Overview
A cluster of buildings from the port's trading heyday; its timber station was the first in Japan made an Important Cultural Property.
About this place
Mojiko Retro is a tourist spot in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture. Centred on buildings from the era of prosperity through foreign trade that remain around JR Mojiko Station, it is a tourist spot where hotels and commercial facilities have been developed in a Taisho retro style, and it has received the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's 100 Urban Landscapes and the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Design Award 2001 Grand Prize. It also received the fiscal 2007 Hand-made Hometown Award "Regional Activity Category" for "Tourism Promotion and Regional Revitalisation in the Mojiko Retro District," and in fiscal 2016 the Grand Prize of that award.
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Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Key facts
Founded / opened：1912 Highlights / collection：Former Moji Customs, Former Moji Mitsui Club, Mojiko Station Genre：Architecture
Source ja.wikipedia.org ↗Official website
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