Japan Heritage
Japan Heritage (日本遺産, Nihon Isan) is a programme sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, aimed at valorization by local governments and other bodies, that sees individual Cultural Properties across the different categories as well as other not yet designated assets grouped together into thematic "stories" that the Agency then designates as "Japan Heritage". The first such was designated in 2015 and as of June 2020 there were one hundred and four of these narratives.[1][2][3][4]
List of Japan Heritage
| Story | Title | Image | Location | Tangible Properties | Intangible Properties | Folk Properties | Monuments | Other Properties | Undesignated Assets | Ref. | |
| Prefecture | Municipality | ||||||||||
| #001 | Educational Heritage from Early-Modern Japan (1568–1868): The Origins of Academics and Decorum 近世日本の教育遺産群－学ぶ心・礼節の本源－ Kinsei Nihon no kyōiku isan-gun (manabu kokoro・reisetsu no hongen) |  | Ibaraki | Mito | Former Kōdōkan; Tokiwa Park (Kairaku-en); Nisshin Juku Site | Former Mito Shōkōkan (ja); Dai Nihonshi | |||||
| Tochigi | Ashikaga | National Treasure Chinese books (Correct Interpretation of the Book of Rites, Correct Interpretation of the Book of Documents, Wen Xuan, Detailed Commentary on the Book of Changes) | Sekiten festival (ja) | Ashikaga Gakkō Site (including the Confucian Temple and associated buildings) | |||||||
| Okayama | Bizen | Former Shizutani School | Former Shizutani School; Kumazawa Banzan Residence Site; Well-field Site | Sekisai ceremony; Bizen Province Wake District Ida Village Nobehara Family Documents | |||||||
| Ōita | Hita | Chōfuku-ji Hondō | Kangi-en Site (ja); Hirose Tansō Former Residence; Hirose Tansō's Grave | Hita City Mameda-machi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings | Keirin-en Site; Historical Materials relating to the Kangi-en | ||||||
| #002 | Kakaa Denka: The Silk Story of Gunma かかあ天下－ぐんまの絹物語－ Kakaa denka (Gunma no kinu monogatari) |  | Gunma | Nakanojō | Tomizawa Family Residence | Nakanojō Town Kuni Akaiwa (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings | |||||
| Katashina | Nagai Method (ja) Sericultural School Laboratory House | Portrait of Nagai Ito | |||||||||
| Kanra | Former Obata-gumi Silk Production Brick Warehouse | Materials of Sericulture, Silk Reeling, Textiles in Kanra Town; Stone Monument of Kanra-sha Obata-gumi | |||||||||
| Kiryū | Former Model Factory and Kiryū Nenshi Gōshi Gaisha Office Building | Kiryū City Kiryū Shinmachi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Gotō Orimono; Textile Museum “Yukari”; Kiryū Textile Hall Former Building (ja) | Shirataki Jinja (ja) | ||||||||
