Showing important materials about the history, culture of the castle town, Kokura and the lords of Kokura Castle
- Model of Kokura Castle
- Model of Kokura Castle town in old days by a trade port with 1500 small dolls, made from Japanese paper
Experiencing and enjoying in Kokura Castle in Edo-period
- Daimyo palanquin
- It is a palanquin to carry a lord. You feel the lord in the palanquin moving up and down.
- Strategy meeting before departure for the front
- “Shimabara-no-Ran’’ Strategy meeting the previous night before the departure with mechanical dolls.
You can enjoy to see computer graphics on a big screen with talking mechanical dolls.
- Karakuri Theater
- Cartoon:“Kokura Castle Story"(10min) and “Hikyaku-no Gen-san’s Kokura Castle town story"(15min) come up.
Showed display items about Kitakyushu-city and the citizens.
You can look down Kitakyushu-city on the top of Kokura castle. And also, there is the information.
East side
West side
South side
North side
There paintings of a pair of tigers "Mukae Tora'' (male tiger on the right) and "Okuri Tora'' (female tiger on the left) were derived from the loss of Kokura Castle in 1866 (Keio Year 2) which was the year of the tiger. Please come and appriiciate the powerful touch of brushwork on the biggest two paintings of this kind (4.7m high X 2.9wide each) in Japan.
Ascending and descending chairs for handicapped persons and aged persons are established in each floor totally 7. *supporting persons are needed to use.
