List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments explained

To protect Japan's cultural heritage, the country's government selects through the Agency for Cultural Affairs important items and designates them as Cultural Properties under the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. Designated items are classified in a number of categories, one of which is . This category includes historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological or mineral formations of high scientific value.^{[1] [2]}

The government further designates "significant" monuments classifying them in three categories:,, and . Items of particularly high significance receive higher classifications:,, and respectively. As of October 24, 2023 there are 1,040 Natural Monuments, 1895 Historic Sites, 429 Places of Scenic Beauty, 75 Special Natural Monuments, 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty and 63 Special Historic Sites.^[3]

Since a single item can fall under more than one of these categories, the total number of sites is less than the sum of designations.

Criteria

The Agency for Cultural Affairs designates monuments based on a number of criteria. A monument can be designated based on more than one of these criteria:^[4]

Places of Scenic Beauty and Special Places of Scenic Beauty

1. Parks and gardens
2. Bridges and embankments
3. Flowering trees, flowering grass, autumn colors, green trees and other places of dense growth
4. Places inhabited by birds and wild animals, fish/insects and others
5. Rocks, caves
6. Ravines, gorges, waterfalls, mountain streams, abysses
7. Lakes, marshes, wetlands, floating islands, springs
8. Sand dunes, spits, seasides, islands
9. Volcanoes, onsen
10. Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, rivers
11. Viewpoints

Historic Sites and Special Historic Sites

1. Shell mounds, settlement ruins, kofun, other historic ruins of this type
2. Ruins of fortified towns, castles, government administration offices, old battlefields and other historic ruins related to politics or government
3. Remains of shrines and temples, former compound grounds and other historic ruins related to religion
4. Schools, research institutions, cultural facilities and other historic ruins related to education, learning or culture
5. Medical care and welfare facilities, life related institution, other society and life related historic ruins
6. Transport and communication facilities, forest conservation and flood control facilities, manufacture facilities and other historic sites related to finance or manufacture activities
7. Graves and stone monuments with inscriptions
8. Former residences, gardens, ponds and other areas of particular historical significance
9. Ruins related to foreign countries or foreigners

Natural Monuments and Special Natural Monuments

1. Animals
   1. Well-known animals peculiar to Japan and their habitat
   2. Animals which are not peculiar to Japan, but need to be preserved as well-known characteristic Japanese animals, and their habitat
   3. Animals or animal groups peculiar to Japan within their natural environment
   4. Domestic animals peculiar to Japan
   5. Well-known imported animals presently in a wild state, with the exception of domestic animals; their habitat
   6. Particularly valuable animal specimen
2. Plants, vegetation
   1. Old trees of historic interest, gigantic trees, old trees, deformed trees, cultivated pulpwood, roadside trees, shrine forests
   2. Representative primeval forests, rare forest flora
   3. Representative alpine plants, special clusters of plants on rock ground
   4. Representative clusters of waste land plants
   5. Representative examples of coastal and sand ground vegetation
   6. Representative examples of areas of peat forming plants
   7. Clusters of plants growing in caves or grottoes
   8. Rare water plants in garden ponds, onsen, lakes, marshes, streams, sea, etc.; algae, moss, microbes, etc.
   9. Remarkable occurrence of epiphytic plants on rocks, trees or shrubs
   10. Remarkable plant growth on marginal land
   11. Remarkable growth in the wild of crop plants
   12. Wild habitat of rare or near extinct plants
3. Geological and mineralogical features
   1. Rocks, mineral and fossil producing sites
   2. Conformable and unconformable strata
   3. Fold and thrust strata
   4. Geological features caused by the work of living creatures
   5. Phenomena related to earthquake dislocation and landmass motion
   6. Caves, grottoes
   7. Examples of rock organization
   8. Onsen and their sediments
   9. Erosion and weathering related phenomena
   10. Fumaroles and other items related to volcanic activity
   11. Ice and frost related phenomena
   12. Particularly precious rock, mineral and fossil specimen
4. Representative territories rich in natural monuments to be protected (Natural Protected Areas)

Usage

The table's columns (except for Remarks and Photo) are sortable pressing the arrows symbols. The following gives an overview of what is included in the table and how the sorting works.

