Kitakyushu travel guide

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Kitakyushu is the second largest city in Kyushu and World leading Environmental Future city,

and blessed with spectacular & stunning nature.

The city is the Industrial Innovation city greatly contributed to Japan’s Industrial modernization.

Now Kitakyushu offers a lot of sightseeing spots such as scenic beauty places,

UNESCO World Heritage of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution , Industrial heritages,

placed introduce cultures of people living there, and various historic sites.

The city is blessed with spectacular & stunning nature feature surrounding mountain

and Seto inland Sea as well as Genkai Sea, and is located in the Seto Inland Sea

National Park, Kitakyushu Quasi-National Park ( Mount Sarakura and

Hiraodai Karst Plateau) and Genkai Quasi-National Park.

And the city is the Industrial Innovation city with many fascinating features.

Three Major Night View of Japan from Mount Sarakura to be experienced.

The beautiful night view is created by combination of industrial zones and rich nature areas.

The Three Major Night View of Japan

Kitakyushu-city is the Camp site of Wales participating in Rugby World Cup 2019.

Featured Tourist Destinations

Kokura

Kokura Castle

Kokura Castle Garden

River Walk Kitakyushu

Kitakyushu’s land mark, walking

distance of Kokura Stations

Former site of lord’s guest house

located next to Kokura Castle

A large commercial facility near

Murasaki River & Kokura Castle

Tanga market

Uomachi & Kyumachi

Manga Museum

A typical Japanese market,

the kitchen of Kitakyushu-city

A down town arcade shopping

streets to JR Kokura Station

Introduces the history of manga

with a focus on artists who

have affiliations to Kitakyushu

Moji

Mojiko Retro

The exotic district, developed

as International trading Port

Kanmon bridge

The suspended bridge crossing

the Kanmon Straits

Konamon Pedstrian tunnel

Only the place in the world,
can be crossed the strait on foot

Higashida & Industrial Heritages

Higashida district

Birth place of Steel Making

Industry in Japan

First Head Office

UNESCO World Cultural Heritage

Built in 1899, ahead of production

facilities

Higashida No.1 BF

It contributed greatly to the

development of the Japanese

steel industry and was used until 1972

Yahata port

Japan’s Modern Steel Works

history started here.

Kurogane Railway

Dedicated railway for Yawata

Steel Works connected between

Yawata and Tobata.

Innovation Gallery

Theme of “innovation,” the

Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery

& Studio opened in Yahata,

Higashida

Kawachi Reservoir

The first-class civil construction

heritage. The triggered the

registration of UNESCO World

Heritage.

Minami Kawachi bridge

The only remaining lenticular

truss bridge in Japan ( lens type

truss bridge)

Onga River Pump Station

Built in 1910 on the east bank of

the Onga River. It deliver the

industrial water to Yawata via an

11.4 km pipeline.

Nature

The city is blessed with spectacular & stunning natural feature, about 960,000 people are living

in the area spreding in river basins where surounding Sea and mountains.

The coastline belongs to Seto Inland Sea National Park and Genkai Sea Quasi-National Park

and also the city has Kitakyushu Quasi-National Park.

Mount Sarakura

The best scenic beauty spot in Kitakyushu-city

Hiraodai Karst plateau

One of the three largest karst

plateau in Japan

Kawachi Wisteria Garden

Selected as a beautiful place

of the real world 10

Study tours to Kitakyushu

The city of Kitakyushu is the birthplace of the modern Japanese steel industry which began

operation in 1901, and is now the world’s leading environmental future city.

Now it is called industrial and environmental city which is representative of Japan.

Therefore the various things can be learn here.

Local cuisines and featured restaurant

Kawara Sobe

Kawara soba is a local cuisine which Soba noodles and meat are cooked together

on a Kawara (stone roof tile) and dipped into a special sauce when eating it.

Yaki curry

Yaki curry latterly means baked curry and is local cuisine in Moji which is curry with rice

topped with cheese and/or egg heated in oven. The melted cheese and soft-boiled egg

combine with the spicy curry to enhance its flavor even more.

Nagahama Ramen, Tonpei

Eel Restaurant, Chikurintei

Location of Kitakyushu-city

General information

Address	City hall ; 1-1 Jonai Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture Cabinet designate city
Access	70 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka-city 100 minutes by a vehiclefrom Saga-city 160 minutes by a vehicle from Nagasaki-city 100 minutes by a vehicle from Beppu 100 minutes by a vehicle from Yufuin
	40 minutes by JR Express train from JR Hakata Station 19 minutes by JR Shinkansen (bullet train ) from JR Hakata Station
Population	945,000 Pupulation density : 1.920 / km2