Japan Heritage

Japan Heritage (日本遺産, Nihon Isan) is a programme sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, aimed at valorization by local governments and other bodies, that sees individual Cultural Properties across the different categories as well as other not yet designated assets grouped together into thematic "stories" that the Agency then designates as "Japan Heritage". The first such was designated in 2015 and as of June 2020 there were one hundred and four of these narratives.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

List of Japan Heritage

Story	Title	Image	Location		Tangible Properties	Intangible Properties	Folk Properties	Monuments	Other Properties	Undesignated Assets	Ref.
Story	Title	Image	Prefecture	Municipality	Tangible Properties	Intangible Properties	Folk Properties	Monuments	Other Properties	Undesignated Assets	Ref.
#001	Educational Heritage from Early-Modern Japan (1568–1868): The Origins of Academics and Decorum 近世日本の教育遺産群－学ぶ心・礼節の本源－ Kinsei Nihon no kyōiku isan-gun (manabu kokoro・reisetsu no hongen)		Ibaraki	Mito				Former Kōdōkan; Tokiwa Park (Kairaku-en); Nisshin Juku Site		Former Mito Shōkōkan (ja); Dai Nihonshi	[1] [2]
			Tochigi	Ashikaga	National Treasure Chinese books (Correct Interpretation of the Book of Rites, Correct Interpretation of the Book of Documents, Wen Xuan, Detailed Commentary on the Book of Changes)		Sekiten festival (ja)	Ashikaga Gakkō Site (including the Confucian Temple and associated buildings)
			Okayama	Bizen	Former Shizutani School			Former Shizutani School; Kumazawa Banzan Residence Site; Well-field Site		Sekisai ceremony; Bizen Province Wake District Ida Village Nobehara Family Documents
			Ōita	Hita	Chōfuku-ji Hondō			Kangi-en Site (ja); Hirose Tansō Former Residence; Hirose Tansō's Grave	Hita City Mameda-machi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings	Keirin-en Site; Historical Materials relating to the Kangi-en
#002	Kakaa Denka: The Silk Story of Gunma かかあ天下－ぐんまの絹物語－ Kakaa denka (Gunma no kinu monogatari)		Gunma	Nakanojō	Tomizawa Family Residence				Nakanojō Town Kuni Akaiwa (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings		[3] [4]
				Katashina	Nagai Method (ja) Sericultural School Laboratory House					Portrait of Nagai Ito
				Kanra	Former Obata-gumi Silk Production Brick Warehouse					Materials of Sericulture, Silk Reeling, Textiles in Kanra Town; Stone Monument of Kanra-sha Obata-gumi
				Kiryū	Former Model Factory and Kiryū Nenshi Gōshi Gaisha Office Building				Kiryū City Kiryū Shinmachi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Gotō Orimono; Textile Museum “Yukari”; Kiryū Textile Hall Former Building (ja)	Shirataki Jinja (ja)
#003	Takaoka, Town of Flourishing Folk Culture Under the Rule of the Maeda Family of Kaga: People, Technologies, Hearts and Minds 加賀前田家ゆかりの町民文化が花咲くまち高岡－人､技､心－ Kaga Maeda-ke yukari no chōmin bunka ga hanasaku machi Takaoka (hito, waza, kokoro)		Toyama	Takaoka	Zuiryū-ji; Gofuku-machi Shinmeisha (ja) Honden; Omoto-machi Shinmeisha Haiden; Official Autograph Letter of Maeda Toshinaga; Plan of Takaoka produced in Meiwa 8; Sugano Family Residence; Ikadai Family Residence; Dozōzukuri-no-Machi Shiryōkan (Former Murosaki Family Residence); Letter of Order (ja) of the Nin'an era; Letter from Maeda Toshinaga; Seated Bronze Statue of Amida Nyorai (ja); Toide Otaya (ja); Shōkō-ji (ja); Fushiki Kitamaebune Museum (Former Akimoto Family