| #003 | Takaoka, Town of Flourishing Folk Culture Under the Rule of the Maeda Family of Kaga: People, Technologies, Hearts and Minds 加賀前田家ゆかりの町民文化が花咲くまち高岡－人､技､心－ Kaga Maeda-ke yukari no chōmin bunka ga hanasaku machi Takaoka (hito, waza, kokoro) |  | Toyama | Takaoka | Zuiryū-ji; Gofuku-machi Shinmeisha (ja) Honden; Omoto-machi Shinmeisha Haiden; Official Autograph Letter of Maeda Toshinaga; Plan of Takaoka produced in Meiwa 8; Sugano Family Residence; Ikadai Family Residence; Dozōzukuri-no-Machi Shiryōkan (Former Murosaki Family Residence); Letter of Order (ja) of the Nin'an era; Letter from Maeda Toshinaga; Seated Bronze Statue of Amida Nyorai (ja); Toide Otaya (ja); Shōkō-ji (ja); Fushiki Kitamaebune Museum (Former Akimoto Family Residence) | Takaoka Mikurumayama festival floats (ja); Takaoka Mikurumayama festival; Wooden Form for a Dragon's Head on a Temple Bell; Manufacturing Techniques of Etchū Fukuoka Sedge-woven Hats | Maeda Tosinaga's Mausoleum; Takaoka Castle Site | Yamachō-Suji (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Kanaya-machi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Ariso-shō Hachimangū (Honden, Fishing Pavilion, Haiden, Heiden); Takaoka Casting Tools and Ware (ja); Former Nanbu Foundry Cupola Furnace and Chimney (ja); Tanada Family Residence; Yoshimatsu Family Residence; Aritō Family Residence; Takaoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Fushiki Branch; Fushiki Meteorological Museum (Former Fushiki Weather Station Building and Wind Measurement Tower) (ja); Maruya Family Residence; Sano Family Residence; Kiyoto Sake Brewery | Yoshibee Memorial Stele (Iya Susume Ushi no Mikoto Site); Goinsai (ja) festival; Fushiki Port (ja) (Fushiki Bay); Row of Sedge-woven Hat Ton'ya | ||
| #036 | Murakami Kaizoku: Japan’s Largest "Pirate" Group and their Territory in the Geiyo Archipelago "日本最大の海賊"の本拠地：芸予諸島－よみがえる村上海賊"Murakami KAIZOKU"の記憶－ "Nihon saidai no kaizoku" no honkyochi: Geiyo shotō (yomigaeru Murakami kaizoku "Murakami KAIZOKU" no kioku) |  | Hiroshima | Onomichi | Materials of the Innoshima Murakami Family; Jōdo-ji Hōkyōintō; Kōmyō-ji (ja) Namiwake Kannon; Kōjō-ji (ja) Three-Storey Pagoda | Mukunoura Sacred Dance (ja) | Innoshima Murakami Family Graves; Aoki Castle (ja) Site; Aokage Castle Site; Nagasaki Castle Site; Shirataki-yama 500 Arhats; Jizō-bana; Mikasaki Castle Site; Narutakiyama Castle Site | Hyōtan-jima (ja) | Okajima Castle Site; Yosaki Castle Site; Tawarasaki Castle Site; Momoshima (ja) Chausuyama Castle Site; Hōraku ware; Suigun-nabe (ja) | ||
| Ehime | Imabari | Cultural Properties at Ōyamazumi Jinja; Ōyamazumi Jinja Poems for the Gods; Tomonoura Zenpuku-ji Hōkyōintō and other nearby cultural assets from the Middle Ages; Bekku Ōyamazumi Jinja (ja) Haiden; Kōrin-ji (ja) Documents; Jōzen-ji and Noma Jinja (ja) Stone Pagodas | Ōmishima Island; Cultural Properties at Ōyamazumi Jinja; Amazaki Castle (ja) Site; Grave of Murakami Masafusa & Zenkō-ji; Noshima Castle Site; Materials of the Murakamis of Noshima; Koga-yashiki Site and other nearby historical sites related to the Murakami Kaizoku; Yawata-yama; Hashima (ja); Shishimagahara; Imabari Castle Site; Keshima Castle Site | Hyōtan-jima (ja) | Murakami Yoshitsugu Tombstone & Myōkō-ji; Michikajima (ja); Murakami Yoshihiro (ja) Grave & Kōryū-ji; Mushi Castle Site & Nakato Castle Site; Kurushima Castle (ja) Site; Ōhama Hachiman Shrine (ja); Kokubusan Castle Site; Hōraku ware; Suigun-nabe (ja) | ||||||
