Former Pattern Shop / Shipyard History Museum, in Nagasaki

This site is registered on UNESCO World Heritage as Japan’s Meiji Industrial

Revolution site in 2015.

The Former Pattern Shop was built in 1898 to produce wooden patterns for castings

and is the oldest factory building in the shipyard. It is a two-storied brick building with

a timber roof truss. There is a U-shaped rail on the ceiling to transport materials.

The building was refurbished to the Shipyard History Museum in 1985 and is open

to the public.

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.

This 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 Yawata via an 11.4 km pipeline. This supply is integral to the steel

production process and was necessary to cope with the 1st phase expansion of the

Imperial Steel Works.

This 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 commencement of Japan’s Steel Industry.

The design of the building is a harmony of European and Japanese architectural styles.

The construction of the structure below the roof is a European style and uses red bricks

for the outside walls.

Aiming to symbolize a Good future for Japan, the roof was designed with a traditional

Japanese triangular shape and Japanese tiles were used to complete the roof.

The building was initially used as a Head office until 1922, however with the expansion

of production facilities, the Head Office was moved to another place due to lack of space.

After that, the building was used for various purposes such as a Research and Developing

Center for Steel Products.

The site has been registered on the UNESCO World Heritage as

the Sacred Island Okinoshiam and Associated site in the Munakata Region

The Tomb Group in Fukutsu City comprises the tombs of the Munakata clan, an ancient

powerful family that led interactions with overseas countries. The Munakata clan also

performed rituals on Okinoshima and nurtured the tradition of faith in in the sacred island.