Ikoma Plateau
生駒高原
A flower-filled highland on the northern foot of the Kirishima range, where poppies bloom in spring and cosmos cover the slopes in autumn against a backdrop of the Kirishima peaks.
Ikoma Plateau lies in Kobayashi City, Miyazaki Prefecture, at an elevation of about 500 meters, facing the northern foot of the Kirishima mountains. The Ikoma Plateau Flower Station grounds feature large seasonal flower fields: from April to May, Iceland poppies, rapeseed flowers and baby blue eyes; in October, roughly a million cosmos bloom, and the flower sea appears alongside Mount Karakuni and Mount Takachiho. It is one of Miyazaki's best-known flower-viewing spots. Entry during the flower season is about ¥500 (free outside the season), with opening hours of roughly 8:30–17:30. There is a café and a specialty shop on site. It is about 25 minutes' drive from Ebino Kogen and about 15 minutes from the Kobayashi IC on the Miyazaki Expressway. There is no convenient public transport. Outside the flowering seasons there is not much to see, so plan your visit around the bloom.
Opening hours
About 08:30–17:30
Nearby sights
- Mount Karakuni
- Ebino Plateau
- Lake Onami
- Takachiho-gawara & Mount Takachiho-no-mine
- Kirishima Onsen Village & Maruo Falls
- Kirishima-jingu Shrine
- Kirishima Shinwa-no-Sato Park
- Kirishima Open-Air Museum