Museum Shoko Shuseikan Main Building

The Shōko Shūseikan is the site of a pre-modern industrial complex created in the Bakumatsu period by Satsuma Domain in the city of Kagoshima Japan. It was designed a National Historic Site, with the designation expanded in 2013.

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Type: Building
Description: UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kagoshima, Japan
Also known as: “Shōko Shūseikan”
Address: 1, 吉野町, 鹿児島市, 鹿児島県 892-0871
Roof shape: hipped

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sengan-en and Tsurugane Shrine.

Sengan-en

Railway station

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Sengan-en Station is a passenger railway station located in the city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima, Japan. It is operated by JR Kyushu and is on the Nippō Main Line. It is named after the nearby Sengan-en garden, which is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tsurugane Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Tsurugane Shrine is a Shinto shrine.

Sengan-En

Museum

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Sengan-en is a Japanese garden attached to a former Shimazu clan residence in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, together with the adjacent Shōko Shūseikan it forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining. Sengan-En is situated 410 metres east of Museum Shoko Shuseikan Main Building.