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Overview
A Dutch engineer's design executed by Amakusa masons - the only Meiji port surviving complete, quay, canal and bridges.
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Misumi Port is a harbor in Misumicho, Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture. The port administrator is Kumamoto Prefecture. It is designated a Major Port under the Port and Harbor Act and a Specified Port under the Ports Regulation Act. It is divided into the West Port (old port) and East Port, and the West Port is one of the component assets of the World Heritage "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining." Misumi Port is divided into the West Port and East Port; construction of the West Port began in 1884 (Meiji 17) and was completed in 1887 (Meiji 20). As a modern port, it is the oldest in Japan.
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Founded / opened：1887 Architect / artist：Johannis de Rijke Highlights / collection：World Heritage Site, 756-metre stone-laid wharf, Waterways and stone bridges Genre：Architecture
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