HOME    Historic Building representing modern Japanese architecture The building was constructed in 1911 as the former Matsumoto Kenjiro residence, and was designed by renown architectural designer Tatsuno Kingo, whose representative works was JR Tokyo Station.  The building is designated as a national cultural asset.   Former owner, Matsumoto Kenjiro was a Japan’s prominent business person and one of founder of Meiji Senmon Gakkō or Meiji Technical College, Current Kyushu Institute of Technology.   This building is now open to the public, and it is used as a restaurant, party and wedding reception.      General information   Address 1-4-3 Ichieda, Tobata, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture Access 20 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura World Station 10 minutes by a vehicle from JR Tobata Station     Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour  Kyushu tour packages    

West Japan Industrial Club…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    Contributing to the prevention of Global Warming. 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.   Concept of Eco house 1. Comfortable housing with the minimum energy required for life 2. Making maximum use of natural energy without fossil fuels, considering sunlight, solar heat,     underground heat, wind, water and temperature difference 3. Improvement of combatable life style utilized green and water   The Eco house surrounding the green Heat insulation structure Inside of Energy saving house    General information   Address 2-2-6 Higashida, Yahata-higashi, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture Access 5 minutes walk from JR Space World Station Open hours 9:00 to 17:00 Admission fee No admission fee is required Days closed every Monday   Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour   Kyushu tour packages     

Kitakyushu Eco House…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    The largest scale Museum in Western Japan for Natural history and Human history located in Higashida district.   What to Exhibit   Natural History Zone History Zone The History of Earth and Life Local Festival lobby The Time traveling room Local Culture history Diversity of life Discovering history Discovering Nature History of Kitakyushu Eco-garden Theme Exhibition Theme Exhibition   Natural history, exhibit various creatures including dinosaurs East Asia, exhibition theme of cultural exchange Human history, exhibit the history and lifestyle in Kitakyushu   General information Address 2-4-1 Higashida Yahata-higashi, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture Access 5 minutes walk from JR Space World Station Open hours 9:00 to 17:00 Admission fee JPY 500 Days closed New year’s holidays   Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour   Kyushu tour packages     

Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & H…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                           HOME    The museum 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.   The Museum Building Learn the Global warming The Environmental improvement history of Kitakyushu    General information   Address 2-2-6 Higashida, Yahata-higashi, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture Access 5 minutes walk from JR Space World Station Open hours 9:00 to 17:00 Admission fee No admission fee is required Days closed every Monday     Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour   Kyushu tour packages     

Environmental Museum in Kitakyushu…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    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.   Where to visit Exhibition hall, Control room, Turbine room and Boiler room     General information   Address 64-1 Nishiminato-machi Kokura-kita, Kitakyushu-city. Fukuoka-prefecture Access A 15 minutes ride a vehicle from JR Kokura Station Days of visit Weekdays except Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays Fee No visiting fee is required Booking Can be made by Japan KYUSHU Tourist     Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour　Kyushu tour packages    

Kyushu Electric Power / LNG thermal powe…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    Global environment friendly 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.  The electric bus operates between Wakamatsu and Tobata in Kitakyushu-city.   Solar Power Generation for the Electric bus  Electric bus On the Electric bus   General information   Address Koyomachi Wakamatsu Kitakyushu-city Fukuoka-prefecture Access A 30 minutes ride a vehicle from JR Kokura Station Days of visit Weekdays except Saturdays, Sundays and National Holidays Fee No visiting fee is required Booking Can be made by Japan KYUSHU Tourist     Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours　Golf tour　Kyushu tour packages    

Zero Emission Transportation System…の続きを読む

  Hiagari Sewage water treatment plant  The sewage come through the sewer pipe is purified in the plant and flow into the sea.  There is an also new technology plant which the electricity is generated using the sludge from sewage. At the Visitor Center established in 2015, sewage treatment process and technologies can be learned.   Water Plaza  The Plant making fresh water from sea water and sewage water established in 2011. The desalination process and technology can be leared.     Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours   Golf tour   Kyushu tour packages    

Water treatment plants and facilities…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                            HOME    Fukuoka-prefecture including Kitakyushu-city have various kind of Museums and facilities and a lot of things can be learned. The Kitakyushu-city 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.         Environmental Museum 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.     Kitakyushu Eco House 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.     Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History The largest scale Museum in Western Japan for Natural history and Human history located in Higashida district.     Kyushu …

STEM Education field / museums and learn…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                          HOME    Japan’s unique practice of the Christian faith continued even during the ban on Christianity Hidden Christian Site in Nagasaki Regions bear unique testimony to the tradition of people and their communities who secretly transmitted their faith in Christianity while surviving in the midst of the conventional society and its religions during the time of prohibition.     Oura Cathedral It was built in 1865 under the supervision of the French priest Bernard Petitjean. On March 17, 1865, a group of peasants from Urakami came to the church and professed their faith to Father Petitjean,  thus revealing that Christianity had survived through the centuries of persecution. The white marble statue of the Holy Mother at the entrance was built in commemoration of the dramatic discovery of the  “Hidden Christians.     Martyrdom of the 26 Saints of Japan Nishizaka Hill in Nagasaki is the place of Martyrdom of 26 Japanese Saints. The Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan were a group of Catholics who were executed by crucifixion on February 5, 1597.Their martyrdom is especially significant in the history of the Catholic Church in Japan. In 1950, Pope Pius XII designated this place as an official pilgrimage site for Catholics. And Saint Teresa of Calcutta commonly known as Mother Teresa visited here in 1982.   By putting them to death, Hideyoshi threatened people, saying “I hereby ban Christianity”.  Responded the martyrs’ chant “All …

Christian Pilgrimage sites in Nagasaki R…の続きを読む

                                                                                                                                     HOME    The damaged Torii ( stone archway on the path to a shrine ) by the atomic bombing  is located about 800 m southeast of Ground Zero located in the present Nagasaki    The pillar and beams on the side near Ground Zero were slapped down by the blast,  leaving only half of the structure standing. This strange damage was caused by exposure to a brief but tremendous blast stone. The blast wind shifted the beam at the top of Torii, grazed the surface of pillar facing  Ground Zero and erased the names of donators that had been engraved there. One of the few relics of the atomic wasteland still standing on its original site, this  Torii speaks silently of the awesome power generated by the atomic bomb explosion.      Home  Tailor-made tours　Study tours　Christian Pilgrimage tours   Golf tour   Kyushu tour packages    

Damaged Torii at Sanno Shrine…の続きを読む