| #039 | The Kitamae-Bune Sea Routes: Ports and Residences Built on the Dreams of Brave Seafarers 荒波を越えた男たちの夢が紡いだ異空間～北前船寄港地・船主集落～ Aranami o koeta otoko-tachi no yume ga tsumuida i kūkan (kitamaebune kikō-chi・senshu shūraku) |  | Hokkaidō | Hakodate | Hakodate Bugyō's Office Site | Mount Hakodate; Itsukushima Jinja; Takadaya Residence Site; Takadaya Head Office Site | |||||
| Ishikari | Former Nagano Store; Former Shiratori Banya (Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum) | Kotan Jinja (ja) Mikoshi; Kindaitei (ja); Atsuta Jinja (ja) Ema Depicting Ships; Ishikari Hachiman Jinja (ja) Torii; Ishikari Benten Shrine (ja) Komainu; Ishikari Okiage Song | |||||||||
| Matsumae | Matsumae Byōbu; Matsumoto Family Storehouse and Materials; Ryūun-in | Matsumae Okiage Song; Ema (Shinto) of a Shipwreck; Matsumae Gion Bayashi | Matsumae Han Matsumae Clan Graves | Fukuyama Wharf; Okiguchi Government Office Site; Fukuyama Castle Town Site | |||||||
| Otaru | Hiyori-yama; Former Kitahama District Warehouses (Former Ukon Warehouse, Former Hiroumi Warehouse, Former Masuda Warehouse, Former Ōie Warehouse, Former Otaru Warehouse); Former Kaiyōtei; Votive Offerings at Sumiyoshi Jinja (First Torii, Chōzubachi), Ema Depicting Ships (Ebisu Jinja, Ryūtoku-ji (ja) Kompira-den); Old Photographs Relating to the Kitamaebune; Nishikawa Family Documents | ||||||||||
| Aomori | Ajigasawa | ||||||||||
| Fukaura | |||||||||||
| Noheji | |||||||||||
| Akita | Akita | ||||||||||
| Nikaho | |||||||||||
| Noshiro | |||||||||||
| Oga | |||||||||||
| Yurihonjō | |||||||||||
| Yamagata | Sakata | ||||||||||
| Tsuruoka | |||||||||||
| Niigata | Izumozaki | ||||||||||
| Jōetsu | |||||||||||
| Nagaoka | |||||||||||
| Niigata | |||||||||||
| Sado | |||||||||||
| Toyama | Takaoka | ||||||||||
| Toyama | |||||||||||
| Ishikawa | Hakusan | ||||||||||
| Kaga | |||||||||||
| Kanazawa | |||||||||||
| Komatsu | |||||||||||
| Shika | |||||||||||
| Wajima | |||||||||||
| Fukui | Minamiechizen | ||||||||||
| Obama | |||||||||||
| Sakai | |||||||||||
| Tsuruga | |||||||||||
| Kyōto | Miyazu | ||||||||||
| Ōsaka | Izumisano | ||||||||||
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| Hyōgo | Akō | ||||||||||
| Himeji | |||||||||||
| Kobe | |||||||||||
| Shin'onsen | |||||||||||
| Sumoto | |||||||||||
| Takasago | |||||||||||
| Tatsuno | |||||||||||
| Tottori | Tottori | ||||||||||
| Shimane | Hamada | ||||||||||
| Okayama | Kurashiki | ||||||||||
| Hiroshima | Kure | ||||||||||
| Onomichi | |||||||||||
| Kagawa | Tadotsu | ||||||||||
