Mitsui O.S.K Line Building

Continental voyages waiting room

This is a wooden 2-storey building consisting of an octagonal observatory andvivid

orange-colored walls. It was built in 1917 as the Osaka Shosen Moji Branch Office.

At that time, the observatory was used for looking out over Moji Port, and the building was

utilized as a waiting room for continental voyages.

At present the building serves as a gallery for the works of Watase Raizo (who is an illustrator

from Kitakyushu City), as well as the locale for the Moji-ko Art Mura (Art village) called

“Minato-no Machieiru”.

General information

Address	7-18 Minato-machi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-city
Access	A short walk from JR Mojiko Station 25 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station
Open hours	9:00 to 17:00
Admission fee	No fee is required
Days closed	No closing days