Asakura weekend itinerary
- A driving itinerary leaving Fukuoka City at 8:00: Maruboshi Ramen, Haki persimmon picking, Akizuki, Harazuru Onsen, and udon.
- Day bathing at Harazuru Onsen costs ¥700 for adults at Yagurumaso; Akizuki Parking Lot is ¥400 for standard cars.
- Call the orchard in the morning to confirm availability, and arrive at Yoshinobu Orchard between 10:00 and 16:00.
Updated October 21, 2026: route for Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25.
No plans or reservations for this weekend yet? Leave central Fukuoka by car at 8:00 a.m., follow this order, and your day is set.
Start with ramen at a Tabelog award-winning shop in Kurume, then pick persimmons in Haki and walk through Akizuki’s castle town. Visit Harazuru Onsen for a bath, shop at Roadside Station Harazuru, and eat an early udon dinner in Kurume. You can return after 6:00 p.m., with a hearty breakfast and a light lunch of sweets in Akizuki. You can also finish at Harazuru Onsen’s Halloween market on Saturday or Asakura Fes at Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura on Sunday.
In short
- Breakfast is at Maruboshi Ramen in Kurume, selected for Tabelog’s “Ramen WEST Hyakumeiten 2025,” opening at 8:00 a.m. on weekends. Dinner is at Tachibana Udon, selected for “Udon WEST Hyakumeiten 2024,” open until 8:30 p.m. on weekends and public holidays.
- Asakura City’s list shows many Haki persimmon orchards run picking from mid-October to early December. If you have no reservation, call an orchard that morning to ask whether it can accept you.
- This weekend brings Harazuru Onsen’s Halloween market on Saturday, October 24, and Asakura Fes on Sunday, October 25, both in the evening. Akizuki Museum also has the special exhibition “150 Years Since the Akizuki Party’s Uprising.”
Checked with official pages on October 21, 2026.
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An Asakura day trip from Fukuoka City at 8:00 a.m.: October 24 and 25
Leave Fukuoka City at 8:00 a.m., eat ramen in Kurume around 8:50 a.m., and pick persimmons in Haki around 10:15 a.m. Bathe at Harazuru Onsen around 1:30 p.m., eat udon in Kurume around 4:30 p.m., and return around 6:15 p.m.Alternative orchards and baths are also listed.
| Time | Where | What to do | Next stop (approx.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Fukuoka City | Take the urban expressway and Kyushu Expressway to Kurume | About 50–60 minutes by car to breakfast |
| 8:50 | Maruboshi Ramen | Have a hearty Kurume ramen breakfast | About 35–40 minutes by car to Haki |
| 10:15 | Persimmon picking in Haki (for example, Yoshinobu Orchard) | Call the orchard that morning to confirm availability. Arrive at Yoshinobu Orchard between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; allow about 1 hour | About 25 minutes by car to Akizuki |
| 11:45 | Akizuki castle town | Walk along Sugi no Baba, Kuromon Gate and Meganebashi Bridge. Have kudzu sweets at Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo. Akizuki Parking Lot costs ¥400 for a standard car | About 30 minutes by car to Harazuru Onsen |
| 13:30 | Day bathing at Harazuru Onsen | Yagurumaso, ¥700 for adults. If closed, Enmeikan, ¥800 for the communal bath | About 5 minutes by car to Roadside Station Harazuru |
| 15:00 | Roadside Station Harazuru, Farm Station Basaro | Buy persimmons and vegetables. Open until 5:30 p.m.; if you miss it, try Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura | About 35–45 minutes by car to Tachibana Udon |
| 16:30 | Tachibana Udon | Have an early dinner. Last orders at 8:00 p.m. on weekends and public holidays | About 45–60 minutes by car to Fukuoka City |
| 18:15 | Fukuoka City | Arrive back | (Arrival) |
| Sat–Sun | Side trip: Asakura City Akizuki Museum | Special exhibition “150 Years Since the Akizuki Party’s Uprising,” ¥500 general admission. Add it to your Akizuki walk | Walk from Akizuki Parking Lot; the museum has no parking |
| Sat 16:00 | Side trip: Halloween Marche in Harazuru Onsen | Until 9:00 p.m. Food trucks and festival games for children; free admission. Stop before heading to Tachibana Udon | At the former Herb Park in Harazuru Onsen |
| Sun 17:00 | Side trip: Asakura Fes at Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura | Music festival until 9:00 p.m. Tickets include a drink; free for high school students and younger. Eat at food trucks instead of Tachibana Udon | About 15–20 minutes by car from Basaro; about 60–70 minutes back to Fukuoka City |
Driving estimates add time for traffic lights and congestion to route calculations from a road map. Times to and from Fukuoka City use Chuo Ward as the starting point, so they depend on where you leave. Harazuru Onsen is about 5 minutes from Haki IC on the Oita Expressway, or about 10 minutes from Asakura IC. Haki IC is ETC-only: ETC is the electronic toll card system, and cars without it cannot use this interchange (Asakura City Tourism Association: Harazuru Onsen).