| #052 | Kanmon "Nostalgic" Straits: Memories of Japan’s modernization frozen in time 関門"ノスタルジック"海峡～時の停車場、近代化の記憶～ Kanmon "nosutarujikku" kaikyō (toki no teishaba, kindaika no kioku) |  | Yamaguchi | Shimonoseki | Mutsurejima Lighthouse; Former British Consulate in Shimonoseki (ja); Former Miyazaki Trading House | Chōshū Domain Shimonoseki Maeda Battery Site | Shimonoseki Nabe-chō Post Office (ja) (Former Akamagaseki Post and Telegraph Office); Fujiwara Yoshie Memorial Museum (Former Ringer Residence); Sino-Japanese Peace Memorial Hall | Kanmon Tunnel Outbound Line, Inbound Line; Holme, Ringer & Co.; Shimonoseki Station Handbell; Tatakiuri Banana Auctions (ja); Fugu Cuisine | |||
| Fukuoka | Kitakyūshū | Kyūshū Railway History Museum (ja); Former Kyūshū Railway Headquarters; Former Sapporo Breweries Kyūshū Plant Office, Brewery, Union Building, Warehouses (ja) | Hesaki Lighthouse; Wakamatsu Sekitan Hall; Former Moji Customs House (ja); Former JR Kyūshū Headquarters Building (ja); Kanmon Tunnel Outbound Line, Inbound Line; World Peace Pagoda (ja); Tatakiuri Banana Auctions (ja); Fugu Cuisine | ||||||||
| #083 | Traditional “Ryūkyūan Cuisine”, “Awamori”, and “Performing Arts” of Okinawa that have Continued Unbroken since the Time of the Ryūkyū Kingdom 琉球王国時代から連綿と続く沖縄の伝統的な「琉球料理」と「泡盛」、そして「芸能」 Ryūkyū ōkoku jidai kara renmen to tsuzuku Okinawa no dentō-tekina "Ryūkyū ryōri" to "awamori", soshite "geinō" |  | Okinawa | Naha | Former Bell of the Shuri Castle Seiden (Bridge of Nations Bell) | Ryūkyūan Dance (ja); Kumi Odori | Stone Gate at Kami-Tempigu; Shuri Castle Site; Shikina-en; Shuri Castle Shoin - Sasunoma Gardens | Historic Sites around Kumemura; Shiimii festival; Usanmi (Offering); Historic Sites around Naha Port (ja); Kumemura 600th Anniversary Memorial Stele; Tenshikan Site; Ukanshin Cuisine; Uchayaudun Site (ja); Ryūkyū Awamori; Shuri Castle Treasury Site; Tōfuyō (ja); Kippan | |||
| Urasoe | Iso no Takau Tomb (ja); Ryūkyū Trading Port Byōbu; 43 Red Lacquer Serving Trays with Foil Paintings of Figured Landscapes etc (Ryūkyūan Lacquerware) | Ryūkyūan Dance (ja); Kumi Odori | Iso Castle Site; Urasoe Castle Site; Makiminato (ja) Terabu no Gama (ja); Urasoe Yōdore; Stele in front of Urasoe Castle; Nakagami Hōsei Kaidō (Road of Shō Nei); Tomb of Tamagusuku Chōkun (ja) (Hentona Family Tomb) | Shiimii festival; Usanmi (Offering); Tōfuyō (ja) | |||||||
| #084 | Tales from the Sacred Land of Salmon: A Journey of Ten Thousand Years in the Nemuro Straits 「鮭の聖地」の物語～根室海峡一万年の道程～ "Sake no seichi" no monogatari (Nemuro kaikyō ichiman-nen no michinori) |  | Hokkaidō | Betsukai | Kaga Family Documents; Former Bekkai Village Eikidō (ja) Fūren Line Okiyukiusu Stop (ja); Assets relating to the Shibetsu Line (ja) (Okiyukiusu Station (ja)) | Former Okiyukiusu Ekitei (ja) | Former Hokkaidō Development Commission (ja) Cannery | Notsuke Peninsula (ja); Notsuke Tsūkōya Site; Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Fishing in Notsuke Bay (ja) using Utase (ja) Trawling Nets; Cultural Assets relating to the Konsen Pilot Farm; Dairy Buildings of the Konsen Plateau (ja); Lattice-shaped Forest Windbreak of the Konsen Plateau (ja) | |||
