戦前までは栄華を誇っていた門司の街ですが、終戦とともに大陸貿易が縮小し石炭の輸出も減り、港は低迷し次第に街全体が衰退していくことになっていきます。
その後、門司港は往時の建造物を中心に、ホテルや商業施設などを大正レトロ調に整備をすすめ、1995年に『門司港レトロ』として生まれ変わりました。今では年間200万人以上の観光客が訪れる九州有数の観光地として、新たな歴史を歩みはじめています。
観光スポット
/福岡県北九州市
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Mojiko Retro is a sightseeing spot located in Moji Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture, facing the Kanmon Straits. The buildings that prospered as a trading port around JR Mojiko Station have been refurbished to preserve the Taisho retro-style townscape. Mojiko, with a history of more than 130 years since its opening, was once counted as one of the three major ports in Japan, and developed and prospered from the Meiji period to the early Showa period. After that, it became a port of call on European routes, and became an important international trading base bustling with trade ships and passenger ships. At the time of its development, major trading companies and banks were eager to open branches in Moji, causing land prices to skyrocket.
Moji boasted of its prosperity before the war, but with the end of the war, the continental trade shrank, coal exports declined, and the port stagnated and the entire city gradually declined.
Mojiko Port was then reborn as “Mojiko Retro” in 1995, with the buildings of the past, hotels, commercial facilities, and other facilities being renovated in a Taisho Retro style. Today, Mojiko Port has made a new history as one of Kyushu’s leading tourist destinations, attracting more than 2 million visitors a year.
Sightseeing spots/Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
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●Official Site
https://www.mojiko.info/
●Access info
https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Hakata-Station/Japan-Fukuoka-Kitakyushu-Moji-Ward-Minatomachi-9-%E9%96%80%E5%8F%B8%E6%B8%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD
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