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.