Report on Places of Scenic Beauty and Historic Sites Designation Submitted

number:05323
years:November 2016

On November 18, the Council for Cultural Affairs submitted a report on the following places to be designated as Places of Scenic Beauty or Historic Sites to MATSUNO Hirokazu, the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The list includes the former residence and garden of nihonga artist YOKOYAMA Taikan (Taitō Ward, Tokyo), to be designated as a Historic Site and Place of Scenic Beauty; ten places such as the moat around the Hashihaka Burial Mound (Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture), which is believed to have been the tomb of Queen Himiko of Yamataikoku, to be designated as Historic Sites; two places such as the Matsuya Hotel Garden (Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture), which was created in the early Taishō period, to be selected as Registered Monuments; and the terraced rice fields and rural landscape of Okuuchi (Matsuno Town, Ehime Prefecture), located in the mountainous Shikoku region, to be selected as an Important Cultural Landscape. The Council also suggested 177 structures to be designated as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties, including the Tateishi Cape Lighthouse (Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture), a Western-style lighthouse built by Japanese engineers in 1881, and the Miyazaki Prefectural Government Office Main Building (Miyazaki City), built in 1932. (Japanese)

created: 19/08/2024
modified: 25/12/2024 (Update History)
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