• Name: name of the monument as registered in the Database of Cultural Properties
• Special Place of Scenic Beauty: criteria under which the monument has been designated or "-" if it is not a Special Place of Scenic Beauty
• Special Historic Site: criteria under which the monument has been designated or "-" if it is not a Special Historic Site
• Special Natural Monument: criteria under which the monument has been designated or "-" if it is not a Special Natural Monument
• Remarks: general remarks
• Location: "town-name prefecture-name" and geo coordinates of the monument if applicable

• sorts as "prefecture-name town-name"
• Photo: picture of the monument

Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites, Special Natural Monuments

Name	Special Place of Scenic Beauty	Special Historic Site	Special Natural Monument	Remarks	Location	Photo
^[5]	1				Iwate HiraizumiHiraizumi, Iwate 38.9879°N 141.1081°W
	8, 11			One of the Three Views of Japan	Miyagi variousShiogama, Shichigahama, Rifu, Matsushima, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi 38.3664°N 141.0744°W
^[6]	1	2,8			Tokyo TokyoTokyo 35.6598°N 139.7629°W
^[7]	1	8			Tokyo TokyoTokyo 35.7055°N 139.7493°W
^[8]	1				Tokyo TokyoTokyo 35.733°N 139.7465°W
	6		4		Toyama variousTateyama, Kurobe, Toyama 36.6231°N 137.6865°W
^[9]	1			One of the Three Great Gardens of Japan	Ishikawa KanazawaKanazawa, Ishikawa 36.5621°N 136.6625°W
	1			The ruins at the same site are a Special Historic Site.	Fukui FukuiFukui, Fukui 35.9994°N 136.2954°W
^[10]	5, 6				Yamanashi variousKōfu and Kai, Yamanashi 35.7449°N 138.5665°W
^[11]	6		4		Nagano MatsumotoMatsumoto, Nagano 36.2403°N 137.6242°W
	1				Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0106°N 135.79°W
^[12]	1	8			Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0266°N 135.7984°W
^[13]	1	8			Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0393°N 135.7287°W
	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit.: 8)	Kyoto KizugawaKizugawa, Kyoto 34.7156°N 135.873°W
^[14]	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit.: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 34.9924°N 135.6844°W
^[15]	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit.: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0446°N 135.7458°W
	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit.: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0446°N 135.7458°W
^[16]	1	8			Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 34.9519°N 135.8195°W
^[17]	3, 8, 11			One of the Three Views of Japan	Kyoto MiyazuMiyazu, Kyoto 35.57°N 135.1918°W
^[18]	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit.: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0157°N 135.6732°W
^[19]	1				Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0134°N 135.7492°W
	1, 10				Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0199°N 135.7164°W
	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 34.9909°N 135.7512°W
	1			Also a historic site (hist-crit: 8)	Kyoto KyotoKyoto, Kyoto 35.0344°N 135.7182°W
^[20]	1			Reconstruction of an 8th-century Imperial Palace Garden with ponds and pebble shore	Nara NaraNara, Nara 34.6911°N 135.7956°W
^[21]	1	2, 8		The ruins at the same site are a Special Historic Site.	Nara NaraNara, Nara 34.6837°N 135.8023°W
^[22]	1			One of the Three Great Gardens of Japan	Okayama OkayamaOkayama, Okayama 34.6678°N 133.9355°W
^[23]	8	2,3		Includes one of the Three Views of Japan	Hiroshima HatsukaichiHatsukaichi, Hiroshima 34.2839°N 132.3183°W
	3,5,6				Hiroshima AkiotaAkiōta, Hiroshima 34.6247°N 132.1858°W
^[24]	1				Kagawa TakamatsuTakamatsu, Kagawa 34.3276°N 134.0433°W
^[25]	3,9				Saga KaratsuKaratsu, Saga 33.4433°N 130.0095°W
	1, 3, 9, 10				Nagasaki ShimabaraShimabara, Nagasaki 32.7604°N 130.292°W
