Enjujisone’s Wax Trees

延寿寺曽根のハゼ並木

A row of wax trees planted along the banks of the mountain stream at Enju-ji at the foot of Mt. Mino. The fruits of these wax trees were used in the production of Japan wax from the mid-Edo period to the early Showa period. The young leaves in spring are pleasant, but this spot is always bustling with sightseers in fall when the 130 wax trees spanning ~800m are dyed with blazing autumn colors. The trees are illuminated at night during the autumn leaves period, which allows visitors to enjoy a different aspect of the wax trees’ beautiful autumnal leaves that does not appear in the daytime.

Autumn leaf season
Late November - Mid-December

Address (Japanese)	839-1332　福岡県うきは市吉井町福益
Address	Yoshiimachi Fukumasu, Ukiha City
Telephone Number	0943-76-3980（観光会館土蔵（くら））
Contact	Ukiha Tourism Association
Car Park	Free (20 spaces)
Access	1) JR Kagoshima Main Line/Kurume Station ~ JR Kyudai Main Line Chikugo-Yoshii Station and disembark. 2) 10 minutes by car from Asakura IC on the Oita Expressway.
Website	http://www.city.ukiha.fukuoka.jp/imgkiji/pub/detail.aspx?c_id=70&id=70