Tagawa City Coal-mining Museum

Memory of the World - The History of Chikuho - Sakubei Yamamoto and Tagawa

The coal mining paintings of Sakubei Yamamoto were registered as part of UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme, a first in Japan. We visited the Tagawa City Coal-Mining and Historical Museum where they are displayed.

Tagawa the movie

This is a video showing the delights and attractions of Tagawa, Japan, an industrial city of 50,000 people, set in the rural mountains of Kyushu. Features the shopping, entertainment and lifestyle attractions of this (once) great city.

田川市石炭・歴史博物館Tagawa City Coal and History Museum

説明

Nogata Memorial Hall of Coal Museum Kyushu | 直方市石炭記念館

The Nogata Memorial Hall of Coal celebrates the coal-mining industry in the Chikuho coalfield in northern Kyushu near Fukuoka

福岡県田川市 石炭歴史博物館を訪ねて

福岡県田川市にある石炭歴史博物館を紹介します。石炭の採掘技術の変遷、炭鉱労働者の生活など筑豊炭田に関わる諸事が視覚的に理解できると思います。