Go out of the School and
ENJOY
AFTERSCHOOL
Where shall I go after school?
There are a variety of places in Tagawa, where Iikane Palette locates.
You can feel different atmosphere in each season in peaceful local scenes.
Let's go out and see historical places of town and meet people!!
Above are only few of the features. You can visit us and find more by yourself!
Saidosho station
This western style wooden building was built in 1915 and still has the taste of the time it opened. Renovated Second Waiting Room is the place where people who moved in the area can make friends with residents and the hub of the group to promote local development.
Address：2595-4, Saidosho, Kawara-machi, Tagawa-gun
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Ita Tatekoro (Mine Shaft Turret)
Tagawa was the center of the largest coal mine in Japan, Chikuho coalfield. Ita Mine Shaft Turret was established in 1909. This is the only turret made of copper remained in Chikuho area and the largest scale vertical pit turret made in Meiji Era.
Address：2734-1, Ita, Tagawa-shi
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Nihon Entotsu (Smokestacks)
Together with the mine shaft turret, these smokestacks are the symbol of Tagawa. Their construction was completed in 1908. Both smokestacks are 45-meter tall and one of the largest sizes made in Meiji Era existing to this day.
Address：2734-1, Ita, Tagawa-shi
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Funao station
While the “black diamond” coal industry supported Tagawa, another industry supported the town was “white diamond” lime. This is the passenger railway going through the cement factory area that is still operating. The unstaffed station creates rural taste.
Address：Yugeta, Tagawa-shi
Soeda-machi Menbei Factory Outlet
You can observe the process of manufacturing Menbei crackers. Enjoy shopping and sample tasting at the store.
Address：2282, Soeda, Soeda-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-31-4040
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Tagawa Sangyo
This is a lime manufacturer established in 1924. The main product, lime plaster “Shirokabe” is widely used from cultural assets including Osaka Castle to general houses. The company has been enthusiastic to the innovative technical development in recent years. Please ask us in advance if you would like to visit there.
Address：田川市大字弓削田 1924
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Nakamura Sangyo Bio Institute
With the main raw material, lime stones produced in Tagawa, the company produces soil improvement agent added with organic microorganisms without using any chemical agents. Power of bio improves the foundation of production and supports organic agriculture without agrochemical. Please ask us in advance if you would like to visit there.
Address：80, Yugeta, Tagawa-shi
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Shimada
Enjoy nabe hot pot dish with the secret soup. Repeating customers come here to see nice smiles of the owner and his wife.
Address：1058-1, Kawasaki, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-73-2708
Yakiniku-no-Nishimoto
The specialty is white chicken lever. Enjoy yakiniku roasted meat and special pot dish in the area, motsu-nabe and horumon-nabe, which are beef or pork offal cooked in stock.
Address：460-1, Sangase, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-45-2333
Chikuho
The red lantern and the smell of charcoal fire invite you to the restaurant. Customers vary from young to old ages, enjoying the meals from father and son team.
Address：754, Tabara, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-72-7365
Spaghetti House Est!
Homemade fresh pasta and different types of sauce will make you visit here again.
Address：332-1, Yugeta, Tagawa-shi
Contact：0947-42-3051
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Laputa
Buffet style restaurant in the fruit farm. The restaurant has attracted people in and out of the prefecture using food materials grown in the climate of Tagawa and strictly selected, healthy condiment.
Address：4408-11, Amagi, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-47-4000
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Kyara
The retrospective atmosphere of the café makes you feel their history. There are always regular customers in the lunch time. The most popular menu is Shogayaki Teishoku, pork dish cooked with ginger coming with rice and soup.
Address：358-5, Ikejiri, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-46-0043
bird coffee
Customers can enjoy warmth of wood furniture. Every morning, 4 to 5 regular and seasonal types of muffins are served. Enjoy them with coffee. Which one to choose? Ask the manager.
Address：9009, Chinzei-Danchinai, 2717, Ita, Tagawa-shi
Contact：0947-46-2232
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Higashi-machi coffee
There are not many coffee shops open from early hours like this one. Many people come for their favorite degree of roasting coffee beans and the couple who run this café. Breakfast and lunch menus are something you don’t want to miss.
Address：339-1, Natsuyoshi, Tagawa-shi
Contact：0947-23-2333
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Michi-no-eki Itoda
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Address：162-4, Itoda-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-26-2115
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Michi-no-eki Oto Sakurakaido
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Address：1339, Imatobaru, Oto-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-63-4430
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Michi-no-eki Kanyusha Hikosan
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Address：1113-1, Noda, Soeda-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-47-7039
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Michi-no-eki Kawara
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Address：1870-1, Kagamiyama, Kawara-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-32-8727
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Farmers’ market De・Ai
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Address：5308-1, Amagi, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-72-8249
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Red Village Market
Address：5951-1, Aka, Aka-mura, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-62-2990
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Itoda Gion Yamakasa
Traditional culture with more than 300 years of history. At the climactic stage, more than 10 yamakasa floats are gathered and illuminated in the sunset, creating mystical views. Held on the second Saturday and the following Sunday in May every year.
