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Mojiko Retro

Little knownBarely documented in English. This is the kind of place the site exists for.

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Le quartier portuaire de Mojiko conserve des bâtiments de briques rouges du début du XXe siècle, époque où ce port était la principale porte du commerce entre le Japon et le continent asiatique. L'ancienne douane, la gare de Mojiko (1914) et les entrepôts restaurés abritent musées et restaurants. La spécialité locale est le yaki-curry (curry gratiné au four).

Informations essentielles

Horaires d'ouverture

Buildings: varies (10:00 AM – 5:00 PM) | Waterfront: 24/7 | Illumination: daily dusk–11:00 PM

Fermé: Some buildings closed Mondays or Tuesdays | Waterfront always accessible

Tarif d'entrée

Free to walk | Individual buildings: ¥150–400 | Pedestrian tunnel to Shimonoseki: ¥20 | Ferry: ¥400

Meilleure saison

Year-round | Evening for illuminated waterfront | Spring and autumn for mild weather

Durée de visite

2–3 heures

Comment s'y rendre

Informations d'accès

Train JR depuis Kokura jusqu'à Mojiko (15 min, ¥280). Tout le quartier se parcourt à pied. Musées : ¥100–300.

Guide d'initié

**The underground tunnel option:** Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel runs under the Kanmon Strait from Mojiko to Shimonoseki — 780m, a short walk, ¥20 toll. Cross to Honshu, eat Shimonoseki fugu (puffer fish), cross back. A Kyushu/Honshu crossing in 40 minutes total. **焼きカレー (yaki curry):** Mojiko invented and commercializes 'yaki curry' — rice baked in a cast iron pan with curry sauce and a melted cheese topping. Over 30 restaurants in the district serve it (one is always nearby), with weekend lines forming at the more popular shops. **Architecture tour tip:** The Former Moji Customs Building (1912) is the most photogenic. Enter from the waterfront side and ask the attendant about the secret basement — originally used to store impounded contraband, now contains unchanged Meiji-era fixtures. **Ferry to Shimonoseki:** The waterfront ferry (¥400, 5 minutes) runs continuously and adds an extra dimension — viewing Mojiko from the water shows the scale of the historic buildings differently.