| Nemuro | Paintings of Adam Laxman's Ship and of Washireirafurou | Goyōmai Shishi Kagura | Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites; Nishitsukigaoka Site | Excavated Artefacts of the Okhotsk Culture on the Nemuro Peninsula; Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Kotohira Jinja (ja); Usui Katsusaburō Shōten (ja) Sake Warehouse; Nemuro Straits Coastal Cannery Labels; Nemuro Kombu Harvesting | |||||||
| Rausu | Excavated Artefacts from the Matsunorigawa Hokugan Site | Tachiniusu Hokugan Chashi Site | Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream | ||||||||
| Shibetsu | Votive Offerings at Shibetsu Jinja; Aizu Domain Samurai Graves | Shibetsu Sites (Ichanikarikariusu Site); Tabuyama Chashi Site; Assets relating to the Shibetsu Line (ja) (Former Nemuro Shibetsu Station (ja) Turntable) | Notsuke Peninsula (ja); Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Shibetsu Jinja; Coastal Barn Site; Dairy Buildings of the Konsen Plateau (ja); Lattice-shaped Forest Windbreak of the Konsen Plateau (ja) | ||||||||
| #085 | Urushi Monogatari from Inner Nanbu: Traditional Techniques Transmitted in the Appi River Basin "奥南部"漆物語～安比川流域に受け継がれる伝統技術～ "Oku-Nanbu" urushi monogatari (Appi-gawa ryūiki ni uketsugareru dentō gijutsu) |  | Iwate | Hachimantai | |||||||
| Ninohe | |||||||||||
| #089 | Tōkamachi, the Ultimate Snow Country: True Tales of Tremendous Snowfall 究極の雪国とおかまち ―真説!豪雪地ものがたりー Kyūkyoku no yukiguni Tōkamachi (shinsetsu! gōsetsu-chi monogatari) |  | Niigata | Tōkamachi | |||||||
| #091 | Mitake Shōsenkyō and the Origins of Kōshū Craftsmen: Towards Faith, Technique, and Advanced Technology Led by Crystal's Beating 甲州の匠の源流・御嶽昇仙峡～水晶の鼓動が導いた信仰と技、そして先進 ぎじゅつ技術へ～ Kōshū no takumi no genryū・Mitake Shōsenkyō (suishō no kodō ga michibiita shinkō to waza, soshite senshin gijutsu e) |  | Yamanashi | Kai | Wooden Statues of 500 Arhats; Seated Wooden Statue of Amida Nyorai; White Palanquin; Torii from Kanazakura Jinja (ja) | Mitake Shōsenkyō (ja) | Mitake Kodō (Kamezawa Route) Stone Items; Mitake Kodō; Former Rakan-ji (ja) Site | ||||
| Kōfu | Entaku-ji (ja) Jizōdō | Mitake Shōsenkyō (ja); Tsubakuroiwa Dike (ja) | Mount Kinpu Five Shaku Rocks; Kanazakura Jinja (ja) Grand Kagura with Masks and Costumes; Osada Enemon Memorial Stele; Sacred Treasures of Kanazakura Jinja (ja); Yutani Jinja | ||||||||
| #095 | Lake Biwa Canal, Waterway of Hope Connecting Kyōto and Ōtsu: A Moment in the Meiji Period one could have the Feel of a Stroll by Embarking on a Boat 京都と大津を繋ぐ希望の水路 琵琶湖疏水～舟に乗り、歩いて触れる明治のひととき Kyōto to Ōtsu o tsunagu kibō no suiro Biwako-sosui (fune ni nori, aruite fureru Meiji no hito-toki) |  | Shiga | Ōtsu | |||||||
| Kyōto | Kyōto | ||||||||||
| #096 | Now we can Coexist with Females, Women's Kōya: A Sacred Place that Continues to Heal as it Watches over Transcendence of and Adaptation to Time 女性とともに今に息づく女人高野～時を超え、時に合わせて見守り続ける癒しの聖地～ Josei to tomo-ni ima ni ikizuku nyonin Kōya (toki o koe, toki ni awasete mimamori tsuzukeru iyashi no seichi) |  | Ōsaka | Kawachinagano | Kongō-ji | Kongō-ji | |||||
