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A treasure house of rich nature, pleasure, history and culture.

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Reception room Mantlepiece ordered from England

Zashikibina

The residence was built in late 30's of theMeiji era and renovated a few times in the
Taisho and the Showa era. It consists of 5houses and 3 storehouses, such as southbuilding at front, north building in thegarden side, Kadonoma and Nakanomabuilding which connects south and northbuildings, entrance and dining buildinga n d Ts u n a g i b u i l d i n g . T h e m o d e r nJapanese house also has a big garden
with a pond. Its beauty is the compromise
between Japanese and Western in theresidence. You can see its advanced
building technology and sophisticated andbeautiful decorations everywhere.
Yanagiwara Byakuren had spent for about
10 years here as Den-emon's wife. Thegarden was designated as a nationallycultural property in September 2011.

Tatami corridor The ceiling resembles the bottom of aship and appears far away, playing an illusion on the eyes

（ Scenic spot）
National cultural property

Japanese garden

Large circuit-style garden with an arbor☎ +81-948-22-9700

300, Kobukuro, Iizuka

Available￥ High Schoolers or Older: 310yen (250yen), Grade/Jr. High Schoolers 100yen (80yen) (Price) shows group-discounted

Cadmission per head. The group is of 20 or more.Admission is free for HS student or younger only on Sat.
9:30am to 5pm (Last entry up to 4:30pm.)
Closed on Wednesdays (but opens if Wednesday is a national holiday.) and during theDec.29 to Jan.3 Period.No holidays during an event.

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②Masuseki second ﬂoor accommodate 1,200 people

Box seating and stands on the ﬁrst and

Cosplay Experience

Separate fee required(400 yen)

The theater opened as an entertainment
place for coal miners in 1931 during theheight of coal-mining industry. Its features
are Masuseki, two hanamichis, ahuman-powered stage and Seri, they are
speciﬁc to a playhouse build in the Edo era.

NarakuThe revolving stage of 16m in diameter andelevator are manually operated

Exhibition room Props, actor signs, tickets etc.

It's registered as a tangible cultural asset
and also designated as an industrial
heritage. A ﬂood in July 2003 took adevastating toll on the theater. However,thanks to the support gathered from allover Japan, it repaired in a year andr e o p e n e d . Yo u c a n v i s i t a n d s e eeverywhere in the theater such as a trap
cellar and an exhibition room when noperformance is provided on the day.

*Backyard tour (photography inside is permitted)
Kaho Theater
has been donated to Iizuka city from nonprofit organization, Kaho Theater. As ofright now, it is temporarily closed. (When reopening, we will inform you on Iizuka city homepage.)
5-23 Iizuka, Iizuka☎ +81-948-22-0266
As it is closed,
please contact
Iizuka city History Museum for inquiry.
￥ Adult:400yen Elementary school students:100yen

Paid parking is available in front of the theater. (100yen [500yen for a bus])+81-948-25-2930(for visiting the theater)9am to 5pm Closed dates：Wednesday,New Year's Holiday(performance data can not be visited)

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Tateiwa Archaeological
Excavation Exhibition RoomArtifacts from the Tateiwa archeologicalsite, designated as a national importantcultural property, as well as some from theJomon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods including
Emperor Qin’ s terra-cotta army that wasdonated by Xian City, China, are on
display. The Iizuka region is introduced

Permanent Exhibition Room (Coal Age)from early modern to modern times,
divided into (1) rural life, (2) the Nagasaki
Kaido road, and (3) the coal age, under thetheme of “life and culture” . For the “coalage” , the changes in coal transportationfrom riverboats to railways aredemonstrated using river hirata models,
hornstones, items donated by boatmen,
and railway-related materials. A full-size
diorama of the hand-digging era, paintings
by Sakubei Yamamoto, and coal mining
tools are also on display.
In☎ +81-948-25-2930
959-1 Kayanomori, Iizuka￥ Adult:230yen (160yen) High school students:110yen (70yen)
Elementary and junior high school students:50yen(30yen)( ) is the price per person for groups of 20 or more.
Admission free for high school students and under on Saturdays.
9:30am to 5pm (last entry 4:30pm)
C Closed on Wednesdays (except for Wed on a national holiday) andthe Dec.29 to Jan.3 Period.
Available

addition,

Denemonexhibition
Itoandareas
poet

dedicated
Yanagiwara

Byakuren provides a glimpse at the lives ofthe manager of the mining company at thetime.

Iizuka City is located almost in the center of Fukuoka Prefecture, and during the Edo period it was a popular post town on
the Nagasaki Kaido. Since the Meiji era, the town has prospered as the center of commercial culture of Chikuho Coal Mines,
which boasted the largest coal output in the country.
Today, as a commercial city, the core of Chikuho, and an academic city with three universities including Kyushu Institute ofTechnology, Kinki University, and Kinki University Kyushu Junior College, Iizuka City is a vibrant city of culture and creation.

