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Onga River Pump Station
2024/04/02
UNESCO World HeritagesThis site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution site in 2015 Built in 1910 on the east bank of the Onga River. It served, and still serves, to deliver industrial water to Y …
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First Head office of the Steel Works
2024/04/01
UNESCO World HeritagesThis site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution site in 2015. The the building for the Head office of the Imperial Steel Works was constructed in 1899, two years before comm …
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Hirado Dutch Trading Post, established in 1609
2024/04/25
Japanese historyThe Hirado Dutch Trading Post was a trading base in East Asia that was established in Hirado by the East India Company in 1609. Hirado was developed as a trading center until 1641, when the trading post was moved …
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Aso Tourist Tram, in southern Aso, Kumamoto-prefecture
2024/04/10
ExperiencesEnjoy the magnificent scenery of Aso. The Minami Aso railway is a private railroad offering a very scenic ride from Takamori to Nakamatsu in the south east of the caldera. Lovely and magnificent scenery can be enj …
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Samurai experience, in Kumamoto-city, Kumamoto-prefecture
2024/04/30
ExperiencesDiscover the spirit of Miyamoto Musashi who was the strongest Sumurai in Japan. You can learn the real Samurai swordsmanship and sprituality that has been passed down for 380 years. Japan KYUSHU Tourist can org …
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Naval training school in Nagasaki established in 1855
2024/04/05
Japanese historyFaced with crises from overseas countries, the Shogunate established the Naval training school in Nagasaki in 1955 with support from the Dutch. Excellent people from all over the Japan were gathered in Nagasa …
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Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace, in 1850
2024/04/13
Japanese historyThis is the Japan’s first constructed Reflectance Furnace. In the late Edo period when the necessity of maritime defence increased, the Saga clan built the Tsukiji Reflectance Furnace for making cast iron-made Wes …
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Accurate Japanese map completed by Ino Tadataka in 1821
2024/04/15
Japanese historyIno Tadataka started surveying the land of Japan at the age of 56, and spent 17 years creating Japan’s first accurate map of Japan based on actual measurements. The map was completed in 1821, three years aft …
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Cruz Sea, in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture
2024/04/02
Off the beaten pathCruz Sea is located in Hyuga, Miyazaki-prefecture. Your wishes come true here. The Cruz Sea is an area of ocean that appears to have a cross in it when viewed from an observatory. This cape is known as a ria coast …
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Nagasaki Port was opened to the World in 1859
2024/04/01
Japanese history, Latest informationNagasaki Port was opened in 1859 for trade with the world. And a residential areas were created for foreigners in Minami-yamate and Higashi-yamate where overlooking Nagasaki Port. And in that place, houses were …