Kawachi Fujien is internationally renowned for its extraordinary wisteria tunnels in spring, but the private hillside garden also opens its gates for a shorter autumn foliage season each November. The garden's tiered hillside is planted with Japanese maples, oaks, and liquidambar trees that turn vivid crimson, orange, and gold, framing the same tunnel structures now bare of wisteria. The elevated viewing decks that overlook the Kitakyushu hills provide sweeping panoramas of the autumn canopy stretching toward the horizon. As a private ticketed garden with controlled visitor numbers, the experience remains intimate and photogenic.
- Type
- Venue
- Category
- Autumn Leaves
- Season
- Autumn
- Month
- Mid November
- Region
- Kyushu
- Prefecture
- Fukuoka
- City
- Kitakyushu
Highlights
- ◆World-famous garden open for special autumn koyo season
- ◆Maple and oak tunnels mirror the celebrated wisteria walkways
- ◆Panoramic hilltop viewing decks over Kitakyushu landscape
- ◆Controlled ticket entry ensures uncrowded, photogenic conditions
- ◆Café and garden shop open during the autumn season