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National › Hiraizumi site misses out on UNESCO World Heritage listing

The UNESCO World Heritage Committee decided at its meeting Sunday to put off registration of the scenic northern Japan region of Hiraizumi, citing a lack… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Mon, Jul 07 2008

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18 Jan 08		Shirakawa Japan in Winter  »  YouTube videoShirakawa-go in Gifu, Japan is a village located near Takayama and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its traditional style of buildings called gasshō-zukuri. It is one of the snowiest places in Japan, thus the need for the steep thatched roofs.
23 May 08		Iwate's Hiraizumi unlikely to become World Heritage site  »  Japan Times Iwate Prefecture's historic Hiraizumi district will probably not become a World Heritage site because an advisory body of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will not back its application, the Agency for Cultural Affairs said...
13 Nov 07		World Heritage site visits and opinions in Japan  »  What Japan Thinks In Japan I’ve been to a number of UNESCO World Heritage sites - the Hiroshima Genbaku Dome (the dome itself is a bit of a disappointment), old Kyoto and Nara, Himeji Castle and I think Koyasan, which falls into the Kii mountains heritage zone. To...
13 May 07		UNESCO unlikely to register Iwami silver mine as World Heritage site  »  Japan Times A UNESCO advisory body has recommended against registering the remains of the Iwami silver mine in Shimane Prefecture on the World Heritage cultural site list, according to the Cultural Affairs... Read more . . .
02 Dec 08		National › JAXA to provide satellite photos of world heritage sites to UNESCO  »  Japan Today The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency decided Tuesday to provide satellite photos of 10 world heritage sites in Japan as well as abroad to the U.N.…
09 Sep 08		world heritage sites  »  Adventures In Japan In Japan, there are several areas that have been deemed UNESCO World Heritage sites. On mainland Okinawa, there are 9 areas. Most of them are gusuku (castle in Okinawan) ruins. Castles are also called "jo" or "shiro" in Japanese.On past trips to Okinawa,...

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