Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining 1.65

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining are a grouping of historic sites that played an important part in the industrialization of Japan in the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods, and are part of the industrial heritage of Japan. In 2009 the monuments were submitted jointly for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List under criteria ii, iii, and iv. The sites were accepted at the 39th UNESCO World Heritage session.Eight areas are registered, with thirty component sites:(1) Yamaguchi: HagiHagi proto-industrial sites and Tokugawa period cultural setting; Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture:(2) Kagoshima: KagoshimaShūseikan pioneering factory complex; Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture:(3) Saga: SagaMietsu shipyard; Saga, Saga Prefecture:(4) Iwate: KamaishiHashino iron mining and smelting site; Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture:(5) Nagasaki: NagasakiNagasaki shipyard facilities, coal mining islands and associated sites; Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture: