Kitakyushu / UNESCO World Heritage one-day tour
Kitakyushu-city is the birth place of Steel Making Industry in Japan and contributed greatly to
the development of the Japanese industry modernization. The four sites of Yawata Steel Works
in Kitakyushu area have been inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage as Sites of Japan’s Meiji
Industrial Revolution in 2015.
This tour introduce how Kitakyushu-city contributed to Japan’s industrial modernization with
unprecedented speed in the world and also the history to Environmental Future City can be
learned while visiting World Heritage sites and related Industry Heritages.
Tour conditions
The tour is the private tour exclusively for your group.
・Minimum number : 2 person
・Maximum number : 30 person
・Tour date : please specify the date
・English speaking tour attendant escorts your journey to produce a pleasant trip.
・Chartered vehicle is utilized as per number of person.
Itinerary
8:00 Depart Fukuoka-city
Transfer to Kitakyushu-city using Kyushu Expressway, 1 hours
Visit World Heritage and related site in Kitakyushu
First Head Office the Steel Works UNESCO World Heritage
Lunch in Kokura
Kawachi Reservoir → Minami Kawachi bridge
Onga River Pump Station UNESCO World Heritage
Transfer to Fukuoka-city
18:00 Arrive at Fukuoka-city
Where to visit
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The only one in the world, the Blast Furnace which was actually used until 1972, is preserved as it was. This place is the birth place of Japan’s modern steel industry began in 1901 and It contributed greatly to the development of the Japanese steel industry. |
First Head Office of the Steel Works
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Built in 1899, ahead of production facilities. It is an architectural fusion of Japanese and European design, a two story red brick building with bilateral symmetry and a central dome set in a Japanese tile roof. |
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The reservoir for supplying water to Yawata Steel Works; the construction took 8 years and was completed in 1927. The concept of the designer Hisanori Numata was “Civil engineering is an eternal monument”. The Dam in harmony with nature, is imaged European Castle and the volume 7milion cubic metre reservoir. |
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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.
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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. |
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