This site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution site in 2015 Built in 1910 on the east bank of the Onga River. It served, and still serves, to deliver  industrial water to Yawata via an 11.4 km pipeline. This supply is integral to the steel  production process and was necessary to cope with the 1st phase expansion of the  Imperial Steel Works. 

Onga River Pump Station…の続きを読む

  This site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution site in 2015. The the building for the Head office of the Imperial Steel Works was constructed in 1899, two years before commencement of Japan’s Steel Industry. The design of the building is a harmony of European and Japanese architectural styles. The construction of the structure below the roof is a European style and uses red bricks for the outside walls. Aiming to symbolize a Good future for Japan, the roof was designed with a traditional Japanese triangular shape and Japanese tiles were used to complete the roof.  The building was initially used as a Head office until 1922, however with the expansion of production facilities, the Head Office was moved to another place due to lack of space. After that, the building was used for various purposes such as a Research and Developing Center for Steel Products.

First Head office of the Steel Works…の続きを読む

  The Hirado Dutch Trading Post was a trading base in East Asia that was established in Hirado by the East India Company in 1609. Hirado was developed as a trading center until 1641, when the trading post was moved to Dejima, Nagasaki.

Hirado Dutch Trading Post, established i…の続きを読む

  Enjoy the magnificent scenery of Aso. The Minami Aso railway is a private railroad offering a very scenic ride from Takamori to Nakamatsu in the south east of the caldera. Lovely and magnificent scenery can be enjoyed on a pleasant 30 minute train ride.

Aso Tourist Tram, in southern Aso, Kumam…の続きを読む

  Discover the spirit of Miyamoto Musashi who was the strongest Sumurai in Japan. You can learn the real Samurai swordsmanship and sprituality that has been passed down for 380 years.    Japan KYUSHU Tourist can organized Samurai Experience in Kumamoto.

Samurai experience, in Kumamoto-city, Ku…の続きを読む

  Faced with crises from overseas countries, the Shogunate established the  Naval training school  in Nagasaki in 1955 with support from the Dutch.    Excellent people from all over the Japan were gathered in Nagasaki, and Katsu Kaishu was among them. At the training school, practical education was provided on steam engines, navigation, operational techniques, physics, as well as artillery training and short sea navigation.

Naval training school in Nagasaki establ…の続きを読む

  This is the Japan’s first constructed Reflectance Furnace. In the late Edo period when the necessity of maritime defence increased, the Saga clan built the Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace for making cast iron-made Western cannons and completed in 1850. And then, the cast iron cannon was manufactured the first time in Japan in 1851. The reflectance furnace was greatly contributed for initial stage of Japan’s Industrial Modernization.

Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace, in 1850…の続きを読む

  Ino Tadataka started surveying the land of Japan at the age of 56, and spent 17 years creating Japan’s first accurate map of Japan based on actual measurements. The map was completed in 1821, three years after his death. Siebold came to Japan in 1823 as a Dutch doctor, and not only introduced Western culture to Japan, but also passionately researched and collected materials about Japan. When he was returning to Dutch, he was found hiding a secret Japanese map made by Ino Tadataka, and was ordered to be deported. However, at that time, he succeeded in secretly copying the map and taking it with him. Siebold introduced Japan to the West through the maps and materials he brought back. This information served as a reference when Mathew C Perry came to Uraga in 1853.

Accurate Japanese map completed by Ino T…の続きを読む

  Cruz Sea is located in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture. Your wishes come true here. The Cruz Sea is an area of ocean that appears to have a cross in it when viewed from an observatory. This cape is known as a ria coast; the “cross shape” was created by the narrow terrain here being eroded by rivers, resulting in a cross-shaped sea route. Because the cross-shape looks similar to the Japanese kanji character 叶 (meaning “to grant a wish”) it is commonly said that if you make a wish here it will be granted.     

Cruz Sea, in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture…の続きを読む

  Nagasaki Port was opened in 1859 for trade with the world. And a residential areas were created for foreigners in Minami-yamate and Higashi-yamate where overlooking Nagasaki Port.    And in that place, houses were built for foreigners who came to Japan for proceeding the international business in Japan.

Nagasaki Port was opened to the World in…の続きを読む