Sources: each facility’s official website and Asakura City, Asakura City Tourism Association and Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association (checked October 21, 2026).
Side trips for this weekend: October 24 and 25
Asakura Fes runs at Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura on Sunday, October 25, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Doors open at 4:00 p.m.The Asakura City Society of Commerce and Industry’s youth division organizes it. The official Asakura Fes Instagram lists the date, hours and venue. Fukuoka Prefecture Tourism Association lists tickets with a drink at ¥1,000 in advance or ¥1,500 on the day. High school students and younger enter free, and food trucks will attend. Parking spaces are limited, and bad weather may cause cancellation (Crossroad Fukuoka: Asakura Fes 2026). For this option, eat at the venue instead of Tachibana Udon. Leave around 7:00 p.m. to return to Fukuoka City after 8:00 p.m.
Halloween Marche in Harazuru Onsen runs on Saturday, October 24, from 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the former Herb Park. It has food trucks, stalls, sweets, festival games for children and candy giveaways, with free admission. The venue has changed from last year (Asakura City Tourism Association: Halloween Marche).
The Harazuru Yuttari Yokaze Festival continues through October 31, with flower installations illuminated from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Its digital flower stamp rally includes Yagurumaso, Roadside Station Harazuru and Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura on this route. Visit 4 of the 5 checkpoints and enter the draw for prizes including Harazuru Onsen vouchers (Asakura City Tourism Association: Harazuru Yuttari Yokaze Festival).
Asakura City Akizuki Museum hosts “150 Years Since the Akizuki Party’s Uprising” through December 13. It traces the Akizuki domain’s history leading to the Akizuki Rebellion in Meiji 9 (1876). Hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with last admission at 4:00 p.m. Admission costs ¥500 for general visitors and ¥250 for elementary and junior high school students. On Saturday, a curator’s gallery talk starts at 11:00 a.m. and lasts about 40 minutes. The museum has no parking; use a nearby paid car park (Asakura City Tourism Association: special exhibition).
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Breakfast at Maruboshi Ramen in Kurume: weekends from 8:00 a.m.
With a light lunch planned, start with a hearty bowl of ramen in Kurume.
Maruboshi Ramen in Takano, Kurume City, opens at 8:00 a.m. on weekends. It was selected for Tabelog’s “Ramen WEST Hyakumeiten 2025”; see the Tabelog Ramen WEST Hyakumeiten 2025 list. Allow about 50–60 minutes by car from Fukuoka City, then about 35–40 minutes to Haki after breakfast. Opening hours come from the shop’s Google Maps listing, checked October 21, 2026.
If the wait is long, another option is breakfast at Tachibana Udon, which opens at 9:00 a.m. It is beside Kurume IC on the Kyushu Expressway; choose another restaurant for dinner.
| Name | Maruboshi Ramen |
|---|---|
| Address | 2-7-27 Takano, Kurume City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | Weekdays 9:00–21:00, weekends 8:00–21:00 (closed 2nd and 4th Thursday) |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
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Persimmon picking in Haki starts in mid-October: call that morning
After breakfast, it is time for the day’s persimmon picking.
Asakura City lists many persimmon orchards in the Harazuru and Haki area as open for picking from mid-October to early December. October 24 and 25 fall within that season.The city says all tourist orchards require advance reservations. It also asks visitors to confirm varieties, closing days and parking by phone. Some orchards cannot offer picking because of damage from the Northern Kyushu heavy rains and other causes (Asakura City: fruit picking). If you have no reservation, call that morning to ask whether the orchard can accept you that day.
| Orchard | Persimmon-picking season | Phone |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshinobu Orchard | Mid-October to early December | 0946-62-1410 |
| Adachi Orchard | Mid-October to early December | 090-3324-5389／0946-62-1407 |
| Shukuyoen | Mid-October to early December | 0946-62-1230 |
| Kajiwara Farm | Late October to mid-December | 0946-62-1458 |
Source: orchards in the Harazuru and Haki area from the persimmon section of Asakura City’s “Fruit Picking” page (checked October 21, 2026).
