Visiting Tagawa City Coal Memorial Park

On August 5, we went to the Tagawa City Coal Memorial Park. This park is located on the site of Mitsui Tagawa Coal Mining Plant.

A monument to the birthplace of the Tanko-bushi (炭坑節) folk song.

The Tagawa City Coal Mining Museum shows explained the coal mines in the Chikuho (筑豊) district located in the central part of Fukuoka prefecture, as well as pictures of Sakubee Yamamoto who drawn his work and life at the coal mine. These recorded pictures were registered in UNESCO's World Memory Heritage in May 2011. 

The Ita shaft tower.

Twin chimney shift towers of the Mitsui Tagawa coalmine. There are two boilers below this, and the steam from the boiler was coming out on top.

A restored coal mine house and the Ita shaft tower. The house was closed at the moment.

On the outside of the museum, many large machines such as load headers used for coal mining, excavation, transportation etc. are on display.

A steam locomotive 9600 series used for coal transport in the Chikuho area. He was once a hero of the coal industry in this area in the early 1900s. It is now no longer in use and kept in the train shed.

The Kawara-dake (香春岳) saw mountain is clearly seen from the park.