In Japan, Onsen are the country’s hot springs and the bathing facilities and traditional inns  around them. Most Japanese love bathing in Onsen (hot springs), and many believe that the water can cure certain ailments. There are many volcanoes around Japan, and therefore many Onsen. Each Onsen is said to have its own healing property. Onsen resorts or hotels either use water from actual spring or they boil mineral water.      Onsen Resorts in Kyushu Kyushu is known for the best and most picturesque Onsen resorts in all of Japan. The profusion of Onsen is due in part to Kyushu’s very landscape: it’s home to no less than 9 volcano groups that are responsible for creating the island’s thermal waters.

Onsen resort…の続きを読む

  Japanese industry at the end of 19th century was 200 years behind.  After Mathew C Perry came to Japan in 1853, Japan’s industrial Revolution was started.   Japan’s modern Steel industry was started as Yawata Steel Works  at Higashida district in Kitakyushu in 1901.  Since then, the Steel Works greatly contributed to Japan’s industrial modernization. And Japan became the world’s leading industrialized country in only 100 years.

Japan’s modern Steel industry in 1901…の続きを読む

  Japanese Government selected Yawata as the site for construction of Japanese Steel Works from the 17 candidate sites across the country 1897. The 17 candidate locations are as follows. From the north; Aomori, Kamaishi, Shiogama, Chiba, Shinagawa, Tsurumi, Shizuoka, Wakayama, Umeda, Onomichi, Kure, Otake, Omuta, Nagasaki, Dairi (Kitakyushu-city), Itabitsu (Kitakyushu-city), Yawata (Kitakyushu-city)   The reasons selected Yawata are; Coal and limestone are available nearby Convenient sea and land transportation Large construction area Rich industrial water Yawata belongs to current Kitakyushu-city   And Construction activity of Steel Works was commenced in 1898.

Yawata was selected as Japanese Steel Wo…の続きを読む

  In 1868, Meiji Restoration, the most important event in Japanese history, which heralded a new era of modernization in Japan.   This revolution restored the imperial rule to Japan after more than 250years of Tokugawa Shogunate.

Meiji Restoration in 1868…の続きを読む