Iizuka Trip Overview
If you want to appreciate the world heritage: “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining” from Fukuoka with your group, this tour would be an ideal option for you!
Our bus will give you a comfortable ride throughout the tour.
You don’t have to navigate your way using public transportation.
We are very familiar with the area and our private bus will help you save time and visit many places.
Additional Info
Duration: 8 hours 45 minutes
Starts: Iizuka, Japan
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Iizuka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
If you want to appreciate the world heritage: “Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining” from Fukuoka with your group, this tour would be an ideal option for you!
Our bus will give you a comfortable ride throughout the tour.
You don’t have to navigate your way using public transportation.
We are very familiar with the area and our private bus will help you save time and visit many places.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Kaneiyahataseitetsusho Kyu Nihon Jimusho Chobo Space, Edamitsu, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu 805-0002 Fukuoka Prefecture
At 10:30 AM,
“The Yahata Steel Works”: World Heritage Industrial Ruins
The Yahata Steel Works (八幡製鐵所, Yahata seitetsu-sho) is a steel mill in Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Imperial Steel Works was established in 1896 to meet increasing demand from the nation’s burgeoning shipbuilding, railway, construction, and armaments industries. The site chosen was the former town of Yahata, now merged into Kitakyūshū, near coal mines and with easy access to the sea.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Onga River Source Pump Room, 1-3-1 Dotenouchi, Nakama 809-0033 Fukuoka Prefecture
13:30 PM,
“Onga River Source Pump Room”: World Heritage Industrial Ruins
It stores Onga River water in a reservoir and feeds it to the Yawata Works, about 12 km away. The water is essential for cooling the molten steel.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Tagawa City Coal-mining Museum, 2734-1 Ita, Tagawa 825-0002 Fukuoka Prefecture
15:00 PM,
“Tagawa City Coal and History Museum”: Industrial Ruins
This museum is located inside Coal Memorial Park. In the First Exhibition Hall of the Tagawa City Coal and History Museum, visitors can learn how coal is made and mined, what coal mines and the lives of coal miners are like, and get an easy-to-understand history of coal mining. The Second Exhibition Room displays paintings and essays born of coal miners’ life stories. The Third Exhibition Room displays historical materials dating from ancient to modern times that relate to “The History and People of the Tagawa Region”.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
