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Designation of Japan Heritage Sites: Take Opportunity to Convey Appeal of Cultural Properties
Editorial
16:41 JST, February 20, 2025
Making awareness of the value of cultural properties and history that remain throughout Japan widespread will help vitalize local communities. The central and local governments should strengthen the dissemination of information about them and convey their appeal.
The Cultural Affairs Agency has announced this fiscal year’s sites selected for Japan Heritage status. “Otaru, a city called the ‘Heart’ of Hokkaido,” was newly designated, while the “Western Capital of Ancient Japan” in Fukuoka and Saga prefectures was excluded from the list.
The Japan Heritage system was established in fiscal 2015. Through introducing not only the value of individual properties, such as national treasures and important cultural properties, but also multiple cultural properties within an area grouped........
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