Hopes and fears at the Kitakyushu "hydrogen and ammonia base"

It is a 25-minute drive from JR Kokura Station in Kitakyushu City. When you go to Takatoyama Park at the top of the 124-meter-tall Takatoyama, the majestic Yahata district of Kyushu Steel Works (former Yahata Steel Works) of Nippon Steel Corporation comes into view. To the north of it spreads the Nippon Steel Corporation Kyushu Steel Works, which covers an area of 1.09 million square meters.