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Mojiko Station

 

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.

 

 


 

General information  

Address

1-5-31 Nishikaigan, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-city

Access

13 minutes by a JR local train from JR Kokura station


 

 


 

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Kaikyo Plaza

 

The shopping area in the Mojiko Retro district located by the sea. “Full of a romance market

which stir up forgetting contentment” is the direct translation of the concept Kaikyo Plaza is

based on

 

The area has a very romantic ambience and evokes feeling of nostalgia and contentment that

will never be forgotten. There are about 40 stores for shops and restaurants.

 


 

General information  

Address

5-1 Minato-machi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-city

Access

A short walk from JR Mojiko Station

25 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station


 

 


 

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Mojiko Retro Observatory

 

Situated on the 31st floor of the high-rise apartment building “Retro Hi-Mart”. The 103m high

observatory offers magnificent views of the Mojiko Retro district, the Kanmon-kyo Bridge over

the  Kanmon Strait, as well as the Shimonoseki areaIt can be used until 10 pm and from

around 8pm, Mojiko Retro district is lights up with beautiful illuminations, creating a very

romantic ambience, making it a very popular dating spot.

 


 


 

General information  

Address

1-32 Higashiminato-machi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-city

Access

10 minutes walk from JR Mojiko station

25 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station

Open hours 10:00 to 22:00
Admission fee JPY 300
Days closed No regular closing day

 

 


 

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Uomachi & Kyomachi Shopping street

 

Uomachi and Kyomachi Ginteigai are the arcade downtown shopping streets connected from

JR Kokura Station. The literal meaning of Gintengai is the Silver roof arcade shopping street

and Uomachi Gintengai is the birth place of Japanese arcade shopping street constructed in

1991. Now, there are many kind of fantastic shops and restaurant along the street.

 

 

 


 


 


 


 


 


 

General information  

Address Kyomachi and Uomachi, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access A short walk from JR Kokura Station

 

 

 


 

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Minami Kawachi-bashi bridge

 

The only remaining lenticular truss bridge in Japan  ( lens type truss bridge), located at the south
side of Kawachi Reservoir and it was designed by Hisanori Numata and completed in 1926.
This shape and color really harmonize with nature and become a symbol of the Iron town Yahata.
 

 

 

General information  

Address Kawachi, Yahata-higashi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access

30 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station


 

 

 

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Kurogane Railway

 

Dedicated Railway for Yawata Steel Works. The railway connected between Yawata and

Tobata, construction work took three years, and completed in 1930. The most difficult

and hard work was making Miyatayama tunnel with a total length of 1180 m due to suffering

from floods. The gates of the Miyatayama tunnel are decorated with stately designs.

 

The rail way crossing the

road

Miyatayama tunnel Yahata

side

Miyatayama tunnel Tobata

side


 


 

General information  

Address Connected between Higasida, Yahata-higasiku and Nalabaru, Tobota-ku, Kitakyushu-city

 

 


 

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Onga River Pump Station

 

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. The site has been registered on the UNESCO World Heritage,

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution 

 

 Onga River

 Onga River Pump Station

 Water piping to the Steel Works


 

 

General information 

Address 1-3-1 Dotenouchi, Nakana-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access

40 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station

60 minutes by a vehicle from Fukuoka-city


 

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.

 


 

At that time, there were no construction machineries, the Steel Works was constructed

with human power in just 4 years.

 

 


 

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


 

 


 

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Mount Sarakura

 

Mount Sarakura is the best scenic spot in Kitakyushu-city.

The height of the mountain is 622 meters from sea level. At the top you are presented with a

magnificent and spectacular view of Kitakyushu. ​In 10 minutes, you can reach the summit 

from the Cable Car Station using the Cable car and the Slope car. 

 

We offer the most dynamic night view in the World.

The dynamic city where one million people are living and working, is creating the beautiful Night view

which you have never seen before. The night view from the mount Sarakura is chosen the three major

Night View in Japan along with Nagasaki from Mount Inasa.

The area of Night view is the largest in the World ; about 40km east to west and 10km south to north 

And also the number of lighting to create the night view is the largest in the World. 

 

 


 

Day time view  

 

We offer you the magnificent and spectacular view.

 

   Summit of the mountain

        Observatory area

     Top of the mountain


 

 Munakata and Ashiya

    Yahata and Wakamatsu

    Tobata, Kokura and Moji


 

      From the Cable car

       From the Cable car 

                   Kokura 


 

               Higashida

            Wakato Bridge

        Kanmonkyo Bridge


 

Nippon Steel / Yawata Works

 

          Yahata area

             Tobata area

               Kokura area


 

Access to the summit

 

Easy access to the summit by using the Cable Car and Slope Car.

 

  Cable car station

  Cable car

  Slope car

Cable car

The longest cable car in Kyushu, the total length is 1,100 metre from the Moutain-foot Station to 

the Summit Station, connecting the elevation difference 440 metre in 5 minutes

Slope Car
The self-drived monorail, the inclination angle of the rail changes while running, but the floor is

always kept horizontally by the hydraulic control system. connecting the the total length of

159 metre rail in 3 minutes from the Cable Car Top Station to the Summit.

 


 

Hiking 

You can also enjoy a Trekking instead of using Cable car and Slope car.

It takes about one and half hours on foot to top of the mountain from the Cable Car Station. 

 

 


 

General information  

Address

Yahata-higashi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture

Access to

Cable car 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

Access to

Summit

10 minutes by Cable car and Slope car from Cable car station to the Summit

90 minutes on foot from Cable car station to the Summit

Sarakura yama

Cable car

Address of Cable car Station : 1481-1 Ogura, Yahata-higashi-ku, Kitakyushu-city

Operate from 10:00 to 18:00

No closing days

Round trip fare : JPY 1,200 (Cable car and Slope car are utilized) 


 
 

 

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Kawachi Reservoir

 

The first-class civil construction heritage, the triggered the registration of World Cultural 

Heritage of Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution 

The Kawachi Reservoir was constructed for the industrial water supply to Yawata

Steel Works. The dam was constructed at the Okura River and upper stream of the

dam was expanded and making the 7milion cubic metre reservoir.

 


 

Specification of the dam  

・completion year : 1927

・height : 43.1 metre 
・Width : 189 metre

・Water storage capacity : 7,000,000 cubic metre
・Owner : NIPPON STEEL 
 

 

In the construction of the dam, the unprecedented design in the world has been applied in order

to harmonize with nature and to save the construction cost. The stones come out from the mountain

when the river was expanded have been utilized for construction of the dam.

 


 

All stones are cut into sizes and shapes by the stone technicians  according to the place of use. 

The large size stone were used at the main construction of the dam and the small size stones 

were used for other places as per size and shape. Construction was started in 1919 and was 

completed in1927 by 900 thousand total number of workers.

 


 

Minami Kawachi-bashi bridge

The only remaining lenticular truss bridge in Japan  ( lens type truss bridge), located at the south
side of Kawachi Reservoir and it was designed by Hisanori Numata.  This shape and color really
harmonize with nature and become a symbol of the Iron town Yahata.
 

 

General information  

Address Kawachi, Yahata-higashi-ku, Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka-prefecture
Access

30 minutes by a vehicle from JR Kokura Station


 

 


 

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