In Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, there are many places where you can enjoy colored leaves such as Eisho-ji Temple and Ishibashi Cultural Center.
Kusano area was a castle town of the Kusano clan, a powerful clan in the medieval period. It was crowded as an inn town on the Bungo-kaido Road in the Edo period, and there are still buildings of both Japanese and Western styles that were built in the Meiji and Taisho periods.
The Chikugo River, which originates in Mt. Aso, is the largest in Kyushu with a total length of 143 km. There are a playground and a cycling road on the riverside.
In Kurume, Senkoji Temple called Hydrangea Temple is famous. In addition, hydrangea festivals are held at Mt. Kora and Ishibashi Cultural Center.
In Kurume, there are facilities such as Kurume camellia garden and Kurume city world camellia center where you can fully enjoy the charm of camellia!
Azalea from Kurume forest azalea park
(Taken on 21 April 2020)
Azalea from Kurume hyakunen park
(Taken on 21 April 2020)
At Tanushimaru station with the face of a water imp(Kappa), objects and statues of a water imp welcome you here and there.
You can enjoy tea time and shop for local products at the station.
Cherry blossoms from Washizuka Park and Hosshin Park in Kurume: 🌸
(Taken in March 2020)
Kurume is a "Fruit Kingdom" where you can enjoy fruit picking throughout the year. Strawberry, blueberry, grape, fig, pear, persimmon ... Which one do you like best?
Delicious fruits in summer, summer festivals, and fireworks displays.
Introducing the highlights of summer in Kurume!
You can enjoy blueberry picking from early June to late August. There are farms that sell original gelato and so on!
It's a rare fig picking that you can enjoy from the beginning of August to the middle of November. It's said that the first fig picking garden was established in Kurume.
It's a winery that brewed wine in Kyoho grape for the first time in Japan in 1972.
Depending on the season, you can enjoy many kinds of fruit wine such as strawberry, kiwi, blueberry, amanatsu, and persimmon!
This cultural and artistic facility was donated by the founder of Bridgestone, Shojiro Ishibashi.
The garden, decorated with azaleas, roses, iris, autumn leaves, and camellias, is dotted with cultural halls, museums, and Shojiro Ishibashi Memorial Hall, and is loved as a place for strolling and diverting.
How about picking pears full of juice at the pear farm that has been in Kurume for more than 100 years?
You can enjoy it from the end of July to the middle of October!
You can sample grapes for free at the grape picking farm.
There are many kinds such as Kyoho where Kurume is the place where the trees are planted, Shine Muscat, Aki Queen, etc.
You can enjoy grape picking from the middle of July to the end of September!
The king of persimmons, ”Fuyu Kaki”, as well as the new variety ”Soushu” and” Taishu”.
You can enjoy persimmon picking from late September to early December.
Kurume persimmons are getting sweeter with each drop as autumn deepens.
In Kurume City, there are 7 farms where you can pick strawberries such as Amao, the king of strawberries!
Depending on the farm, you can enjoy it from the beginning of December to the middle of May!
Kora Taisha is one of the largest shrine buildings in Kyushu, standing on Mt. Kora. It's also popular as a night view spot.
Bairinji is known as the best training hall for Zen in Kyushu.
There is a plum grove in the outer garden of the temple, and it is also famous for plum blossoms.
Kurume's Suitengu shrine, located near the Chikugo River, is the head shrine of all Suitengu shrines in Japan.
What is inside the Kannon statue? ...
We went inside!
Kurume is the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen. It was in 1937, and the first owner of Nankin Senryo, who still remains in Kurume, made a cloudy soup with stewed pork bones. This is said to be the origin of the tonkotsu ramen that is popular all over the world.
Kurume is one of the most famous sake brewing districts in Japan. Not only Japanese sake, but also fragrant sesame shochu, grapes, strawberries, blueberry wine, and so on. There are many variations!
The history of Tonkotsu ramen started in Kurume.
Kurume City, the birthplace of tonkotsu ramen, is full of ramen artisans and "tonkotsu LOVE" people.
Saturday night market held every Saturday from the end of June to July. Street stalls line the arcade in the center of Kurume City and it's crowded with many customers.
Kurume's summer festival is held in August. The Taiko (Japanese drum) performance, the abacus dance by 10,000 people, and the finale will be finished by Arima fire-fighting ladder man.
The biggest fireworks display in western Japan has a history of more than 300 years with 18,000 launches.
Okunchi in October is the biggest festival in Kora taisha shrine. Shinto rituals such as bow, lion dance, biwa, and drum are performed.
Oniyo is a traditional event that has been held for about 1,600 years and is one of the three major fire festivals in Japan. At 9 PM on January 7, six giant torches weighing 1.2 tons, and 13 meters in length will be set on fire. You will be moved by the tremendous power!
Enjoy sampling fresh sake, some of which are unique to the event, as well as food, drink, music, and festivities! Free shuttle buses will run between each of the participating breweries.
Kurumegasuri (Kasuri) was created by a 12-year-old girl in the late Edo period. Nowadays, not only kimono but also sneakers, bags, sundries, and other new products are being developed.