Visiting Miike Port, Omuta, Fukuoka

First we went to Miike Port (三池港 -ko), Omuta, Fukuoka. We've never been there for decades, so we want to go again.

Driving on Fukuoka Prefectural Route 10 and Ariake Bay Coastal Road from Nankan Interchange on Kyushu Expressway, we came to the small harbor town in the southernmost end of Fukuoka Prefecture.

The port was first opened in 1902 on Ariake Bay. In 1908, it was opened to the foreigners and in the next year the Trade Taxation Office was established along the port, as a branch of the Nagasaki Trade Taxation Office.

The Miike container park seen from the port square. A regular shipping service is seems to be running to Busan, Korea but I don't know how many times there are.

Miike Port's lock gate in the dock. This is unusual dock in Japan which is similar to the Panama Canal.

After that we went to the Mitsui Minato Club (三井港倶楽部). It was built by Mitsui Group in 1908 and used as a guest house.

To be continued..