世界遺産物語 第１話 ／ 日本最古の鉄器は糸島で出土
●明治日本の産業革命遺産
遺産群で、8県（岩手県、静岡県、山口県、福岡県、佐賀県、熊本県、長崎県、
鹿児島県）にまたがる23の施設で構成されている。
世界中の誰もが成しえなかったことを、ドラスティックな産業革命とその後の
急速な産業発展（無形の事柄）が高く評価されたことによる。
【世界遺産物語とは】
ヨーロッパに比べて重工業が非常に遅れていた日本が、どのようにして
ヨーヨッパから技術を学び、産業革命を行い、急速な産業発展がなされたのかを
時代を遡ってその物語を紹介します。
●物語の始まり
鉄は稲作とともに伝わったと言われている。
福岡県糸島市二丈町で出土した。
弥生時代に入ると、稲作も盛んになり、斧や鍬など農機具が鉄で
造られるようになる。
砂鉄を還元し、鉄をつくる方法。
日本各地で行われた。
発達して行く。
その方法は、鍛造で鉄の板をつくり、それを丸い棒に巻き付け、
溶着させる。ねじのない時代に鉄製の栓をつくり、それを溶着させて
片方を塞ぎ、苦心の末鉄砲を完成させた。
備前・長船、そして城下町鹿児島と仙台などで鉄砲が造られるようになる。
そして、豊臣秀吉の時代に入って、刀や鉄砲づくりの技術は更に進んでいく。
ー世界遺産物語の目次ー
第一篇 古来の鉄づくりから官営八幡製鐵所創業までの歩み
・第1話 日本最古の鉄器は糸島で出土
・第2話 種子島に鉄砲伝来
・第3話 江戸幕府の政権安定策と鉄づくり
・第4話 幕末の日本に変化が起きる
・第5話 日本の産業革命の始まり
・第6話 反射炉で始まった日本の鉄づくり
・第7話 釜石で始まった洋式高炉による鉄づくり
・第9話 官営製鐵所建設の背景 その１
・第10話 官営製鐵所建設の背景 その２
・第11話 野呂景義による幻の製鉄所建設計画
・第12話 営製鐵所建設地が八幡に決定
・第13話 わずか4年で田畑に製鉄所をつくった偉業
第二編 八幡製鐵所創業から終戦までの歩み
・第 1話 八幡製鐵所の苦難の船出
・第 2話 日露戦争が八幡製鐵所拡張に拍車をかける
・第 3話 日露戦争後の反動不況と鉄鋼需要の伸び
・第 4話 第一次世界大戦後に鉄鋼需要が大幅に伸びる
・第 5話 河内貯水池物語
・第 6話 くろがね線物語
・第 7話 高見神社物語
・第 8話 満州事変と洞岡地区の拡張
・第 9話 戦争時代の終焉
Kashii-kaen
Kashii-kaen is an amusement park based on the theme of a flower.
Many beautiful flowers can be seen through one year.
・Tulips : from the middle of March to the beginning of April
・Roses : from the beginning of May to the beginning of July,
and from the middle of October to the end of November
・Pansies : from the end of December to the end of April
・Azaleas : from the middle of April to the end of May
・Buttons : from the middle of April to the beginning of May,
and from the middle of October to the end of November
・Cherry blossom : from the end of March to the beginning of April
・Begonias : from the beginning of May to the end of November
・Salvias : from the middle of May to the end of November
・Marigolds : from the beginning of May to the end of November.
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Kyushu Railway Museum
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Kyushu Railway Museum built using the former Kyushu Railway Headquarters. It is a railway theme park organized by JR Kyushu, showing the history of Kyushu Railways. is fascinating and always evokes feelings of nostalgia among visitors. |
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Minato house
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Minato house, here you can buy stunning souvenirs; The Kanko Ichiba or (tourist market) deals with the local specialties of Kitakyushu City such as marine and agricultural products, and the Kaikyo Ichiba or (channel market) sells these local specialties from the surrounding channel cities including Hakodate, Aomori and Shimonoseki, as well as restaurants. |
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Kurosaki Gion Yamagasa
17th century as a festival to honour the Kumate-suga Shrine and Fujita-suga Shrines.
The theme of this festival is the welcoming of the first God into the Sasa.
Yamagasa (festival float decorated with bamboo grass).
good health， a plentiful harvest and for the eradication of virulent contagious diseases.
refashioned into the Ningyo Yamagasa (Doll Float) which is decorated with
beautiful dolls.
The colored Ningyo Yamagasa is lit up at night and becomes a vivid spectacle.
and the various colors of the dolls mingle and scatter alternately.
and this produces great excitement among the spectators.
Sumo tournaments in Fukuoka
There are six official professional Sumo tournaments held each year.
Kokusai center from the second Sunday trough the third Sunday in November
for 15 days.
・A 15 minute bus ride from JR Hakata Station
Gunkan-jima Island
known as Gunkan-jima Island, after the Japanese name for battleship.
It was registered as the World Cultural Heritage of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
site in 2015.
The island was once the site of an underwater mining operation and a town with
several thousand residents.
annual output.
most advanced construction methods of the time.
Industrial tour in Kitakyushu
first established the steel work, named Yawata Steel (predecessor of Nippon Steel)
in 1901.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the city has become the base for key industries,
such as steel, chemical, electrical and ceramic industries and played
an important role in the modernization of Japan.
At the present, new industries including the automobile, robot, semiconductor
as well as environmentally-related industries are being promoted which has contributed
to development of advanced industry and technology in Japan.
of these industries.
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Kabuki
Kabuki, is one of Japanese traditional stage arts along with Nho
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It is said to have originated in Kyoto with a woman named Okuni at the beginning of the 17th century.
However, it is now performed only by male actors, so it amazing that the very first performance was by a woman.
Male actors called onnagata specialize in playing female roles. Kabuki started out as theater for the common people, so it does not have strict rules like nho or traditional Japanese music and dance.
The stage was similar to nho stage at first, but has changed
gradually. The hanamichi is a platform extending from the main stage, and is used by actors to come and go from the main stage. |
In Kyushu, you can watch Kabuki at Hakata-za located in Fukuoka-city
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Hakata-za The theater for Kabuki plays, musicals, the Takarazuka Revue and variety of other shows that are performed monthly. more … |
Waka
Waka is a style of verse usually containing thirty-one syllable in five lines.
It follows a 5-7-5-7-7 syllable pattern.
Waka is probably the oldest poetic style in Japan.
In Heian period ( 784-1185) the exchange of romantic waka between men and women
of noble families became popular.
However, waka was used almost exclusively by the cobles, and was never very popular
among commoners.
In the past there were several styles of waka.
They were all based on a similar syllable pattern, but had different length.
Over time, however, the five-line style known as tanka became dominant
and is the only style still popular today.
Indeed, the term of tanka has now become synonymous with waka.
During Kyokusui-no-en festival held at Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine, waka are
made and are written it down on a strip of fancy paper.
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