IizukaCentral Theater

Iizuka Ice Palace

This theater, exclusively for Taishu Engeki, oﬀers

Become a top athlete at Iizuka Ice Palace! HereOne of ﬁve auto racing venues nationwide,

daily performances at an aﬀordable price. The

you have the opportunity to aim for the world.

established in 1957. Comfortable spectator

plays are easy to understand, the actors performBecome a world-class athlete through theseats are available both indoors and outdoors,in close proximity to the audience, and theguidance of trusted leaders!

and the stand seats allow you to witness every

atmosphere is authentic and charming. The udon

impressive action of the racers. This is a leisurenoodles available in the cafeteria are also popular.
Central Building 4F, 8-48 Yoshihara-machi, Iizuka City
TEL +81-948-26-7177

4Iizuka Motorbike
Race Circuit

Daytime performances start at 1:00pm, Night-time
performances start at 6:00pm (Fri.-Sun. and holidays)

Price

adult

1,800yenchildren

800yenBuyou ticket

1,000yenfacility loved by many local and nonlocal race
56-1 Kayanomori, Iizuka City, TEL +81-948-24-0881

General rates（1 day ticket）
Adult

Gliding fee 1,300yen

Rental shoes fee

Viewing fee

200yenMiddle andhigh school students

1,100yen
500yen200yenElementary school
students and below

900yenfans.
147 Namazuta, Iizuka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

TEL +81-948-22-6326

Schedule is available
on the website

Hina dolls are displayedin Former Ito
Den-emon Residence,
shopping arcades
and Kaho Theater.
Uniquely decorated
hina dolls will
welcome you inevery venue. This
festival attracts many
tourists as representativeof sightseeing event inIizuka.

Why don’ t you enjoy a wonderfulspring path under beautiful cherry
blossoms in full bloom?
Stage performance by anime
characters popular among kids,
live performance by musicians,bazar, traditional rice-cakepounding and scattering andmany other fun events are held forvisitors. Come to this festival andenjoy nice spring-atmosphere!

Now deﬁned ranked as Super Series
followed by Four Major WorldChampionships, Japan Open Iizuka
is the tops in Asia. Japan Open iswonderfully run by lots of local
volunteers, also playing a verysigniﬁcant role as the wonderful
opportunity to further promoteinternational friendship exchange andunderstanding among handicappedpeople and citizens.

Yakiyama Ekken Sakura
Kaido Road(Shidarezakura)
A 2km road of drooping
sakura (cherry) trees
along a river

The festivall has along history andattract 80,000
people every year.
A ﬁrework named“Niagara falls” andother big set
pieces are wellknown. Stalls
around the venue in
Nakanoshima are
crowded with people.

The Yamakasa is known
as a summer citizen'sfestival. On the dayof “Oiyama,” whichis the last day ofthis festival period,
more than 3,000
men run to carry
Yamakasa on a road.
People watching
Yamakasa along theroute splash water overthose men to cheer them up.
The scene impress people andmake them feel cool!

Daibu’ s lion dance is one of
the most representative
lion dances of Fukuoka
prefecture that has beenprotected and handed
down to the present day
since it was ﬁrst
performed in the Daibu
Hachiman Shrine Hojoe in
1724. It is performed every
year on the last Saturday and
Sunday of September at Daibu
Hachiman Shrine’ s Hojoe.

During the festival, many
events such as a dancecompetition and a
fancy-dress parade
relating to Nagasaki
Kaido are held
centering around
shopping arcades inthe city.

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SweNagasaki Kaido is also known as “Sugar Road.” Iizuka was a shukubamachi (a town
prospered centering around shukuba (post station)) along the road. Sugar andEuropean sweets were brought to Iizuka in Edo era and confectionary became
popular.Iizuka started to prosper as a coal mine town in the early Meiji era. Sweets
helped coal miners to relieve their tired bodies.

Hiyoko was born in Iizuka, where lots of types ofsweets are made. Now a lot of people like Hiyoko andit's known nationwide.You can visit Honami Hiyoko
factory for a tour.
To make a reservation, please contact+81-948-23-0745.

☎ +81-948-22-0145

Chidoriya Honke started its business in 1630.
Famous sweets in Chidoriya are Chidorimanju
and Tirolian. There are a cafe and a showroom
behind the shop. Advance reservation is required
to visit the showroom.

15-1 Honmachi, Iizuka
9:30am to 6pm Closed on New Year's Day
non-available☎ 0120-22-0831

4-21 Honmachi, Iizuka
8:30am to 8pm Closed on New Year's Day

Available

About 80-year-old building along Nagasaki-kaido wasremoved and rebuilt as the Sakaeya shop. Some sweets are
sold only in the main shop and others are originated in Iizuka.

