Traffic center

Investment environment in Kitakyushu
Logistics infrastructure

The Strategic Point of Traffic between Honshu and Kyushu

Well-connected with many regions by expressways, rail, sea, and air, we provide a perfect base for business in Western Japan. The Higashikyushu Expressway was opened on April 24, 2016, greatly shortening the time to travel to the Oita and Miyazaki regions. Our superiority is further increasing as a logistic base covering Western Japan with three expressways from Kitakyushu respectively leading to Honshu, East Kyushu, and West Kyushu.

Higashikyushu Expressway <Between Kitakyushu and Miyazaki>

With Kitakyushu as a starting point, a new expressway is under construction connecting the prefectures of Fukuoka, Oita, Miyazaki and Kagoshima. The section between Kitakyushu and Miyazaki was fully opened in April 2015 and travel time between the two has been greatly reduced. Also, the Kyushu and Oita Expressways have been directly connected, forming an efficient network.

Distance and travel time between Kitakyushu and the major cities of Western Japan

Showing the travel time and distance from Mojiko Interchange (IC) to other city's IC.
The red letters show the travel time and distance between the City Office of each city.

ACCESS

Ferry

[From Shinmoji]
To Kobe	12 hours
To Izumi Otsu	12 hours
To Osaka South Port	12 hours
To Tokushima	14 hours
To Tokyo	35 hours
[From Kokura]
To Matsuyama	7 hours

JR Bullet Train (Shinkansen)

To Tokyo Station	4 hours and 50 mins
To Nagoya Station	3 hours
To Shin-Osaka Station	2 hours 10 mins
To Hakata Station	15 mins
To Kumamoto Station	55 mins
To Kagoshima Central Station	1 hour 35 mins

By Air

To Tokyo	1 hour 30 mins, 16 return flights per day
To Nagoya	1 hour 15 mins, 1 return flights per day

By Expressway

[From Moji Interchange (IC)]
To Tokyo IC	11 hours
To Nagoya IC	8 hours
To East Osaka-kita IC	6 hours