Mitsui Minato Club, Omuta, Fukuoka

After visiting Miike Port, we went to a nearby spot, the Mitsui Minato Club (旧三井港俱楽部 kyu-mitsui-minato-kurabu) . It was built by Mitsui Group in 1908 and used as a guest house.

Welcome to the retro style house of the Meiji era. There's a fancy dining restaurant on the first floor, you can have some great western food here.

Then I went up the stairs to the second floor. A set of reception chairs which was used at the time of the Emperor Showa's visit in 1949. 

After that I took a tour the garden.

A statue of Dan Takuma (團啄磨), the founder of the Mitsui Miike Mine and the site of Oura Mine Shaft in the courtyard.