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Kawawatari Jinkosai (River Crossing Festival)
One of the 5 great festivals in Fukuoka Prefecture with longer than 450 years of history and tradition. Wild movement of Yamakasa in the river maximizes the excitement! Held on the third Saturday and the following Sunday in May every year.
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Kanada Yamakasa Festival
Taller than 10-meter tall Yamakasa floats gather. Visitors enjoy competition of gorgeous decorative lighting displays and air of excitement. Held on the second Saturday and the following Sunday in October every year.
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Kawasaki Panpaku
Kawasaki Panpaku (bread exhibition) is a big event held in the town of Kawasaki with more than 20,000 people attending. About 50 bakeries in and out of Fukuoka Prefecture come here and sell their original bread made from the town originated food materials. Every year, it is held around end of April.
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Mt. Hiko in Soeda-machi
1,199 meters high, Approximately 6 hours for round trip
Huge size Japanese cedars including 1200 years old Onisugi are fostered with enormous strange and bizarre rocks in this mountain. It is one of the three great mountains for shugen (mountaineering asceticism) training in Japan.
Mt. Fukuchi in Fukuchi-machi
901 meters high, Approximately 4 hours for round trip
There are different courses for mountain climbing enjoyable to everybody from beginners to advanced climbers. Enjoy 360-degree panoramic scene from the top of the mountain.
Kawaradake in Kawara-machi
508 meters high, Approximately 2 hours for round trip
Kawaradake is comprised of 3 mountains formed with lime stones. Because of the production of lime stones, hikers can enter only San-no-take, the third mountain. There are rock-climbing course and family course.
Gyorakuen
When Sesshu, who was an artist and a monk, traveled around Kyushu, he made this old garden. It is designated as a National Site of Scenic Beauty. Especially in the season of autumn leaves, many tourists visit here.
Address：6388, Amagi, Kawasaki-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-72-7777
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Hikosan Jingu (Mt. Hiko shrine)
Mt. Hiko is the spiritual mountain worshipped as a god’s mountain from old days. The enshrined deity is Ameno-oshihomimino-mikoto, the son of Japanese Goddess of the sun (Amaterasu-oomikami, Ise Shrine). He is worshipped as the guardian deity of agricultural production, mines, and factories as well as the god of good luck.
Address：1, Hikosan, Soeda-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-85-0001
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Tagawa-shi coal, history Museum
It locates at the vacant lot of Mitsui Tagawa Coal Mine’s Ita Vertical Pit, which used to be the largest scale coal mine in Chikuho region. The museum owns a large amount of Sakubei Yamamoto Collection, the first UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register in Japan.
Address：2734-1, Ita, Tagawa-shi
Contact：0947-44-5745
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Nakamura Museum
The museum owns paintings of Taikan Yokoyama, modern Japanese and Western paintings, ceramics, sculptures, glass crafts, ink stones, and others. Beautiful garden is decorated with plum and peony flowers in different seasons.
Address：3782-1, Yugeta, Tagawa-shi
Contact：0947-42-1018
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Agano ware (Agano yaki togei kan)
One of the 7 Kilns in Enshu region and designated traditional artifact in Japan. With 400 years of tradition and history, it has established sophisticated and elegant style porcelains.
Address：2811, Agano, Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-28-5864
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Rakushindo
Rakugan is a type of Japanese confectionery used for Buddhist sermon. Beautiful designs in more than 200 vivid colors can be an artwork. Feel awed by the great manual work.
Address：946, Kanada, Fukuchi-machi, Tagawa-gun
Contact：0947-22-7288
WEB SITELOCATION
Tagawa locates in the center of Fukuoka Prefecture.
Since old roads run crossways in the prefecture, it is relatively easy to go to major cities from Tagawa.
Iikane once was a post station of Akizuki Road and still has the resemblance of it.
When you travel northern Kyushu and Yamaguchi Prefecture, a new post station Iikane Plette is waiting for you!
| Fukuoka city |  60minutes |
|---|---|
| Kitakyushu city | 60minutes |
| Shimonoseki city | 75minutes |
| Saga city | 100minutes |
|---|---|
| Beppu city | 100minutes |
| Kumamoto city | 135minutes |
| Sasebo city | 135minutes |
BOOKING &
CONTACT
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- One adult member (parent) can sleep with one baby or one toddler.
- When you reserve dormitory type rooms with several members, we may ask the group to stay in separate rooms depending on the reservations of other customers.