| Nara | Uda | Murō-ji | |||||||||
| Wakayama | Kōya | Kōyasan chōishi-michi | Makio-michi (ja); Fudōzaka Entrance Nyonin-dō; Take Jizō; Nyonin-michi (ja) | ||||||||
| Kudoyama | Jison-in | Breast-Shaped Ema | |||||||||
| #103 | Nagasaki Kaidō that Spread Sugar Culture: Sugar Road 砂糖文化を広めた長崎街道～シュガーロード～ Satō bunka o hirometa Nagasaki kaidō (shugā rōdo) |  | Fukuoka | Izuka | Nagasaki Kaidō; Famous Confection Hiyoko (ja); Chidori Manjū (ja); Nanban Ōrai | ||||||
| Kitakyūshū | Fukuju-ji (ja) | Nagasaki Kaidō; Tokiwa Bridge (ja); Kogiku Manjū (ja); Konpeitō; Kurogane Yōkan | |||||||||
| Saga | Ogi | Muraoka Sōhonpo Yōkan Museum (ja) | Nagasaki Kaidō; Fucha Cuisine (ja); Ogi Yōkan (ja) | ||||||||
| Saga | Nagasaki Kaidō; Marubōro (ja); Sugadai; Consciousness of Confection Methods (Tsuruya Documents) | ||||||||||
| Ureshino | Ureshino City Shiotatsu Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings | Nagasaki Kaidō; Ikkōkō (ja); Kinkatō (ja) | |||||||||
| Nagasaki | Isahaya | Nagasaki Kaidō; Isahaya Okoshi (ja); Isahaya Okoshi Tools | |||||||||
| Nagasaki | Dances Dedicated during Nagasaki Kunchi | Dejima Dutch Trading Post | Nagasaki Kaidō; Castella; Aruheitō (ja) | ||||||||
| Ōmura | Nagasaki Kaidō; Hekohazushi Okoshi (ja); Okoshi Production Tools; Ōmura-zushi (ja) | ||||||||||
| #104 | The Story of Masons who Developed Yatsushiro: Masonry Legacy in the Town of Masons 八代を創造した石工たちの軌跡～石工の郷に息づく石造りのレガシー～ Yatsushiro o tagayashita ishiku-tachi no kiseki (ishiku no sato ni ikizuku ishizukuri no regashī) |  | Kumamoto | Yatsushiro | Kannai Bridge; Former Gunchiku (ja) New Land Sluice Gates and Land Reclamation Levee; Kajiya Upper, Middle, and Lower Bridges; Rokuro Bridge; Kasamatsu Bridge; Akamatsu Megane Bridge (No.1); Group of Megane Bridges | Ozayabushi/Ozaya Meisho; Female Sumō (ja); Shibakuchibō-odori | Mizushima (Shiranui and Mizushima); Mugishima Castle (ja) (Yatsushiro Castle Sites); Yatsushiro Castle (ja) (Yatsushiro Castle Sites); Ozaya Sluice Gates; Iwanaga Sangorō's Grave (ja); Shiragadake Natural Stone Bridge | Gunchiku (ja) Niban-chō Sluice Gate | Shiroshima; Shōga Rice Terrace in Bishō District; Bunsei Jinja; Tanigawa Bridge; Common Rushes and Common Rush Wares; Twisted Tōrō (Wakamiya Jinja (ja)); Twisted Tōrō (Sugawara Jinja) | ||
References
- "Outline of Japan Heritage". Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- 「日本遺産（Japan Heritage）」について [About "Japan Heritage"] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "Government names 18 'Japan Heritage' sites in tourism drive". Japan Times. 24 April 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- 「日本遺産」新たに21件認定、計104件に 文化庁 ["Japan Heritage": 21 New Designations, for a Total of 104; Agency for Cultural Affairs]. Mainichi Shimbun. 19 June 2020.
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