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“Suisui” is a three-room inn located in ART HOTEL Kokura New Tagawa’s “Hyakunen no Niwa” Japanese garden. It allows you to enjoy the beauty of traditional Japanese architecture, created by craftsmen pouring their heart and soul into the job about 130 years ago.
Kokura has long been a focal point for transit, to the point that it is said that all the roads of Kyushu run through Kokura. JR Kokura Station, the entryway to Kitakyushu’s Kokurakita Ward, is truly the hub of Kyushu. It connects not only the Shinkansen, but also the Kagoshima Main Line and Nippo Main Line, not to mention the monorail.
The environs of Kokura Castle are home to the greenery of Katsuyama Park and the Murasaki River. There’s also a brilliant academic environment, with a literary museum and a memorial hall dedicated to the novelist Seicho Matsumoto, a Kokura native who won the Akutagawa Prize.
The hotel is located in downtown Kokurakita Ward, 8 minutes on foot from the south exit of JR Kokura Station, 2 minutes on foot from the Kitakyushu Monorail Tanga Station, 40 minutes by car from Kitakyushu Airport: for its convenient accessibility, the atmosphere it provides is both serene and pleasant. Why not sit back and enjoy a luxurious time, full of Japanese atmosphere? You can get this here in a “teioku ichinyo” (the Japanese concept of harmony between the building and garden) space, which gracefully weaves together authentic sukiya-zukuri architecture with elaborate designs and a garden spreading out before your eyes.
Just a short distance from Mojiko Retro District, the representative tourist spot of Kyushu. Connecting Kyushu with Honshu, the 1,068-meter Kanmon Suspension Bridge is definitely worth seeing. You can also access Ganryu Island, site of the famed duel between the swordsmen Miyamoto Musashi and Sasaki Kojiro. The seaside scenery is very evocative, and will make you feel like you were there when that famous battle took place four centuries ago. With our hotel as a base, why not explore the rich culture and history of the region?