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Oct 24, 2022: Event details for Himeji Castle Illumination added
Oct 24, 2022: Hokkaido has been added to the video corner
Sep 29, 2022: Nara has been added to the video corner
Sep 16, 2022: Added event details for Kyoto and Tomioka
June 23, 2022: Summer event content has been added
June 23, 2022: A new corner of the Jomon archaeological site in the northeastern part of Hokkaido, which has been newly registered as a World Heritage Site, has been established.
June 23, 2022: Hiraizumi has been added to the video corner
March 7, 2022: "World Cultural Heritage Stamp Rally" will start on March 7th
February 15, 2022: February 15th, World Heritage Theater Mozu Tombs will be held at Fenice Sacay
February 6, 2022: The Goto Festival on February 6th was held only for Shinto rituals
January 29th-February 6th, 2022: From January 29th to February 6th, the Nakijin Gusuku Sakura Festival will be held remotely
October 21, 2021: World Heritage Theater at Tomioka Silk Mill scheduled for 2021 has been canceled
October 1, 2021: "Miare Festival" Scaling Down to Prevent Spread of the Novel Coronavirus
August 6, 2021: Hiroshima's Lantern Festival will be suspended.
August 6, 2021: "Lantern Floating" Scaling Down to Prevent Spread of the Novel Coronavirus.
The "Nagare Nagare" will be cancelled and only the main "Commissioned Nagare" will be used.
August 5 - 14, 2021: "Lantern and Fire Festivals in Nara" Scaling Down to Prevent Spread of the Novel Coronavirus.
This event will be held in Nara Park and Kasugano Park only, with advance registration required.
July 17, 2021: The fifth anniversary of the World Heritage Site registration of "The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement" (National Museum of Western Art) has started.
July 13, 2021: Special Exhibition "Prince Shotoku and Horyuji" opened at Tokyo National Museum (until September 5).
July 4, 2021: A special water discharge event was held in the village of Aikura in Shirakawa-go and Gokayama.
May 01, 2021: Industrial Revolution Heritage of Meiji Japan Spring Joint Campaign Hagi Golden Week will be held (until May 5)
April 30, 2021: Spring Joint Campaign for Industrial Revolution Heritage Sites in Meiji Japan Nagasaki Sailboat Festival" has been cancelled and "Hagi Yakisai" will be held at a reduced scale.
Apr. 27, 2021: Special Exhibition "Prince Shotoku and Horyuji Temple" opened at Nara National Museum (until June 20).
Apr. 23, 2021: Spring Joint Campaign for the Industrial Revolution Heritage of Meiji Japan Sailing Boat Festival" was held in Nagasaki (until April 27).
Apr. 17, 2021: Opening Event for the 10th Anniversary of Hiraizumi World Heritage Site Registration was held in Hiraizumi.
April 09, 2021: Spring Joint Campaign for the Industrial Revolution Heritage of Meiji Japan Golden Kamuy x Senganen" is being held in Kagoshima (until May 9).
Apr. 03 to Apr. 05, 2021: Grand memorial service for the 1400th anniversary of Prince Shotoku's death was held at Horyuji Temple.
January 15, 2021: Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range "Oto Matsuri Festival"(February 6, 2021)
Scaling Down to Prevent Spread of the Novel Coronavirus
December 18-27, 2020: Himeji-jo Castle four season fantasia hitotose
November 1 to December 27, 2020: Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
“Prayers at Kasuga” World Heritage Illuminations Silent Christmas in Hirado
November 28 to 29, 2020: Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
Octoberber29-30, 2020: Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
World Heritage Summit in Okinawa
October 25 to 26, 2020: Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
Concert at Tomioka Silk Mill
March 5, 2020: "Outdoor Concert at Daisen Park" The event was canceled
November 21 to 22, 2019: Shrines and Temples in Nikko　20th Anniversary of world heritage／World Heritage Summit in Nikko
November 20, 2019: "Tracing Japanese History via World Heritage Sites" website opened
November 1 to December 28, 2019: Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
“Prayers at Kasuga” World Heritage Illuminations Silent Christmas in Hirado
October 11 to December 8, 2019: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji, Otsu Cities)
Nijo-jo Castle Festival – Commemorating 25 Years of World Heritage Registration