UNESCO World Heritage sites in Japan, Gunkanjima, Nagasaki Japan's rapid industrialization in the fields of shipbuilding, steel production and coal mining, after its opening to the west in the Meiji Period (1868-1912), is recognized in 23 sites on eleven properties in south western Japan added...
12. Japan Total number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites: 26 Natural: 5, Cultural: 21 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (cultural) Himeji-jo (cultural) Shirakami-Sanchi (natural) Yakushima (natural) Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu Cities) (cultural) Historic Vil...
UNESCO is probably best known for designating World Heritage Sites, cultural and natural sites that show "outstanding universal value". There are currently 26 world heritage sites in Japan, 21 cultural ones and 5 natural ones. World Cultural Heritage Sites Horyuji Temple Added in 1993 Horyu...
TOKYO, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Japan on Tuesday said it would seek a gold and silver mine site on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture to be nominated for the 2023 UNESCO World Heritage list, despite vehement protests from South Korea about the plan due to the site's connections to wartime labo...
This article by Lisa Vogt, a Washington-born and Tokyo-based photographer, originally appeared in the Jan. 21 issue of Asahi Weekly. It is part of the series "Lisa’s UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan," which depicts various sites of outstanding universal value across the country through ...
The United Nations heritage agency enshrined Japanese sake as part of the “intangible cultural heritage of humanity," alongside Brazilian white cheese, Caribbean cassava bread, and Palestinian olive oil soap, among other cultural products worldwide.
The Munakata region lies northeast of the city of Fukuoka and faces the rough Genkai Sea. Sixty kilometers off the coast of Kyushu is Okinoshima, a sacred island between the Japanese archipelago and the Korean Peninsula. It is not quite a kilometer in ph
Japan boasts 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and each of them attracts a number of tourists with different features and ...
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Any visitor to Japan knows that the islands hold a wealth of natural and manmade wonders. Many of these have been recognized over the years by UNESCO, and to date, there are 20 cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites and 5 natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan. Currently, there are ev...