Residence)		Takaoka Mikurumayama festival floats (ja); Takaoka Mikurumayama festival; Wooden Form for a Dragon's Head on a Temple Bell; Manufacturing Techniques of Etchū Fukuoka Sedge-woven Hats	Maeda Tosinaga's Mausoleum; Takaoka Castle Site	Yamachō-Suji (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Kanaya-machi (ja) Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings; Ariso-shō Hachimangū (Honden, Fishing Pavilion, Haiden, Heiden); Takaoka Casting Tools and Ware (ja); Former Nanbu Foundry Cupola Furnace and Chimney (ja); Tanada Family Residence; Yoshimatsu Family Residence; Aritō Family Residence; Takaoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Fushiki Branch; Fushiki Meteorological Museum (Former Fushiki Weather Station Building and Wind Measurement Tower) (ja); Maruya Family Residence; Sano Family Residence; Kiyoto Sake Brewery	Yoshibee Memorial Stele (Iya Susume Ushi no Mikoto Site); Goinsai (ja) festival; Fushiki Port (ja) (Fushiki Bay); Row of Sedge-woven Hat Ton'ya	[5] [6]
#039	The Kitamae-Bune Sea Routes: Ports and Residences Built on the Dreams of Brave Seafarers 荒波を越えた男たちの夢が紡いだ異空間～北前船寄港地・船主集落～ Aranami o koeta otoko-tachi no yume ga tsumuida i kūkan (kitamaebune kikō-chi・senshu shūraku)		Hokkaidō	Hakodate				Hakodate Bugyō's Office Site		Mount Hakodate; Itsukushima Jinja; Takadaya Residence Site; Takadaya Head Office Site	[7] [8] [9]
				Ishikari	Former Nagano Store; Former Shiratori Banya (Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum)					Kotan Jinja (ja) Mikoshi; Kindaitei (ja); Atsuta Jinja (ja) Ema Depicting Ships; Ishikari Hachiman Jinja (ja) Torii; Ishikari Benten Shrine (ja) Komainu; Ishikari Okiage Song
				Matsumae	Matsumae Byōbu; Matsumoto Family Storehouse and Materials; Ryūun-in		Matsumae Okiage Song; Ema (Shinto) of a Shipwreck; Matsumae Gion Bayashi	Matsumae Han Matsumae Clan Graves		Fukuyama Wharf; Okiguchi Government Office Site; Fukuyama Castle Town Site
				Otaru						Hiyori-yama; Former Kitahama District Warehouses (Former Ukon Warehouse, Former Hiroumi Warehouse, Former Masuda Warehouse, Former Ōie Warehouse, Former Otaru Warehouse); Former Kaiyōtei; Votive Offerings at Sumiyoshi Jinja (First Torii, Chōzubachi), Ema Depicting Ships (Ebisu Jinja, Ryūtoku-ji (ja) Kompira-den); Old Photographs Relating to the Kitamaebune; Nishikawa Family Documents
			Aomori	Ajigasawa
				Fukaura
				Noheji
			Akita	Akita
				Nikaho
				Noshiro
				Oga
				Yurihonjō
			Yamagata	Sakata
			Yamagata	Tsuruoka
			Niigata	Izumozaki
				Jōetsu
				Nagaoka
				Niigata
				Sado
			Toyama	Takaoka
			Toyama	Toyama
			Ishikawa	Hakusan
				Kaga
				Kanazawa
				Komatsu
				Shika
				Wajima
			Fukui	Minamiechizen
				Obama
				Sakai
				Tsuruga
			Kyōto	Miyazu
			Ōsaka	Izumisano
			Ōsaka	Ōsaka
			Hyōgo	Akō
				Himeji
				Kobe
				Shin'onsen
				Sumoto
				Takasago
				Tatsuno
			Tottori	Tottori
			Shimane	Hamada
			Okayama	Kurashiki
			Hiroshima	Kure
			Hiroshima	Onomichi
			Kagawa	Tadotsu
#083	Traditional “Ryūkyūan Cuisine”, “Awamori”, and “Performing Arts” of Okinawa that have Continued Unbroken since the Time of the Ryūkyū Kingdom 琉球王国時代から連綿と続く沖縄の伝統的な「琉球料理」と「泡盛」、そして「芸能」 Ryūkyū ōkoku jidai kara renmen to tsuzuku Okinawa no dentō-tekina "Ryūkyū ryōri" to "awamori", soshite "geinō"		Okinawa	Naha	Former Bell of the Shuri Castle Seiden (Bridge of Nations Bell)	Ryūkyūan Dance (ja); Kumi Odori		Stone Gate at Kami-Tempigu; Shuri Castle Site; Shikina-en; Shuri Castle Shoin - Sasunoma Gardens		Historic Sites around Kumemura; Shiimii festival; Usanmi (Offering); Historic Sites around Naha Port (ja); Kumemura 600th Anniversary Memorial Stele; Tenshikan Site; Ukanshin Cuisine; Uchayaudun Site (ja); Ryūkyū Awamori; Shuri Castle Treasury Site; Tōfuyō (ja); Kippan	[10] [11]
