world heritage

[Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture] World Heritage Site "Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution - Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, Stone...

Hashino Iron Mine/Hashino Blast Furnace Ruins (Hashino Blast Furnace Ruins) is a blast furnace ruin located in Hashino-cho, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture, and was designated as a national historic site in 1957, and is a World Heritage Site of the Meiji...

editorial staff2024.05.20

Aomori Prefecture

[Aomori Prefecture] There are two world heritage sites in Tohoku! The charm of Japan's first World Heritage Site, Shirakami Sanchi...

We will introduce in detail the charm of "Shirakami Sanchi". Shirakami Sanchi is home to the world's largest virgin beech forest! The Shirakami Mountain Range has been registered as a World Heritage Site...

tryworks.oka2022.01.01

Shrines and temples

[Iwate Prefecture] Iwate Hiraizumi’s proud world heritage site “Motsuji Temple”

Motsuji Temple, located in Hiraizumi Town, Iwate Prefecture, is a Tendai sect temple whose principal image is a standing statue of Yakushi Nyorai, and was founded in 850 by Jikaku Daishi Ennin.

NEFT Editorial Department2016.10.05