For example, Yoshinobu Orchard in Haki Shiwa lists its persimmon-picking season as mid-October to early December. Arrive between 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.; picking takes about 1 hour. The orchard may contact you to confirm your arrival time. Entry is free, and you buy the persimmons you pick by weight, with a take-home limit of 2kg per person. Use the orchard’s parking area. You can also book online through Jalan (Yoshinobu Orchard: persimmon picking).
If the orchard cannot accept you, call another orchard in the table or skip picking. You can buy Haki persimmons later at Roadside Station Harazuru.
| Name | Yoshinobu Orchard |
|---|---|
| Address | 4346 Haki Shiwa, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–18:00 (persimmon picking visits 10:00–16:00, season mid-October to early December) |
| Phone | 0946-62-1410 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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After picking, walk through Akizuki and have kudzu sweets at Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo
After picking persimmons, how about a short walk through the castle town?
Akizuki castle town is a nationally designated Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings. Park at Akizuki Parking Lot, ¥400 for a standard car, and explore Sugi no Baba, Kuromon Gate and Meganebashi Bridge on foot.Akizuki was the Akizuki domain’s castle town during the Edo period, and its historic streets remain today (Asakura City Tourism Association: Akizuki castle town). It is about 25 minutes by car from Haki.
Sugi no Baba is about 3 minutes on foot from Akizuki Parking Lot. Around 20 maple trees stand near Kuromon Gate, with autumn colors usually peaking from late November to early December (Asakura City: autumn leaves at Akizuki Castle Ruins’ Kuromon Gate).
Meganebashi is a granite arch bridge completed in Bunka 7 (1810), designated a Fukuoka Prefecture tangible cultural property. It is about 8 minutes on foot from Akizuki Parking Lot (Asakura City Tourism Association: Akizuki’s Meganebashi Bridge).
Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo in Akizuki
Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo, founded in Bunsei 2 (1819), specializes in pure kudzu starch. It says it uses 100% Japanese kudzu, without other starches or synthetic additives. Its café takes last orders at 4:30 p.m. (Crossroad Fukuoka: Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo). Parking holds 20 cars, and free kudzu production tours require a reservation by the previous day (Asakura City Tourism Association: Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo). Between breakfast ramen and evening udon, sweets here serve as a light lunch.
| Name | Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo |
|---|---|
| Address | 532 Akizuki, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–17:00 (café last order 16:30). Open daily |
| Phone | 0946-25-0215 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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After your walk, bathe at Harazuru Onsen’s Yagurumaso: ¥700 for adults
After your walk, take a bath in Harazuru before heading home.
Day bathing at Yagurumaso in Harazuru Onsen costs ¥700 for adults and ¥400 for children. Private family baths start at ¥2,000 for 2 people.It closes on 1–2 irregular days each year (Yagurumaso’s website: prices and hours). It is about 30 minutes by car from Akizuki.
Harazuru Onsen is a hot spring town beside the Chikugo River. Asakura City Tourism Association describes its hot spring water output as among the largest in Fukuoka Prefecture. Its waters are mildly alkaline simple springs and simple sulfur springs, and many inns have continuously flowing spring-water baths (Asakura City Tourism Association: Harazuru Onsen).
If Yagurumaso is closed, or you prefer a larger bath, try Enmeikan in the same hot spring town. Day use of its communal bath costs ¥800, with last admission at 7:00 p.m. and no closing days. Private baths cost ¥2,600 for 60 minutes, or ¥3,000 on holidays. Parking holds 50 cars (Crossroad Fukuoka: Enmeikan).
| Name | Harazuru Onsen Yagurumaso |
|---|---|
| Address | 1890-1 Haki Kugumiya, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | 10:00–20:00 (closed 1–2 irregular days per year) |
| Phone | 0946-62-0700 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
| Name | Enmeikan |
|---|---|
| Address | 15-2 Haki Shiwa, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | Day-use bathing 9:30–20:00 (last reception 19:00). Open daily |
| Phone | 0946-62-1133 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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Basaro at Roadside Station Harazuru closes at 5:30 p.m.; Sanren Suisha no Sato is another option
After your bath, how about buying persimmons and vegetables at a roadside station before heading home?