#083			Okinawa	Urasoe	Iso no Takau Tomb (ja); Ryūkyū Trading Port Byōbu; 43 Red Lacquer Serving Trays with Foil Paintings of Figured Landscapes etc (Ryūkyūan Lacquerware)	Ryūkyūan Dance (ja); Kumi Odori		Iso Castle Site; Urasoe Castle Site; Makiminato (ja) Terabu no Gama (ja); Urasoe Yōdore; Stele in front of Urasoe Castle; Nakagami Hōsei Kaidō (Road of Shō Nei); Tomb of Tamagusuku Chōkun (ja) (Hentona Family Tomb)		Shiimii festival; Usanmi (Offering); Tōfuyō (ja)	[10] [11]
#084	Tales from the Sacred Land of Salmon: A Journey of Ten Thousand Years in the Nemuro Straits 「鮭の聖地」の物語～根室海峡一万年の道程～ "Sake no seichi" no monogatari (Nemuro kaikyō ichiman-nen no michinori)		Hokkaidō	Betsukai	Kaga Family Documents; Former Bekkai Village Eikidō (ja) Fūren Line Okiyukiusu Stop (ja); Assets relating to the Shibetsu Line (ja) (Okiyukiusu Station (ja))			Former Okiyukiusu Ekitei (ja)	Former Hokkaidō Development Commission (ja) Cannery	Notsuke Peninsula (ja); Notsuke Tsūkōya Site; Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Fishing in Notsuke Bay (ja) using Utase (ja) Trawling Nets; Cultural Assets relating to the Konsen Pilot Farm; Dairy Buildings of the Konsen Plateau (ja); Lattice-shaped Forest Windbreak of the Konsen Plateau (ja)	[12] [13]
				Nemuro	Paintings of Adam Laxman's Ship and of Washireirafurou		Goyōmai Shishi Kagura	Nemuro Peninsula Chashi Sites; Nishitsukigaoka Site		Excavated Artefacts of the Okhotsk Culture on the Nemuro Peninsula; Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Kotohira Jinja (ja); Usui Katsusaburō Shōten (ja) Sake Warehouse; Nemuro Straits Coastal Cannery Labels; Nemuro Kombu Harvesting
				Rausu	Excavated Artefacts from the Matsunorigawa Hokugan Site			Tachiniusu Hokugan Chashi Site		Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream
				Shibetsu	Votive Offerings at Shibetsu Jinja; Aizu Domain Samurai Graves			Shibetsu Sites (Ichanikarikariusu Site); Tabuyama Chashi Site; Assets relating to the Shibetsu Line (ja) (Former Nemuro Shibetsu Station (ja) Turntable)		Notsuke Peninsula (ja); Sake-toba (ja); Yamazuke Production Methods; Sake-izushi (ja) Culture; Coastal Rivers in the Nemuro Straits where Salmon and Trout Swim Upstream; Shibetsu Jinja; Coastal Barn Site; Dairy Buildings of the Konsen Plateau (ja); Lattice-shaped Forest Windbreak of the Konsen Plateau (ja)
#085	Urushi Monogatari from Inner Nanbu: Traditional Techniques Transmitted in the Appi River Basin "奥南部"漆物語～安比川流域に受け継がれる伝統技術～ "Oku-Nanbu" urushi monogatari (Appi-gawa ryūiki ni uketsugareru dentō gijutsu)		Iwate	Hachimantai							[14] [15]
#085			Iwate	Ninohe							[14] [15]
#089	Tōkamachi, the Ultimate Snow Country: True Tales of Tremendous Snowfall 究極の雪国とおかまち ―真説!豪雪地ものがたりー Kyūkyoku no yukiguni Tōkamachi (shinsetsu! gōsetsu-chi monogatari)		Niigata	Tōkamachi							[16] [17]
#091	Mitake Shōsenkyō and the Origins of Kōshū Craftsmen: Towards Faith, Technique, and Advanced Technology Led by Crystal's Beating 甲州の匠の源流・御嶽昇仙峡～水晶の鼓動が導いた信仰と技、そして先進ぎじゅつ技術へ～ Kōshū no takumi no genryū・Mitake Shōsenkyō (suishō no kodō ga michibiita shinkō to waza, soshite senshin gijutsu e)		Yamanashi	Kai	Wooden Statues of 500 Arhats; Seated Wooden Statue of Amida Nyorai; White Palanquin; Torii from Kanazakura Jinja (ja)			Mitake Shōsenkyō (ja)		Mitake Kodō (Kamezawa Route) Stone Items; Mitake Kodō; Former Rakan-ji (ja) Site	[18] [19] [20]
