Yanagisaka Wax Tree Festival

柳坂ハゼ祭り

The Yanagisaka Wax Tree Festival takes place around the wax tree area in Toyoda of Kurume City between the middle and end of November.
Planted by the Kurume Clan about 250 years ago, the wax trees were utilized to obtain wax for lighting. The sight of the autumn leaves on the 200 wax trees coloring the approximately one kilometer (half-mile) long street (which was selected one of Japan’s Top 100 Boulevards of Trees) that they line is spectacular! The street is lined with open-air stalls selling local agricultural products such as vegetables and fruits as well as specialties like folk crafts, and closed to vehicles on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays during the festival. In addition to the wax trees, the maple leaves at Eishoji Temple are also beautiful. Visitors will see the temple (one of Japan’s Three Major Temples for Medicine and Healing) immediately upon entering the Mt. Keshikeshi hiking trail that lies at the end of the wax tree avenue.

Address (Japanese)	839-0827　福岡県久留米市山本町豊田
Address	Toyoda, Yamamoto Town, Kurume City, Fukuoka
Telephone Number	090-8912-7207（柳坂ハゼ祭実行委員会（上野））
Contact	Kurume Convention
Car Park	Available; Free
Access	By train - About a 20 minute walk from JR Zendoji Station on the Kyudai Main Line By train and bus - Take the No. 25 Nishitetsu bus from JR or Nishitetsu “Kurume” Stations and get off at Yanagizaka stop (about a 30 minute ride); directly outside of the stop OR Take the No. 20 or 23 Nishitetsu bus from JR or Nishitetsu “Kurume” Stations and get off at Tsuyugawa stop (about a 30 minute ride); a 3 minute walk from there By car - About a 10 minute drive via Route 210 from the Kurume Interchange off the Kyushu Expressway