and overnight tourists to enjoy, we are utilizing not only Ukiha's massive output of vegetables and fruit, but also the area's population of deer, wild boars, and other animals that pose a potential threat to agriculture, which collectively are an issue facing areas with large amounts of mountainous terrain.
福岡都市圏から近距離の立地を活かしたインバウンド等の誘客
うきは市は、福岡都市圏から車で約1時間の距離にあり、一大観光地としての大分県は別府・湯布院とも近く、非常にアクセスがよい立地です。
福岡都市圏を基点に観光周遊を考えているインバウンド観光客のほか、国内観光客に響く体験・滞在型プログラムの造成を進めます。
Attracting Customers, Including Inbound Tourists, With a Location Close to the Fukuoka Metropolitan Area
The city of Ukiha is located roughly one hour by car from the Fukuoka Metropolitan Area. Its exceptionally convenient location is also a short distance from Oita Prefecture municipalities of Beppu and Yufuin, both of which are major sightseeing areas.
We are developing a range of activity and accommodation options that will resonate with inbound tourists who are interested in using the Fukuoka Metropolitan Area as their home base for a sightseeing tour, as well as with tourists from within Japan.
うきは市の農業を取り巻く環境
うきは市は福岡県の南東部に位置し、大分県との県境にあります。市の南部には屏風を広げるように東西に連なる耳納連山、山の麗には果樹園が広がり、北部には雄大に流れる筑後川など、自然環境に恵まれたまちです。そして、その恵まれた自然環境は、フランスのワイン産地ボルドーやアルザスとよく似た日本でも非常にめずらしい地質・地形を有していることもあり、うきは市の農業をとりまく環境は「うきはテロワール」とも呼ばれています。
About Ukiha: Agricultural Lands
Ukiha is located in southeastern Fukuoka Prefecture, on the border with Oita Prefecture, in an area blessed with natural beauty. Across the southern part of the city, the Mino Mountains extend like an ancient folding screen from east to west. Orchards stretch out through the foothills of the mountains. In the city's north, the majestic Chikugo River flows. These and other natural features are joined by terrain and geological features the likes of which are rarely seen anywhere else in Japan. Rather, the area around the farmlands of Ukiha closely resembles the famous French wine regions of Bordeaux and Alsace, to the extent that it is referred to as the "Ukiha terroir."
うきは市の空き家・古民家を取り巻く環境
1）うきは市における空き家数は1,460戸（住宅総数は、11,080戸）であり、空家率は13.2％と全国における13.5％とほぼ同数となっています。
特に、専用住宅及び併用住宅、店舗・事務所における空き家のうち、半数以上（全776戸のうち437戸）が修繕不要又は小規模修繕で活用可能なものとなっています。
2）「古民家（※1古民家とは築50年以上の伝統工法及び在来工法）古民家鑑定士教本より」といわれる住宅も数多くあり、文化的価値を高めた上での活用を進めていくことが必要であるといえます。
3）平成29年11月には、150年前の古民家を改修し、十割蕎麦と地元食材を楽しめるレストランカフェ・農家民宿施設である「FARM THEATRE 山北小路（ファームテアトルやまきたしょうじ）きふね」や築６３年の古民家を改修したコワーキングスペース兼レストラン「Flatform UKIHA」が次々にオープンし、古民家活用への機運が高まっています。
About Ukiha: Traditional Houses and Vacancy
1) There are 1,460 unoccupied houses (occupied houses: 11,080) in the city of Ukiha. The city's vacancy rate of 13.2% is roughly the same as Japan's overall vacancy rate of 13.5%.
Notably, among the city's unoccupied vacant private houses, shared-use houses, and housing units within store or office buildings, over half (437 of 776) are available to be used either without the need for repairs or with only minor repairs required.
2) Ukiha is home to a large number of residences that are considered to be "kominka," or traditional Japanese-style homes. (*1: The Kominka Appraiser's Handbook defines a kominka as a house that is at least 50 years old and has been built using traditional or conventional construction methods.) There is an expectation that if these buildings are to be used, it should be done in a way that elevates their cultural value.
3) November 2017 saw the opening of Kifune Farm Theatre, a restaurant, cafe, and farmhouse bed-and-breakfast where guests can enjoy soba noodles made with 100% buckwheat flour and other dishes featuring local ingredients, all in a restored 150-year-old Japanese-style house. That was followed by the opening of Flatform Ukiha, a shared work space and restaurant in a restored 63-year-old Japanese-style house. The repurposing of Ukiha's traditional Japanese houses continues to gain momentum.
