Report on Registered Tangible Cultural Properties Designation Submitted

On July 15, the Council for Cultural Affairs (Commissioner: NISHIHARA Suzuko) submitted a report on 178 structures to be designated as Registered Tangible Cultural Properties to TAKAKI Yoshiaki, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The list includes the Kamiya Bar Main Hall (Taitō Ward, Tokyo), considered the first bar in Asakusa, Tokyo, and the Yūbari Rokumeikan (Yūbari City, Hokkaidō), a reception facility reflecting the prosperity of the Yūbari coal mines. Meanwhile, they requested the withdrawal of the designation as an Important Cultural Properties for the water tank section of the Ishioka No. 1 Power Plant (Kitaibaraki City and Takahagi City), which had been severely damaged in the Great East Japan Earthquake. (Japanese)