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Kurume

Kurume
Kurume · Alessandro Traini (CC BY 2.0)
What is there

Worth seeing in and around Kurume

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kōra Taisha

    Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

    4.8 km · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Kurume Castle

    Castle in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

    1.5 km · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Kurume University

    Private university in Fukuoka, Japan

    1.4 km · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Kurume City Art Museum

    Art museum in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

    1.4 km · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Bairin-ji Temple

    Buddhist temple in Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan

    1.8 km · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Kurume Suitengū

    Shinto shrine in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

    2 km · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Chiriku Hachimangū

    Shinto shrine in Saga Prefecture, Japan

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Kurume Shin-Ai Women's College

    Private women's junior college in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

    3.9 km · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Chikugo Kokufu

    Archaeological site in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

    2.6 km · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Kurume Arena

    Indoor arena in Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

    1.4 km · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Kurume

Airports
Kyushu Saga (HSG), 27 km · Fukuoka (FUK), 31 km · Kumamoto (KMJ), 62 km
Stations
Kurume Station, 1.5 km · Hizen-Asahi Station, 4.2 km · Gorōmaru Station, 2.6 km · Kurume-Daigakumae Station, 3 km · Araki Station, 4.7 km
  • Kumamoto → Kurume
    59 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · ¥830–1,130
  • Nagasaki → Kurume
    86 km · quickest by road, 2h 24m · ¥1,360–1,860
  • Kitakyushu → Kurume
    67 km · quickest by road, 1h 39m · ¥920–1,260
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Kurume

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Kurume. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTimes and prices for other destinations from Tosu are as follows: Kurume: 8 minutes, ¥230 Kumamoto: 1 hour 30 minutes, ¥1650 Saga (Limited Express): 20 minutes, ¥1280 Saga (local train): 30 minutes, ¥460 Nagasaki (Limited Express Kamome): 1 hour 30 minutes, ¥4230 There is a nimai-kippu which allows a day trip on the Shinkansen from Shin-Tosu to Hakata (or Yoshizuka) for ¥2260.

From Wikivoyage: Tosu, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-03.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    586 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    847 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,179 km
  4. 04
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    1,290 km
  5. 05
    Orchid Island (Lanyu)TW

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,531 km

If you know how people move in Kurume – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Kurume

Kurume is 33 km from Fukuoka, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Miyakitown in Miyaki district, Saga prefecture, Japan5.8 km
  • Kitashigeyasudissolved municipality in Miyaki district, Saga prefecture, Japan5.8 km