Amakusa Shiro Memorial Hall, in Amakusa

The museum is a Christian Pilgrimage site shows History of Christianity in Amakusa

and Shimabara Rebellion which was a peasant uprising agaist bakufu’s persecution

of Christians under the leadership of Amakusa Shiro in 1637.

Environmental Museum, in Kitakyushu

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.

Hakata Machiya Furusatokan, in Fukuoka-city

The folk museum depicts the life and culture of Hakata Fukuoka. It is located near

the Kushida Shrine, Tochoji temple and Canal City Hakata. 

Exhibition hall, you can find the many faces and facets of the Hakata way of life,

 Machiya hall, is a superb example of traditional architecture and has been moved 

here and restored to provide a glimpse into the past.

Chiran Peace Museum for the Kamikaze Pilots, in Chiran

This museum exhibits precious materials such as pictures, letters, wills, articles and

mementos of the 1,036 Kamikaze pilots based in Chiran who participated in the Battle for

Okinawa towards the end of World War 2. It also houses a No.3 type fighter aircraft, Hien.

Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum, in Asakura

The main exhibit room displays a few letters and other items of kamikaze pilots who died

in battle. One case has photos of about 50 kamikaze pilots from Tachiarai Air Base and

includes the following information on each pilot: name, unit, plane used, date of death,

and air base of final sortie.

The museum does not give any historical summary of the kamikaze operations but rather

focuses on the stories of the pilots stationed at Tachiarai Air Base.

Saga Castle History Museum, in Saga

Japan’s Industrial Modernization activity was started here. 

The largest restored wooden building in Japan at 2,500m2, the museum offers

the unparalleled chance to experience a Japanese castle from more than

175 years ago.

Former Pattern Shop / Shipyard History Museum, in Nagasaki

The Former Pattern Shop has been registered on UNESCO World Heritage

as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution.  The Former Pattern Shop was built in

1898 to produce wooden patterns for castings and is the oldest factory building in the

shipyard. It is a two-storied brick building with a timber roof truss. There is a U-shaped

rail on the ceiling to transport materials. The building was refurbished to the Shipyard

History Museum in 1985 and is open to the public.

Atomic Bomb Museum, in Nagasaki

In addition to these artifacts, the museum exhibits a number of photograph that

Kitakyushu Manga Museum, in Kitakyushu

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.

The permanent exhibition area on the 6th floor concentrates on manga writers and artists who

have a connection with Kitakyushu; and while more than thirty are listed, the best known is Reiji

Matsumoto, who is also the honorary director of the museum.

The rest of the Aru Aru City shopping mall is devoted to shops and services for Japan’s pop youth

culture. There are lots of shops selling manga, anime DVDs, J-Pop CDs, computer games, trading

cards, as well as related paraphernalia such posters and figurines. There are games arcades, an

internet cafe, model car racetrack, a karaoke bar, and several cafes and bars serving alcohol, as

well as a full maid cafe.

Kyushu National Museum, in Dazaifu

Kyushu National Museum was opened in 2005 in Dazaifu-city next to Dazaifu Tenmangu

Shrine, as Japan’s fourth national museum after Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara. Dazaifu is the place

where played important role as an administrative center and a center for trade with China and

Korea since 1300 years ago, therefore the concept of the museum is decided “Interpreting

the formation of Japanese culture from the perspective of Asian history”.