Higashida No.1 Blast Furnace

The birth place where Japan’s steel industry began in 1901

It contributed greatly to the development of the Japanese steel industry and was used until 1972,

and has been preserved just as it was.

The big signboard at the top of the Blast Furnace displaying “1901” indicates the year in which

the Blast Furnace commenced operation.

Equipment and tools which were actually used are exhibited in the square, and you can see

the iron-making process from the raw material （ore and coke）to production of pig iron.

Name Plate indicated

blow-in year

Blast Furnace proper

Hot Stove and Stack

Dust Chatcher & Cast house

Torped Car

Converter

Cast house floor

Tap hole

Tapping activity

Bustle main and Goose neck

Tuyere

Shaft shell

Inside of Furnace after blow-off

Valves of Hot Stove

Bustle main brick waork

Location of Kitakyushu-city

General information

Address	2-3-12 Higashida, Yahata-higashi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access	10 minutes walk from JR Space World Station 20 minutes by vehicle from JR Kokura Station
Open hours	9:00 to 17:00
Admission fee	No fee is required
Days closed	No closing days