Yahata port
Japan’s Modern Steel Works history started here
Yawata was a rural village with a small population of agriculture and fishing industry.
And this place was decided in Parliament as the Japan’s Modern Steel Works
construction site in 1897.
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At that time, there were no construction machineries, the Steel Works was constructed with
human power in just 4 years.
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General information
| Address | Higasida, Yahata-higasiku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture |
| Access |
10 minutes walk from JR Edamitsu station 20 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura station 70 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city 110 minutes by a vehicle from Beppu |