Mietsu Naval Dock, in Saga

 

This site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial

Revolution site in 2015

Before Meiji Restoration, the Mietsu Naval Dock served as a venue for naval drilling

and maintenance of Western-style ship, as the naval base of Saga Clan. Japan’s first

practical steam ship, the Ryofu-maru was constructed there in 1865.