100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites (Japan) Explained

The 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites, more fully the, is an initiative of the endorsed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Japan.[1] [2]

Out of the original 350 submissions, a committee selected the final 100 fishing villages in 2006.[1] The purpose of the initiative is to promote interest in and reuse of the historic and culturally important facilities of the fishing industry and their traditional styles and methods of construction.[1] [3] [4] At the time of selection, some 6,291 fishing villages were recognized, one for every 5.5 km of the coast.[1]

Sites

SitePrefectureMunicipalityCommentsImageCoordinatesRef
Herring Fishery Architecture

nishin gyoba kenchiku
seven elements: the (ICP dating to 1905,[5] pictured); (in use from 1844 to 1957, Historic Site,[6] a collection of 3,745 related tools is an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property[7]); ; ; ; ; 44.1371°N 141.6553°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Former Shimo-Yoichi Unjōya

kyū-Shimo-Yoichi unjōya
43.1979°N 140.7882°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/01hokkaido/013.pdf
Shimamaki Fukuroma

fukuroma
temporary herring storage facility 42.734°N 140.0906°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/01hokkaido/014.pdf
Yokoyama House

Yokoyama-ke
41.8669°N 140.1252°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/01hokkaido/015.pdf
Ishizaki Fishing Port Tunnel

Ishizaki gyokō tonneru kōro
41.7052°N 140.022°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/01hokkaido/016.pdf
Hakodate Fishing Port Entrance Breakwater

Hakodate gyokō funairima bōhatei
41.7733°N 140.6999°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/01hokkaido/017.pdf
Collection of 67 mudamahagi-type Fishing Boats from the Tsugaru Strait and Surrounding Areas

Tsugaru-kaikyō oyobi shūhen chiiki no mudamahagi-gata gyosen korekushon 67-seki
Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property40.8375°N 140.7255°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/018.pdf
Fishing Gear and Beach Hut

gyorō-yō gu to hama-goya
40.4951°N 141.6296°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/019.pdf
Tsukuehama Fishing Village Banya

Tsukuehama gyoson banya-gun
39.9741°N 141.9415°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/020.pdf
Sanriku Tsunami Facilities

Sanriku tsunami denshō shisetsu
two elements: the and 39.7349°N 141.9739°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Cape Ne Tiger-Ladder Dance and Kurosaki Jinja

Ne-saki hashi go-tora-mai to Kurosaki Jinja
the shrine was founded in 1172; the festival takes place every four years on the tenth day of the ninth month of the old lunar calendar, using ladders twenty metres long 38.9544°N 141.7233°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/023.pdf
Shiogama Minato Matsuri and Parade Boat

Minato matsuri to go-zasen
38.3192°N 141.029°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/024.pdf
Yuri Coast Sea Wall

Yuri-kaigan nami-yoke ishigaki
39.2809°N 139.9217°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/025.pdf
Jūroku Rakan Iwa

Jūroku Rakan iwa
39.0733°N 139.8682°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/026.pdf
Matsukawa Bay Entrance

Matsukawa-ura no ura-guchi
37.826°N 140.9755°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/02tohoku/027.pdf
Hitachi Ōtsu Ofuna-matsuri and Festival Boats

Hitachi Ōtsu no ofuna-matsuri to saiji-sen
36.8276°N 140.7838°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/028.pdf
Hobiki-bune

Hobiki-bune
36.0779°N 140.2087°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/029.pdf
Yamamoto Family Residence

Yamamoto-ke jūtaku
35.8849°N 140.6784°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/030.pdf
History of the Development of the Fishing Industry in Chōshi

Chōshi gyogyō kaitaku no rekishi
three elements:,, and 35.7383°N 140.8554°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Iwafune Jizō

Iwafune Jizō-son
35.2076°N 140.393°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/033.pdf
Minamibōsō Whaling Tradition Facilities

Minamibōsō hogei denshō shisetsu
three elements: the,, and 35.0358°N 140.0149°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Funabashi Daijingū Lighthouse

Funabashi Daijingū tōmyō-dai
35.2076°N 140.393°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/037.pdf
Sites Related to the Fishing Industry of Edo-Tōkyō: Tsukuda-jima, Nihonbashi, Tsukiji