☎ +81-948-26-0111

128-1 Horiike, Iizuka
Sakaeya main shop 9am to 9pmCafe9am to 7pm(Hours may vary by season.)
AvailableFutase
295-13 Igisu, Iizuka☎ +81-948-22-1384
Manju
9am to 5:30pm Closed on Sunday (Open if it's a holiday.)
Hompo Available (only 1 space.)
77-34 Tadakuma, Iizuka☎ +81-948-25-6771
Kameya9am to 7pm Closed on the third Thursday of each month.
nobunaga
Available

The “KURO SELECTION” was developed by apopular Western-style confectionery shop in
the Kahan region based on the concept of the“Coal mining town of Chikuho Kahan,” and“KURO” (black). Enjoy the special ﬂavor anddesign of these luxurious adult sweets.
http://www.kuro-selection.com

6ChikuhoSeika☎ +81-948-22-7349

408-1, Tsushima, Iizuka
8am to 5pm
Available
C Closed on Sundays & National Holidays

Yokankobo ☎ +81-948-23-2415
9am to 6pm
Fuchigami
Available☎ +81-948-22-2323

1114 Dainichiji, Iizuka

8-18 Honmachi, Iizuka
10:00am-5:00pm Closed on: Wednesdays
Available: 1

Both men and women working in coal mines risked their lives on thejob. They started thinking to have delicious meals at least and not tohave regrets about daily meals.People had clear-cut characters andalways said “Use your money today, not carry it over to tomorrow.”
They used a lot of money especially on eating. That helped to bring up
lots of nice restaurants and be born delicious dishes. Then they madepeople foodies.This is how the food culture in Iizuka started. Theculture is inherited today and Iizuka is known as a city of good food.

HormoneHormone, meaning cow’ s inners, is a uniquespecialty in Chikuho and a long symbol ofcoal industry’ s food culture here. Hormone
is supposedly the origin of Motsu-Nabe, alocal specialty in Hakata. People say that theterm Hormone or iginall y c omes fr om“Hourumon,” literally meaning food stuﬀ to bediscarded. People started to enjoy hormone
by putting them into a heat-resistant paper
bag and cooking them over a charcoal stove.
After WWⅡ, hormone dish took root all over
Chikuho Area, satisfying coal miners here.

Iizuka“Legendary”
Hormone Dishes
Hormone dishes have been loved by people in the ex-coalmine area here for a long time. Now, many local restaurants
have innovated a new variation of hormone dishes toinherit “the legendary traditional taste” of hormone dishes
and create their own new “legend.” Their innovations ofhormone dishes include hormone don (rice bowl dishes),
hormone noodles, hormone nabe (hot pot dishes).

STAYYADO❷ Business Hotel Century
Our hotel is a 2 minutes walk from JR
Shin-iizuka station, which is convenient
for business or sightseeing. There is apost oﬃce on the ﬁrst ﬂoor. 4 room types(single, double, twin and Japanese stylerooms) can respond to a wide variety ofneeds, such as for a single traveller and agroup. 40 rooms in total.

❶ NOGAMI PRESIDENT HOTEL
Just 5min.walk from JR Shin-iizuka Station. As a traditional hotelin Iizuka, we welcome you with high-class hospitality.

☎+81-948-22-3840
12-37 Shintateiwa, Iizuka❸ HOTEL NEW GAEA IIZUKA
Our hotel is located at Yoshihara-machi which is the largest
business hub in Chikuho area. We welcome you to thespacious, cozy and hospitable hotel.

☎+81-948-26-2500
7-24 Yoshihara-machi, Iizuka❺ SHIN IIZUKA STATION HOTEL☎+81-948-26-1300
4-20 Yoshio-machi, Iizuka❹ Business Hotel New Iizuka
Our rooms are all spacious,
equipped with a bathroom
and toilet separately.
Our parking lot is availablefor free. Breakfast is alsoavailable for free.

☎+81-948-22-0066
585-1 Yokota, iizuka☎+81-948-29-2515
9-11 Shin-iizuka, Iizuka

Use our online hotel reservation
system and earn points!

The Kahan region has ﬂourished as a base for social
exchange between many people in the coal industry,
and as its kanji character implies, it is also arice-producing area. Kahan Rice is a creative variety ofomurice (rice omelets) made with rice, eggs, and warm
sympathy, all closely related to the hometown of sweets
known as the Kahan region.

❻ Akebonokan☎+81-948-22-1708
6-14 Shin-iizuka, Iizuka❼ Business Hotel Yamatoya☎+81-948-22-2544
5-13 Shin-iizuka, Iizuka
Toll-Free: 0120 072 544

http://www.s-s-hotel.jp/

Hotel MAP❽❶ City Hall❸
遠賀川

Iizukahospital❹❺

JR Siniizuka

NishitetubusTerminal❼ ❻❷Water has been ﬁltered by radon
bedrock for thousands of years.
Konoyu Onsen is located beside
Konoike pond, which is calm enoughto rest and relax.

☎+81-948-28-4126
82-33 Ikawa, Iizuka

Lodging facilities
with hot springs❽ Konoyu Onsen(Day trips are also permitted)

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・approx. 40min. from Yahata I.C.

・approx. 60min. from Chikugoogori I.C. ・approx. 50min. from Fukuoka Airport.
・approx. 60min. from Kitakyushu Airport.

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Institute Iizuka Tourism Association
i-town 2F 6-1, Yoshihara-machi, Iizuka 820-0040
Tel +81-948-22-3511 (including weekends and holidays) Fax +81-948-22-2528
E-mail：otoiawase@kankou-iizuka.jp Iizuka Tourism Association Search
http://www.kankou-iizuka.jp

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