Report on New Registrations for Registered Tangible Cultural Properties Submitted

On December 14, the Council for Cultural Affairs (Commissioner: MIYATA Ryōhei) submitted a report on 126 buildings to be registered as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties to TANAKA Makiko, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The list includes the Tokyo Tower (Minato Ward, Tokyo), which has become a symbol of Japan’s post-war reconstruction and rapid economic growth; the former Okada Family Residence Main Building (Asahikawa City, Hokkaidō), an Art Deco style house built in 1933; the main hall of Renkeiji temple (Agui-chō, Aichi Prefecture), a Jōdo shinshū (known as Shin Buddhism or True Pure Land Buddhism) temple completed in 1811; and Izumo Hinomisaki Lighthouse, the tallest working lighthouse in Japan at 44 meters high (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture). (Japanese)