Edo Tōkyō gyogyō yukari no chi
35.6843°N 139.777°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/038.pdf
Takamori Lighthouse

Takamori tōdai
34.3323°N 139.2203°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/040.pdf
Five Wasen

wasen go-sō
35.2745°N 139.6736°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/03kanto/041.pdf
Fishing Tradition of Manazuru

Manazuru no gyogyō dentō
two elements: the and (in 1672, concerned by deforestation, the Odawara Domain gave 150,000 pine saplings to each village) 35.1452°N 139.1527°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Ado-ike

Ado-ike
34.2418°N 134.3957°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/07sikoku/094.pdf
Minoura Fishing Port

Minoura gyokō
34.2418°N 134.3957°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/07sikoku/095.pdf
Monument to Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker

Dōrū-jo shi kinen-hi
32.7087°N 130.5902°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/114.pdf
Utase-bune

ofuna-yori
32.3014°N 130.481°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/115.pdf
Sakitsu Church

Sakitsu tenshūdō
is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region[9] 32.3124°N 130.0258°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/116.pdf
Ofuna-yori

ofuna-yori
33.6114°N 131.1929°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/117.pdf
Seven Wonders of Hime-shima

Hime-shima nana fushigi
two elements: and 33.735°N 131.6527°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Hoto-jima Village

Hoto-jima shūraku
33.1049°N 132.0068°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/120.pdf
Story of Abaratsu Port

Abaratsu no minato monogatari
three elements: the ; ; 31.5846°N 131.4019°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/100senlist.html
Outrigger Utase-bune

keta-utase-bune
by 2005 their number had dwindled to 5 32.1157°N 130.2944°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/124.pdf
Kashima Island Resident Life Centre

Kashima ritō jūmin seikatsu sentā
former headquarters of the local fishing cooperative 31.7771°N 129.7932°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/125.pdf
Hashima Fishing Port

Hashima gyokō
31.7535°N 130.1981°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/126.pdf
Statues of Hara Kō, Developer of the Southern Fisheries

nanpō gyojō no kaitaku-sha Hara Kō no zō
31.2707°N 130.2893°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/127.pdf
Santinmō - Hakugindō

Santinmō to Hakugindō
26.13°N 127.6703°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/129.pdf
Fish Wall

nagaki
24.8358°N 125.1452°W http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/pdf/08kyusyu/130.pdf

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://www.gyokou.or.jp/100sen/index.html . ja:未来に残したい漁業漁村の歴史文化財産百選 . 100 Select Fishing Village Heritage Sites to be Preserved for the Future . Japanese . National Association of Fisheries Infrastructure . 6 August 2019.
  2. Web site: http://www.jfa.maff.go.jp/j/gyoko_gyozyo/g_zyoho_bako/press/pdf/021701.pdf . ja:プレスリリース . Press Release . Japanese . . 17 February 2006 . 6 August 2019.
  3. Web site: https://web.pref.hyogo.lg.jp/nk18/af19_000000057.html . ja:漁業漁村の歴史文化財産百選 . 100 Select Fishing Village Heritage Sites . Japanese . . 6 August 2019.
  4. Web site: https://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/cms/a16600/port/100sen.html . ja:未来に残したい漁業漁村の歴史文化財産百選について . 100 Select Fishing Village Heritage Sites to be Preserved for the Future . Japanese . . 6 August 2019.
  5. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/102/39 . ja:旧花田家番屋 . Former Hanada Family Banya . Japanese . . 6 August 2019.
  6. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/77 . ja:旧留萌佐賀家漁場 . Former Rumoi Saga Family Fishery . Japanese . . 6 August 2019.
  7. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/301/223 . ja:留萌のニシン漁撈(旧佐賀家漁場)用具 . Rumoi Fishing (Former Saga Family Fishery) Tools . Japanese . . 6 August 2019.
  8. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/301/224 . ja:津軽海峡及び周辺地域のムダマハギ型漁船コレクション . Collection of mudamahagi-type fishing boats from the Tsugaru Strait and surrounding areas . Japanese . . 8 August 2019.
  9. Web site: Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region . . 7 August 2019.