Farm Station Basaro at Roadside Station Harazuru opens from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., closing at 5:00 p.m. on each month’s 4th Wednesday. It closes only over the New Year period. Shelves hold vegetables and fruit picked that morning, locally handmade foods, and persimmon chips and dressing made with local Fuyu persimmons. Kyoho grape soft-serve and roasted sweet potatoes are available to take away (Crossroad Fukuoka: Roadside Station Harazuru). Haki received the Japan Agriculture Award as a Fuyu persimmon-producing area, and the station highlights this fruit (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kyushu Roadside Stations: Harazuru). It is about 10 minutes on foot from the Harazuru Onsen hot spring town.
If a long bath means you miss Basaro, drive about 15–20 minutes to Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura. It stays open until 6:00 p.m. in October. It sells vegetables including Hakata Banno Negi green onions, fruit such as persimmons and pears, local sake and kudzu products. There is also a park with a triple-waterwheel monument and playground equipment (Asakura City Tourism Association: Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura). This is the Asakura Fes venue on Sunday, October 25.
| Name | Roadside Station Harazuru Farm Station Basaro |
|---|---|
| Address | 1663-1 Haki Kugumiya, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | Shop 8:30–17:30 (until 17:00 on the 4th Wednesday of each month), restaurant 10:30–14:30. Closed New Year period |
| Phone | 0946-63-3888 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
| Name | Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura |
|---|---|
| Address | 2192-1 Yamada, Asakura City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | 8:00–18:00 (until 17:30 December–February). Closed January 1–3, 3rd Thursday of December–February |
| Phone | 0946-52-9300 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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An early dinner at Tachibana Udon in Kurume: weekends and holidays until 8:30 p.m.
On the way back to Fukuoka City, stop in Kurume for an early dinner.
Tachibana Udon in Higashiaikawa, Kurume City, was selected for Tabelog’s “Udon WEST Hyakumeiten 2024.” On weekends and public holidays, it opens continuously from 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., with last orders at 8:00 p.m.See the Tabelog Udon WEST Hyakumeiten 2024 list. The shop is beside Kurume IC on the Kyushu Expressway and has parking for 30 cars (Tachibana Udon’s website: shop information; its founding year appears in the profile of its official Instagram). It is about 35–45 minutes by car from Roadside Station Harazuru.
Dine-in prices include tax: plain udon is ¥470, and burdock tempura udon is ¥660. Meat and burdock tempura udon, listed as the shop’s most popular dish, costs ¥950. The meat rice set, with meat rice and plain udon, costs ¥1,150 (Tachibana Udon’s website: menu and prices). There are tables, tatami seating and seats for solo diners.
After dinner, Fukuoka City is about 45–60 minutes away by car.
| Name | Tachibana Udon |
|---|---|
| Address | 5-6-1 Higashiaikawa, Kurume City, Fukuoka |
| Hours / Closed | Weekdays 7:30–15:30 (last order 15:00), 17:00–20:30 (last order 20:00); weekends and holidays 9:00–20:30 (last order 20:00). Closed Tuesday (following Wednesday if a holiday), 3rd Wednesday |
| Phone | 0942-44-3939 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
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More weekend day trips from Fukuoka
- Itoshima day trip: café, oyster hut, hike, onsen and farm market
- Yobuko and Karatsu day trip: morning market, squid, cape, castle and onsen
- Dazaifu day trip: shrines, mochi, museum and onsen
- Tosu and Ogori day trip: outlets, ramen, onsen and Costco
- Munakata and Fukutsu day trip: shrines, fish, pines and onsen
Sources
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- Asakura City: Fruit picking
- Yoshinobu Orchard: Persimmon picking
- Tabelog: Ramen WEST Hyakumeiten 2025
- Tabelog: Udon WEST Hyakumeiten 2024
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Akizuki castle town
- Asakura City: Autumn leaves at Akizuki Castle Ruins’ Kuromon Gate
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Akizuki’s Meganebashi Bridge
- Crossroad Fukuoka: Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Hirohisa Kuzu Honpo
- Yagurumaso: Official website
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Harazuru Onsen
- Crossroad Fukuoka: Enmeikan
- Crossroad Fukuoka: Roadside Station Harazuru, Farm Station Basaro
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kyushu Roadside Stations: Harazuru
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Sanren Suisha no Sato Asakura
- Tachibana Udon: Shop information
- Tachibana Udon: Menu and prices
- Tachibana Udon: Official Instagram
- Asakura Fes: Official Instagram
- Crossroad Fukuoka: Asakura Fes 2026
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Halloween Marche in Harazuru Onsen
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Harazuru Yuttari Yokaze Festival
- Asakura City Tourism Association: Asakura City Akizuki Museum special exhibition “150 Years Since the Akizuki Party’s Uprising”
Checked on October 21, 2026 (Japan time).
