You can learn about the history, culture, and nature of the Kanmon Straits, but it’s also a museum like a game center that both adults and children can enjoy. The Kanmon Strait Museum is a hands-on tourist facility located in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, an 8 minute-walk from JR Mojiko Station, where visitors can enjoy the entire Kanmon Straits. The museum introduces the history, culture, and nature of the Kanmon Straits through visual and interactive experiences. The five-story Kanmon Strait Museum is divided into a paid zone and a free zone; the observation deck on the 5th floor is free of charge, and the Promenade Deck (free of charge) […]

Mojiko Station, a station with a Starbucks with a Taisho era atmosphere JR Mojiko Station is the starting point of the Kyushu Railway (JR Kyushu) Kagoshima Main Line in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Mojiko Station building was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 1988, so Kitakyushu City has been developed a tourist area called Mojiko Retro, which also utilizes historical buildings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the area surrounding Mojiko Station. JR Mojiko Station opened in 1891 (Meiji 24) as Moji Station (hereinafter referred to as former Moji Station), the starting station of the former Kyushu Railway. (The former Kyushu Railway was nationalized […]

Kyushu Railway History Museum, where you can see famous trains of the past and feel like a driver at the miniature railroad park. The Kyushu Railway History Museum is a railway museum located in the birthplace of the Kyushu Railway in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The former Kyushu Railway was established in 1888 (Meiji 21), and the Kyushu Railway History Museum utilizes the headquarters building that was constructed in 1891 (Meiji 24). It consists of three areas: the main building, rolling stock exhibition space, and mini railway park. The late Leiji Matsumoto, a manga artist connected to Kitakyushu City, was the honorary director of the Kyushu Railway History Museum. […]

Summary of major buildings in the Mojiko Retro District from the era when it flourished due to foreign trade Mojiko Retro is a sightseeing area that blends old and new buildings by utilizing buildings from the period when the area around JR Mojiko Station in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture prospered from foreign trade (late 19th to early 20th century) while developing hotels and commercial facilities with a Taisho Retro style. By the way, Taisho Roman is a culture that flourished during the Taisho era (1912-1926), a mixture of Japanese and Western styles. The following is an explanation of the major buildings in the Mojiko Retro District. These buildings are […]

Summary of sightseeing in Mojiko, a port town with an atmosphere of Taisho Roman and Showa Modern Mojiko is an area centered around Mojiko Station in Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Famous as a tourist destination, the area retains the atmosphere of an old port town with its coastal warehouses and historical buildings. Although the area is now part of Kitakyushu Port and there is no port named “Moji Port,” the name is derived from the area where Moji Port used to be and Mojiko Station, a key point of transportation in the region. Moji Port is written and pronounced Mojiko (門司港) in Japanese. Taisho Roman and Showa Modern refers […]