STEM Education field / museums and learning facilities
Fukuoka-prefecture including Kitakyushu-city have various kind of Museums
and facilities and a lot of things can be learned
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 after overcoming
serious environmental pollution while it contributed greatly to Japan’s industrial development.
Now it is called industrial and environmental city which is representative of Japan.
Kitakyushu Manga Museum and Aru Aru City
The Kitakyushu Manga Museum is located next to JR Kokura station.
The museum is located on the 6th floor of Aru Aru City, a multi-floored shopping mall devoted
to products and services for anime, manga, idol culture, and cosplay fans, a kind of Harajuku
in miniature.
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Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery Studio
Museum of Industrial Technology, in April 2007, based on this theme of “innovation,
” the Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery & Studio (KIGS) opened in Yahata, Higashida,
where Japan’s mordern steel industry operation was started.
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Museum Building |
World Heritage, Meiji Japan’s Industry Revolution |
Introducing Industry innovation history of Japan |
The Environmental learning facility which has Environmental learning function, Environmental
information function and Environmental activity function.
The Environmental improvement history of Kitakyushu, Global warming and other various
environmental issues can be learned.
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The Museum Building |
Learn the Global warming |
The Environmental improvement history of Kitakyushu |
The Eco House proposes an energy-saving lifestyle at home.
It is made environmentally friendly, such as blocking & heat insulation structure and
improving ventilation by ingenerating the arrangement of windows.
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The Eco house surounding the green |
Heat insulation structure |
Inside of Enegy saving house |
Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History
The largest scale Museum in Western Japan for Natural history and Human history
located in Higashida district
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Natural history, exhibit various creatures including dinosaurs |
East Asia, exhibition theme of cultural exchange |
Human history, exhibit the history and lifestyle in Kitakyushu |
It is a railway theme park organized by JR Kyushu, showing the history of Kyushu Railways.
Consists of 3 areas; main building, train exhibition hall and mini railroad park.
The main building has diverted from the original Kyushu Railway Headquarters red
brick building built in 1891.
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Steam locomotive C59 manufactured in 1941 |
Electric limited express train, manufactured 1969 |
Exhibit the trains used during Meiji era |
The learning facility for ecology of Firefly.
The activities for protecting fireflies have been continued for over 30 years by citizens
in Kitakyushu-city. The museum was established as a facility that supports activities related
to preservation of the natural environment, learning and research on fireflies and other waterside
creatures and their habitats.
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The learning facility of the water environment.
You can see and feel the Nature from the view point of fishes, birds and insects at the
experience corner. There are ecology tanks, you can learn about the river and the environment.
And also there is the huge River observation window with 2.3 metre high and 7.2 metre wide,
You can observe River creatures and fishes as well as Seawater fishes.
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Yame is the Centre of Japanese artificial crafts.
The Museum was built in 1986 with the purpose of gathering traditional craft items together
and transferring traditional techniques and development of local industry.
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Fukuoka Citizens’ Disaster Prevention Center
The Center has been built to enable citizens to actually experience various types of
disasters and obtain information on how to handle these disasters.
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Should you need further information please feel free to contact us.
Your equiry can be sent by selecting the Enquiry Form link below.
You can also contact us by e-mail at info@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