Getting to Kawachi Fuji Gardens in Kitakyushu

Hello, I am wanting to go to the Kawachi Fuji Garden, this spring, Probably on either April 24th, or May 5th.

http://www.land8.net/blog/2012/07/04/wisteria-tunnel-at-the-kawachi-fu...

I have figured out the location from a previous post, and it appears to be about 5 kilometers south of Space World in a fairly inaccessible valley by a lake. (no Train of Bus Stops) It is about 500 meters from the village of Kawachi, if there is a bus that goes there.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E6%B2%B3%E5%86%85%E8%97%A4%E5%9C%92&hl...

I have figured out that it is a private garden, and that it may be on a private garden bus tour of Kitakyushu. I have found a reference to a Nishitetsu Ticket pack for a Kurume ''Flowers and Art Museum'' tour, but I am not sure if this tour goes to the Kawachi Fuji Garden.

http://www.nishitetsu.co.jp/train/kippura/global/english/ticket/i_kuru...

Does this tour go there? If not, can anyone point me to how I can get tickets to the bus tour that will go to Kawachi Fuji Gardens?

Do I just pay for a Taxi? If so, how much? And how do I get back?

Kurume "Flowers and Art Museum" tour not go Kawachi Fuji Garden[河内藤園].

Taxi : fare and route
http://goo.gl/maps/CZLIn

or near onsen spa "Ajisai-no-yu[あじさいの湯]"
free(0YEN) shuttle bus[無料送迎バス] operate from JR Yahata sta[JR八幡駅].
http://www.souyu.co.jp/ajisai/
also local bus(Nishitetsu) operate near elementary school[河内小].

http://www.nishitetsu.co.jp/n_news/backnumber/n0811/highway-accsess.ht...

Thank You, PE10, for your prompt response.

This is looking like a good afternoon trip, if I also include the Ajisai-no-yu Onsen in the visit.

I will be staying in Hakata, and can take the JR Kagoshima line Rapid Service train to Yahata Station (1080 yen). I will then wait for a shuttle bus to Ajisai-no-yu Onsen. I can then walk to the Gardens, and then return to the Onsen before returning to Hakata.

I was planning to be in Kitakyushu on May 5th to board an overnight ferry bound for Osaka that evening, This seems like a great use of that afternoon. My other time would have been on April 24th, which is my first full day in Japan, which I consider a Jet-lag day.

When I go will probably depend on how jet-lagged I feel when I arrive.

Thank You.

I think I found a link with the Kawachi shuttle schedule:

http://kqkicks.antazi.com/kawachishuttle.jpg

I just went to the Kawachi Fuji Gardens yesterday, and indeed - the onsen shuttle bus is the way to go! Otherwise, it's a 20 minute taxi ride. But the shuttle schedule posted seems to be off. This is a photo I took of the schedule they were following: http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/img1779hv.jpg/