Kurume City Kitano General Branch Office, Industry Promotion Division
TEL:0942783569
Area
Kitano Area (Northern Area)
Genre
Flowers and trees
Fees
Rental Bicycle: 100 Yen / bicycle / hour
Parking
Temporary Parking Lot at river bed of Chikugo River: about 400 vehicles
Parking Lot at Kitano General Branch Office of Kurume City: about 100 vehicles
*There are other temporary parking lots around Cosmea Road.
Traffic Regulation: From 10am to 5pm on weekends and holidays in early and mid-October, Cosmea Road will be a pedestrian road that vehicles cannot enter.
Access
By train - About a 5 minute walk from Nishitetsu “Kitano” Station on the Amagi Line
By car - From the Kurume Interchange off the Kyushu Expressway, turn right after crossing Aikawa Ohashi Bridge and drive upstream along the Chikugo River Bank Road for about 10 minutes; OR from the Ogori Interchange off the Oita Expressway, turn to left at the interchange exit and drive straight for about 10 minutes
During the flowering season in October, about 500 thousand cosmeas bloom across a roughly 4 kilometer (2.5 mile) stretch along a bank of the Jinya River. On weekends and holidays during the flowering season, a 2 kilometer area becomes a pedestrian road, and visitors can enjoy cosmea while relaxing.
Flowering Season for Cosmea: October (particularly the second through third weeks)
