The Kuju Flower Park offers stunning seasonal displays of flowers set against beautiful mountain scenery.
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The Kuju Flower Park, or Kuju Hana Kouen くじゅう花公園, offers seasonal displays of over 3 million flowers in 500 different varieties from spring to late autumn. The park covers 49 acres of the beautiful Kuju plateau, the Kuju mountain range making a stunning alpine back drop and the sleeping buddha of Mount Aso, a vista in the distance.
Beautiful carpets of flowers cover the gentle slopes offering a spectacle of colour and fragrance. Tulips, daisies and lillies in the spring, lavender throughout the summer, and colourful cosmos in the autumn. In the summer months blueberry picking is possible for a small extra charge. The park sells a variety of special foods; gelato and soft cream in seasonal flavours such as lavender and blueberry, handmade bread and healthy teas made from wildgrasses and herbs. The buffet restaurant offers over 40 different dishes to choose from all created from fresh Kuju produce.
See below for what major displays of flowers can be seen:
Spring
Mid March to Late May – Pansies (パンジー)
Mid April to Early May – Tulips (チューリップ)
Mid April to Early June – Poppies (ポピー)
Mid April to Early June – Spring Rainbow Blossom Festival (春の七色花祭)
Late may to mid June – Rose Garden, 350 varieties of rose in bloom (ローズガーデン祭)
Summer
June 6th to July 10th – Lavender festival, over 30,000 lavender plants and a variety of lavender goods to try.(ラベンダー）
July 16 to August 7th – Casablanca lillies (カサブランカ)
July 16 th to 31st – Hydrangeas (アジサイ)
July 9th to Sep 19th – Blueberry picking, 500 yen over 3000 blueberry bushes and 10 different varieties of blueberry to sample
Autumn
Oct 1st to 10th Cosmos festival (コスモス祭)
Mid October to Late October – Chestnut Tiger Butterflies (アサギマダラ) migrate over 2,200 km and visit Kuju Flower Park in spring and autumn on their migration route.
Oct 15th to Nov 3rd – Marigold Festival (マリーゴールド祭)
Click here for a pdf of the Kuju Flower Park English pamphlet (Please note the prices on the pdf are not up to date)
Opening hours: 8:30 – 17:30
Entrance Fee:
Adults (16 years old and over) 1,300yen
Children （5 years old and over）500yen
Seniors (70 years old and over) 1100yen
Group Prices（over 15 people）
Adults (16 years old and over) 800yen
Children （5 years old and over) 300yen
Seniors (70 years old and over) 700yen
Annual Passports:
Adults (16 years old and over) 3,000yen
Children 800yen
Closed: Mid-December to February
Address: 4050 Oaza Kuju, Kuju-machi, Taketa, Oita
Telephone: 0974 761422
Parking: Free, 300 parking spaces are available.
Directions:
2 hours drive from Kumamoto City via the Milk Road and Route 11, turn right at Senomoto Kogen
30 minutes drive from Kurokawa Onsen, turn right at Senomoto Kogen
50 minutes drive from Kokonoe Interchange on the Oita Highway
60 minutes drive from Yufuin via the Yamanami Highway (Route 11)
30 minutes drive from Bungo Taketa station
If you don’t have a car why not join the Mount Kuju and Kuju Flower Park day trip a visit to Kuju Flower Park can also be combined with Kurokawa Onsen, Nabegataki Falls, Kikuchi Gorge or Mount Aso. Contact us for details.
Travel Tips
Check the Hana Koen facebook page before you go to check what’s in bloom https://www.facebook.com/kujuhanakoen
The park is wheel chair and push chair friendly, there are also 4 wheeled buggies available for hire for people with low mobility, umbrellas, blankets and fleece jackets or also free to borrow when the weather’s wet or chilly.
The park is a highland area therefore winters are cold and spring comes late, you will not be able to see large displays of flowers until mid April. The park is closed from December through to early March.