#091			Yamanashi	Kōfu	Entaku-ji (ja) Jizō dō			Mitake Shōsenkyō (ja); Tsubakuroiwa Dike (ja)		Mount Kinpu Five Shaku Rocks; Kanazakura Jinja (ja) Grand Kagura with Masks and Costumes; Osada Enemon Memorial Stele; Sacred Treasures of Kanazakura Jinja (ja); Yutani Jinja	[18] [19] [20]
#095	Lake Biwa Canal, Waterway of Hope Connecting Kyōto and Ōtsu: A Moment in the Meiji Period one could have the Feel of a Stroll by Embarking on a Boat 京都と大津を繋ぐ希望の水路琵琶湖疏水～舟に乗り、歩いて触れる明治のひととき Kyōto to Ōtsu o tsunagu kibō no suiro Biwako-sosui (fune ni nori, aruite fureru Meiji no hito-toki)		Shiga	Ōtsu							[21] [22]
#095			Kyōto	Kyōto							[21] [22]
#096	Now we can Coexist with Females, Women's Kōya: A Sacred Place that Continues to Heal as it Watches over Transcendence of and Adaptation to Time 女性とともに今に息づく女人高野～時を超え、時に合わせて見守り続ける癒しの聖地～ Josei to tomo-ni ima ni ikizuku nyonin Kōya (toki o koe, toki ni awasete mimamori tsuzukeru iyashi no seichi)		Ōsaka	Kawachinagano	Kongō-ji		Kongō-ji				[23] [24]
			Nara	Uda	Murō-ji
			Wakayama	Kōya				Kōyasan chōishi-michi		Makio-michi (ja); Fudōzaka Entrance Nyonin-dō; Take Jizō; Nyonin-michi (ja)
			Wakayama	Kudoyama	Jison-in					Breast-Shaped Ema
#103	Nagasaki Kaidō that Spread Sugar Culture: Sugar Road 砂糖文化を広めた長崎街道～シュガーロード～ Satō bunka o hirometa Nagasaki kaidō (shugā rōdo)		Fukuoka	Izuka						Nagasaki Kaidō; Famous Confection Hiyoko (ja); Chidori Manjū (ja); Nanban Ōrai	[25] [26]
			Fukuoka	Kitakyūshū				Fukuju-ji (ja)		Nagasaki Kaidō; Tokiwa Bridge (ja); Kogiku Manjū (ja); Konpeitō; Kurogane Yōkan
			Saga	Ogi					Muraoka Sōhonpo Yōkan Museum (ja)	Nagasaki Kaidō; Fucha Cuisine (ja); Ogi Yōkan (ja)
				Saga						Nagasaki Kaidō; Marubōro (ja); Sugadai; Consciousness of Confection Methods (Tsuruya Documents)
				Ureshino					Ureshino City Shiotatsu Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings	Nagasaki Kaidō; Ikkōkō (ja); Kinkatō (ja)
			Nagasaki	Isahaya						Nagasaki Kaidō; Isahaya Okoshi (ja); Isahaya Okoshi Tools
				Nagasaki			Dances Dedicated during Nagasaki Kunchi	Dejima Dutch Trading Post		Nagasaki Kaidō; Castella; Aruheitō (ja)
				Ōmura						Nagasaki Kaidō; Hekohazushi Okoshi (ja); Okoshi Production Tools; Ōmura-zushi (ja)
#104	The Story of Masons who Developed Yatsushiro: Masonry Legacy in the Town of Masons 八代を創造した石工たちの軌跡～石工の郷に息づく石造りのレガシー～ Yatsushiro o tagayashita ishiku-tachi no kiseki (ishiku no sato ni ikizuku ishizukuri no regashī)		Kumamoto	Yatsushiro	Kannai Bridge; Former Gunchiku (ja) New Land Sluice Gates and Land Reclamation Levee; Kajiya Upper, Middle, and Lower Bridges; Rokuro Bridge; Kasamatsu Bridge; Akamatsu Megane Bridge (No.1); Group of Megane Bridges		Ozayabushi/Ozaya Meisho; Female Sumō (ja); Shibakuchibō-odori	Mizushima (Shiranui and Mizushima); Mugishima Castle (ja) (Yatsushiro Castle Sites); Yatsushiro Castle (ja) (Yatsushiro Castle Sites); Ozaya Sluice Gates; Iwanaga Sangorō's Grave (ja); Shiragadake Natural Stone Bridge	Gunchiku (ja) Niban-chō Sluice Gate	Shiroshima; Shōga Rice Terrace in Bishō District; Bunsei Jinja; Tanigawa Bridge; Common Rushes and Common Rush Wares; Twisted Tōrō (Wakamiya Jinja (ja)); Twisted Tōrō (Sugawara Jinja)	[27] [28]