Mojiko Station, in Kitakyushu-city

 

It is the only Station building that is designated as an Important National Cultural Property 

together with Tokyo Station. Mojiko Station is a beautiful station built in the Renaissance 

style and modeled on the Termini Station in Italy. 

Kyushu Railway (nowadays JR Kyushu) began rail services between Mojiko Station 

and Takase Station in 1891 and the Station building was built in 1914.

This was the first railway in Kyushu and subsequently Mojiko prospered greatly as a gateway 

to the Kyushu region after that.

This was the first railway in Kyushu and subsequently Mojiko prospered greatly as a

gateway to the Kyushu region after that.

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