ブックタイトル「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

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「近代の文化遺産の保存理念と修復理念」英語版

34Photo 11　 Onga-gawa River water resource pumpingfacilities of the former national Yawata SteelWorksPhoto 13　Miike Bay LockgatePhoto 12　 A 150-ton hammerhead crane at MitsubishiHeavy Industries Nagasaki Shipyardhigh, and dynamic as compared to architecturalheritage. In the case of Kaohsiung, if workingfacilities were to be included, the district wouldbe much larger. It is important that visitorscan move around to see the actual site, toexperience the place in three dimensions andunderstand how it once operated. Preservationmethods and principles can be truly understoodthrough physical experience, rather thanconceiving these concepts just in one’s mind.　Such characteristics are unique to industrialheritage properties and this is what makesthem attractive. Discoveries and surprises, largeand small, can be experienced in properties thathave been effectively utilized.but the fact that properties owned by largeprivate companies have been included willpossibly have a great influence on the future ofWorld Heritage listing.　Photo 11 shows the pumping facilities at theOnga-gawa River water resource of the formernational Yawata Steel Works, included in theserial property. This oldest industrial pumphouse is owned by Nippon Steel & SumitomoMetal Corporation and is an operating facility.　Photo 12 is a hammerhead crane (150 tons)imported from Scotland of which only threeremain in Japan today. This is a working facilityalso.　Photo 13 is Miike Port with its plan in theshape of a humming bird when seen fromabove. Because the large height differencein the ebb and flow of the tide in Ariake Sea,there is a lock gate at the entrance of the bay.４． Expansion of the Idea of “IndustrialHeritage”(1) Working HeritageIn 2015, “Sites of Japan’s Meiji IndustrialRevolution” was inscribed on the WorldHeritage List. This group of industrialproperties is characteristic in that it includesworking facilities, many of which are owned bythe world’s leading companies of MitsubishiHeavy Industries and Nippon Steel &Sumitomo Metal Corporation. Among thecomponents of the serial property is GunkanjimaIsland with difficult preservation issues,