Temperatures of northwest Kyushu mantle are estimated using petrochemical data of the relatively primitive Tara-dake basalts erupted at around 1 Ma. Model primitive melt compositions estimated by the addition of equilibrated olivines to bulk compositions indicate that melting temperatures range from 1230 to 1300¿C at around 1 GPa. Moderately high melting temperatures of the Tara-dake basalts indicate that mantle upwelling in NW Kyushu is caused not by thermal plumes but by the convection at the boundary between the continent and the ocean.