Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2015) 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...
Designated as a World Heritage Site in 2024, this former gold mine was the most productive in Japan during the Edo Period, and largely funded the Tokugawa Shogunate that ruled Sado Island. Visitors canstroll through tunnels that were hand- dug over 400 years ago, in which visitors can see r...
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...
From breathtaking deserts to ancient cultural treasures, these newly-minted UNESCO sites will inspire your next great adventure. The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has revealed its latest list ofWorld Heritage-listed sitesfor 2024. Spanning continents and centuries, these 24 sites reflect humanity’s ...
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
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...
Japan boasts 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and each of them attracts a number of tourists with different features and uniqueness. Some of them are artificial structures that represent the history of development of the country or tradition, whereas others remain intact and untouched deep in nature...
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 Architectural Work of Le Corbusier(Argentina/Belgium/France/Germany/India/Japan/Switzerland) Stoclet House(Belgium) Flemish Beguinages(Belgium) Belfries of Belgium and France(Belgium/France) Van Nellefabriek(Netherlands) World Heritage Sites Visited In 2016 ...
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