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

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)

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)

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

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)