Low Carbon Sosiety tour
Kitakyushu-city is promoting the low carbon society in Asia while taking leadership
as the Environmental Future City. The new generation technologies and the
activities cooperated with Citizen to achieve low carbon society can be learned.
Tour conditions
The tour is the tailor-made study tour exclusively for your group
What to learn
To learn the Low Carbon Society strategy in Kitakyushu-city
Number of perticipant : from 5 to 40
Tour duration : one-day
Tour guide and interpreter (English ) : Japan KYUSHU Tourist
Transportation : a chartered vehicle
Itinerary
8:30 leave hotel in Kitakyushu
Zero Emission Transportation System
lunch
Kyushu Electric Power / Shin-Kokura Plant
Citizen community Center
17:30 arrive Hotel in Kitakyushu
Option : the following sites can be arranged as option.
Where to visit and what to learn
Eco Project information center that supports the Eco-town. It introduces initiatives and activities
implemented in Eco-town to encourage people to proactively used the facility for such activities
as environmental study sessions and interaction amongst visitors.
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Introduce Eco Town Project in Kitakyushu-city |
Exhibition hall |
Introduce Recycling business in Kitakyushu-city |
Zero Emission Transportation System
The Electric bus driven by the electricity generated by a solar power generation, therefor no global
warming gases emitted from the bus. Operation of the system is commenced in 2015.
The solar power generation plant, the power charging equipment and Electric bus can be observed.
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Solar Power Generation |
Electric bus |
Inside of Electric bus |
Japan’s first Wind power generation plant constructed at the coast line facing windy strong
Hibikinada sea. 10 wind power generators line up and total generation capacity is 15,000kw.
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Wind power generations faceing to Genkai Sea |
Blades of Wind power generation |
Basement portion of Wind power generation |
Kyushu Electric Power / Shin-Kokura Plant
Kyushu’s first thermal power plant used LNG and power generation capacity is 1,800,000kw.
Generation of electricity process can be learned by visiting the turbine room, control room and
boiler plant.
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Located next to Nippon Steel, there are LNG tanks |
Over view of thermal power generation plant |
Boiler plant for making steam |
Citizen community Center
Introduce the Duties of Citizen and Self-government organization for making Low Carbon Society.
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Introduce the duties of Citizen & Self-government organization |
Learning how to clean the town by Citizen |
Learning how to make the community for comfortable town
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Option
The company have been supplying low-cost and reliable electricity for over 60 years.
And research and development of the environmental measurement have been conducted.
New solar power generation and wind power generation systems can be learned.
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New solar power generation, to move following the position of the sun |
Panels of solar power generation |
Research & development of next generation low-carbon technologies |
Japan’s largest Biotope, the Pradise of creatures made over the year in the waste disposal site.
237 kind of birds including circus spinouts listed on the Japan’s endangered species and 284 kind
of vegetation have been confirmed in the Biotope of 41 hectares.
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Biotope was created from waste disposal land |
Lake in the middle of Biotope |
237 kind of birds including circus have been confirmed |
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail atinfo@japan-kyushu-tourist.com
Tel : +81-93-521-8897 , Fax : +81-93-521-8898
Address : AIM buiding 6th floor, 3-8-1 Asano, Kokura-kitaku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture