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HERITAGE

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / FOOD MATTERS
Nov 28, 2013
Quality rises above the menu scandals
Since the first Tokyo Michelin guide was published in autumn of 2007, the unveiling of each new edition has become one of the major events of the gastronomic calendar. Despite the initial indignation that a foreign tire company could dare to judge Japanese restaurants, the local media have embraced the Red Guide with ever-increasing fervor.
EDITORIALS
Nov 2, 2013
Washoku as a cultural heritage
Coming this December, traditional Japanese cuisine, 'washoku,' is likely to be designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage if the voting by UNESCO goes as expected.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 17, 2013
Heritage status sought for old industrial sites
The government will attempt to get old industrial facilities entered on the list of World Heritage cultural sites in 2015, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga confirmed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2013
Industrial sites tabbed for Heritage
The government has decided to seek World Heritage status in 2015 for old industrial facilities in eight prefectures, officials said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 28, 2013
Renovated castle gate reopens
The renovated Karamon gate at Nijo Castle, a World Heritage site in the city of Kyoto, was opened to the public Wednesday after 1½ years of repair work.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2013
Nagasaki shipyard among old industrial sites named for World Heritage list
A government panel Tuesday picked old industrial facilities in eight prefectures for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2015, following the recommendation last week by another panel of Christian properties in Kyushu, government officials said.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2013
Fuji climbers up 35% by late July
A record 79,057 people hiked up Mount Fuji in the first three weeks of July, the Environment Ministry said Thursday, crediting the mountain's UNESCO World Heritage status, bestowed in June, for the increased turnout.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 25, 2013
Mount Fuji fee charged, but signs in Japanese
Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectures started collecting a ¥1,000 fee from climbers of Mount Fuji on Thursday to generate money for preservation efforts at the new UNESCO world heritage site.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2013
Hiking enthusiasts flock to Mount Fuji as climbing season opens
Hikers flocked to Mount Fuji on Monday as Japan's highest mountain, which last month was added to UNESCO's World Heritage List, opened for the climbing season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 25, 2013
UNESCO award spurs Fuji tourist guide frenzy
Now that Mount Fuji has been inscribed on UNESCO's list of World Cultural Heritage sites, some tourism agencies are rushing to capitalize on the historic opportunity in the hopes that the decision will spur the mountain's already robust popularity among foreign travelers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2013
Mount Fuji named World Heritage site
The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided Saturday to inscribe Mount Fuji on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage list.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Jun 23, 2013
Mount Fuji has long been an icon
In the land of Yamato,
JAPAN
Jun 22, 2013
Mount Fuji discussed by UNESCO
UNESCO began discussions Friday in Phnom Penh on 30 sites nominated for World Heritage recognition, including Mount Fuji.
JAPAN
Jun 5, 2013
Japan decides to drop Kamakura's World Heritage bid
The government decided Tuesday to drop its effort to get the ancient city of Kamakura on the World Heritage list after UNESCO rejected the latest request.
EDITORIALS
May 22, 2013
Managing Mount Fuji's fame
Chances have increased that Mount Fuji will become a World Heritage site in June following an April 30 recommendation by a UNESCO panel. The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) noted that the volcano is a national symbol of Japan and blends religious and artistic traditions.
Japan Times
Events / Events Outside Tokyo
May 10, 2013
Rice planters put on a show for famed event
An annual rice-planting festival known as the Mibu no Hana Taue Matsuri will be held Saturday in Hiroshima, giving visitors a peek into the centuries-old popular ritual that was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2013
Heritage status will mean big changes
Local and prefectural governments and businesses surrounding Mount Fuji welcomed the news that the World Heritage Committee is expected to designate Japan's most famous and popular mountain as a World Heritage site, despite concerns about what it will mean to the local environment and questions about how its preservation will be funded.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2013
Kamakura disappointed by snub
Residents, officials and admirers of Kamakura expressed disappointment Wednesday at the decision by an UNESCO advisory panel not to put the ancient city on the World Heritage list.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 2, 2013
Hotelier's share price shoots up on good news
An operator of amusement parks and hotels at the foot of Mount Fuji saw its share price spike Wednesday after a UNESCO panel recommended that the iconic peak be granted World Heritage status.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2013
Mount Fuji on verge of World Heritage listing
A UNESCO panel urges that World Heritage status be granted to Mount Fuji, putting the iconic peak on a direct path to registration as early as June.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
A peek inside the brains of ‘super-agers’
For a little more than a decade, scientists have been studying a subset of people they call "super-agers.” These individuals are age 80 and older, but they have the memory ability of a person 20 to 30 years younger.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.

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