15 Sights in Kitakyushu, Japan (with Map and Images)

Yamada Ryokuchi is a 1,400,000 m2 park located in the southwestern part of Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Opened on May 27, 1995 (Heisei 7), from April 2009, the "Eastern Green Space / Satoyama Thinking Association Consortium" has been entrusted with management as a designated manager, and since April 2014, the "Kyushu Landscaping and Green Work Consortium" has been the designated manager.

Wikipedia: 山田緑地 (JA)

Itozu no Mori Park is a municipal zoo located in Kamizu, Kokurakita-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. In 2000 (Heisei 12), West Japan Railway (Nishitetsu)Operated by Itozu Yuen, closed due to poor management, and Kitakyushu City took over management.

Wikipedia: 到津の森公園 (JA)

Kitakyushu Former Osaka Merchant Ship is a historical building located in Minato Town, Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It is registered as a national registered tangible cultural property.

Wikipedia: 北九州市旧大阪商船 (JA)

Hesaki Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the Kiku Peninsula in Moji-ku, Kitakyūshū in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. It was constructed in December 1870; the lighthouse was lit on 22 January 1871. It was one of the lighthouses designed by Richard Henry Brunton, who was hired by the government of Japan to help construct lighthouses to make coastal waters safe for foreign ships to approach, after Japan opened up to the West.

Wikipedia: Hesaki Lighthouse (EN)

The World Peace Pagoda is located on the top of a mountain near Wabukari Park on the grounds of the Seto Inland Sea National Park in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan and is the only Myanmar-style temple (pagoda) in Japan that is officially recognized by the Myanmar government and the Buddhist Church.

Wikipedia: 世界平和パゴダ (JA), Website

Moji Red Brick Place is a group of buildings that have been preserved and utilized from the facilities of the former Sapporo Breweries Kyushu Factory in Osato Honmachi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 門司赤煉瓦プレイス (JA)

Kitakyushu City Former Moji Mitsui Club is a historical building located in Minato Town, Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

Wikipedia: 北九州市旧門司三井倶楽部 (JA)

Moji Telecommunications Retro Museum is a historical building located in Hamamachi, Moji-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. It is used as a corporate museum to display NTT's telephones and other equipment.

Wikipedia: 門司電気通信レトロ館 (JA)

Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery is an exhibition and experience facility related to industrial technology located in Higashida, Yawata Higashi-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The English name is Kitakyushu Innovation Gallery and Studio, and the abbreviation is KIGS.

Wikipedia: 北九州イノベーションギャラリー (JA), Website

Kasuga Shrine is a shrine located in the Kurosaki district of Hachimanishi-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, also known as Kasuga Shrine or Kuroda Shrine. A national history shrine dedicated to the "Chikuzen Kuni Torinojin" described in "Japan Sandai Jitsuki". The Kurosaki Gion Yamakasa, which is dedicated to Kasuga Palace every July, is famous as a tradition in Kitakyushu.

Wikipedia: 春日神社 (北九州市) (JA)

Shinozaki Hachiman Shrine is a shrine located in Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Its former status was that of a prefectural shrine. It is also referred to as Shinozaki Hachiman-gu.

Wikipedia: 篠崎八幡神社 (JA)

Kawachi Wisteria Garden is a private garden located in Kitakyushu founded by Higuchi Masao. The garden contains over 20 kinds of wisterias in a 10,000m2 area. CNN listed the garden among Japan's 31 most beautiful places, and this greatly increased its visitors; access is now limited to timed, advance-purchase tickets.

Wikipedia: Kawachi Wisteria Garden (EN), Website

Shiranoe Botanical Garden is a park in Kitakyushu City, located in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Uchiyama Ryokuchi Construction, a landscaping contractor, is the designated manager and manages it.

Wikipedia: 白野江植物公園 (JA)

The Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum is a literature museum in Kitakyushu, Japan. It is dedicated to Seichō Matsumoto, who spent the first half of his life in Kitakyusyu. The museum is located next to Kokura Castle.

Wikipedia: Matsumoto Seicho Memorial Museum (EN)

Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, in 2002. Exhibiting materials relating to the city's natural history, archaeology, and history, it is successor of the Kitakyushu Museum of History (北九州市立歴史博物館), which opened in 1975, the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History (北九州市立自然史博物館), which opened in 1981, and the Kitakyushu Museum of Archaeology (北九州市立考古博物館), which opened in 1983.

Wikipedia: Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History & Human History (EN)