Kitakyushu one-day tour

This is the model plan for making your customized tour.

Kitakyushu is 2nd largest city in Kyushu with 920,000 population.

Kitakyushu possesses numerous tourist attractions.

Nature areas including Mt. Sarakura where you can see magnificent view of

Kitakyushu, Castle town area Kokura where Japanese traditional culture

can be experienced, Mojiko Retro facing Kanmon Strait where beautiful Strait

and also Industrial area Yahata where is industrial area has many Industrial

Heritages.

How to travel

The tour starts from Fukuoka.

For the pleasant travel, the Private vehicle is used as for transportation.

We propose the model Itinerary below.

Itinerary

8:30 Start the tour at the designated place in Fukuoka

Drive to Kitakyushu

Mount Sarakura

the height of the mountain is 622 meters from sea level. At the top

you are presented with a magnificent and spectacular view of

Kitakyushu. In 10 minutes, you can reach the summit from the

Cable Car Station using the Cable car and the Slope car

Exploring Higashida

Higashida No.1 Blast Furnace

Only the Blast Furnace in the world which preserved as it was.

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

First Head Office of the Steel Works / UNESCO World Heritage

Built in 1899, and initially used as Head office until 1922,

however as the expansion of production facilities, after that,

the building was for various purpose such as Research and

Developing Center of Steel Products.

Drive to Mojiko Retro

Lunch at Mojiko Retro

Explore Mojiko Retro

Dr. Albert Einstein awarded Nobel Prize in Physic visited Moji in

1922, and he acclaimed that everything could see were Arts

Drive to Kokura

Visit Kokokura Castle

Drive to Fukuoka

17:30 Arrive Fukuoka, end of the tour

Map of Kitakyushu