It is said that the keyword of modernization in the north of Kyushu is Chikuhou coal railroad, harbor, and means of transportation in the harbor. Demand and supply of coal of Chikuhou in particular promoted district advance of thecenter capital and brought advance of Wakamatsu /Moji harbor that was the formation of mainstay railway network to tie up digging of a barge, coal mine shaft and the product departure from a port, the product departure from a port and became base of Japan modernization of the sequel.
We gave the summary from a historic viewpoint about the coal mining industry that became base of Japanese modernization and the formation and development of means of transportation.
