Kitakyushu is a transformative city that has overcome many problems in its modern history. The city developed around the heavy chemical industry starting in 1901, when the government-owned Yawata Steel Works started operations. Since then, the city has added a cluster of robotics, automotive and other high-value-added industries, and developed into a manufacturing hub. Collaboration between industry, academia and government helped the city overcome the serious pollution problems of the 1960s, and in 2011 Kitakyushu was named Asia’s first OECD Green Growth City.
With its rich history of transformation, conventions in Kitakyushu are sure to provide participants with truly transformative experiences.
Fukuoka Airport→JR Kokura Station：Subway⇒Shinkansen (30 min.)
Fukuoka Airport→JR Kokura Station：Highway express bus (80 min.)
Kitakyushu Airport→JR Kokura Station：Airport bus (35 min.)
Tokyo Station→JR Kokura Station：Shinkansen (4 hr. 33 min.)
Osaka Station→JR Kokura Station：Shinkansen (2 hr. 11 min.)
Hakata Station→JR Kokura Station：Shinkansen (16 min.)
| Facility | Rooms | |
| Hotel | 53 | 7,700 |
| Ryokan | 44 | 593 |
| Total | 97 | 8,293 |
Kitakyushu Convention Bureau (Kitakyushu Convention and Visitors Association)
Yaskawa Innovation Center
Kitakyushu Eco-Town, Kitakyushu Next Generation Energy Park
Kitakyushu offers a full slate of industrial tourism options unique to a manufacturing city. These pre-/post-convention attractions have earned high praise. At TOTO, experience the history and technology of products that have always adhered to the strictest quality standards. At Yaskawa Innovation Center, experience factory tours and an exhibition hall that make industrial robot technology approachable and relatable.
Kitakyushu also boasts a full raft of facilities that introduce advanced efforts in the environmental field, including the Kitakyushu Environment Museum, where visitors trace Kitakyushu’s path from overcoming pollution to becoming a Green Growth City, and Kitakyushu Eco-Town, one of the largest in the country where visitors tour recycling companies and Kitakyushu Next Generation Energy Park.
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