	1				Okinawa NahaNaha, Okinawa 26.2039°N 127.7154°W
	6, 7			Also a Natural Monument (4)	various variousTowadako, Aomori and Kosaka, Akita 40.4731°N 140.8777°W
	5,6			Also a Natural Monument (3.1)	various variousKumanogawa, Wakayama, Kiwa, Mie and Totsukawa, Nara 33.8731°N 135.8576°W
	10				various variousYamanashi, Shizuoka 35.358°N 138.731°W
^[26]		2		Star fort of the Republic of Ezo	Hokkaido HakodateHakodate, Hokkaidō 41.7972°N 140.7568°W
^[27]		1		Jōmon period archaeological site	Aomori AomoriAomori, Aomori 40.8112°N 140.6956°W
^[28]		3			Iwate HiraizumiHiraizumi, Iwate 39.0019°N 141.1001°W
		3			Iwate HiraizumiHiraizumi, Iwate 38.9934°N 141.1158°W
^[29]		3			Iwate HiraizumiHiraizumi, Iwate 38.9872°N 141.1076°W
^[30] ^[31]		2, 3			Miyagi TagajoTagajō, Miyagi 38.2993°N 140.9979°W
^[32]		1			Akita KazunoKazuno, Akita 40.2714°N 140.8042°W
^[33]		4		Former school of the Mito Clan, founded in 1841 by Tokugawa Nariaki	Ibaraki MitoMito, Ibaraki 36.3754°N 140.4773°W
^[34]		3			Ibaraki IshiokaIshioka, Ibaraki 36.1967°N 140.2737°W
^[35]		3			Ibaraki IshiokaIshioka, Ibaraki 36.2017°N 140.2676°W
		3		Stone reliefs of Buddhist deities in a cave	Tochigi UtsunomiyaUtsunomiya, Tochigi 36.5962°N 139.8214°W
^[36] ^[37]		6	2.1	Three roads totalling 37km (23miles)	Tochigi NikkoNikkō, Imaichi and Kanuma, Tochigi 36.5962°N 139.8214°W
^[38]		3, 7		110cm (40inches) high stone stele from 726	Gunma TakasakiTakasaki, Gunma 36.2857°N 139.0162°W
^[39]		1, 7			Gunma TakasakiTakasaki, Gunma 36.2771°N 139.0278°W
^[40]		2, 7			Gunma TakasakiTakasaki, Gunma 36.265°N 138.9963°W
		2			Tokyo TokyoTokyo 35.6858°N 139.7567°W
^[41]		1		Mid to late Jōmon period shell mound. Largest shell heap in Japan.	Chiba Chiba Wakaba-kuWakaba Ward, Chiba, Chiba, Chiba 35.6233°N 140.1647°W
^[42]		2, 3, 6, 7, 8		The gardens at the same site are a Special Place of Scenic Beauty.	Fukui FukuiFukui, Fukui 35.9994°N 136.2954°W
		1		Jōmon period archaeological site	Nagano ChinoChino, Nagano 36.0129°N 138.232°W
^[43]		3			Shizuoka IwataIwata, Shizuoka 34.7196°N 137.8516°W
^[44] ^[45]		6		Set up by Tokugawa Ieyasu	Shizuoka AraiArai, Shizuoka 34.6947°N 137.5613°W
^[46]		1		Late Yayoi archaeological site	Shizuoka ShizuokaShizuoka, Shizuoka 34.9562°N 138.4083°W
		2			Aichi NagoyaNagoya, Aichi 35.1849°N 136.8997°W
^[47]		8			Mie MatsusakaMatsusaka, Mie 34.5753°N 136.5258°W
		2			Shiga variousAzuchi and Higashiōmi, Shiga 35.1559°N 136.1394°W
		2			Shiga HikoneHikone, Shiga 35.2766°N 136.2525°W
		2			Osaka OsakaOsaka, Osaka 34.6873°N 135.5264°W
		3			Osaka HirakataHirakata, Osaka 34.8154°N 135.6609°W
^[48]		2			Hyogo HimejiHimeji, Hyōgo 34.8386°N 134.693°W
^[49]		1			Nara AsukaAsuka, Nara 34.4515°N 135.8051°W
^[50]		1			Nara AsukaAsuka, Nara 34.4622°N 135.8064°W
^[51]		3			Nara SakuraiSakurai, Nara 34.4845°N 135.83°W
^[52]		1			Nara AsukaAsuka, Nara 34.4667°N 135.8261°W
^[53]		1			Nara KoryoKōryō, Nara 34.5564°N 135.741°W
^[54]		2		Palace of the Fujiwara capital	Nara KashiharaKashihara, Nara 34.5024°N 135.8073°W
^[55]		1			Nara SakuraiSakurai, Nara 34.5038°N 135.8426°W
^[56]		2		Palace of the Heijō capital; the gardens at the same site are a Special Place of Scenic Beauty	Nara NaraNara, Nara 34.6912°N 135.795°W
^[57]		3		Yakushi-ji of the Fujiwara capital	Nara KashiharaKashihara, Nara 34.4927°N 135.8003°W
^[58]		1			Wakayama WakayamaWakayama, Wakayama 34.2259°N 135.2275°W
		3			Tottori TohakuTōhaku, Tottori 35.4816°N 133.7114°W
^[59] ^[60]		4			Okayama BizenBizen, Okayama 34.7963°N 134.2195°W
^[61] ^[62]		4, 8		Chazan Kan (1748–1827) was a Confucian scholar.	Hiroshima FukuyamaFukuyama, Hiroshima 34.5448°N 133.3845°W
^[63]		3		Temple 80 of the Shikoku pilgrimage	Kagawa HiraizumiTakamatsu, Kagawa 34.3037°N 133.9443°W
^[64]		1			Fukuoka KeisenKeisen, Fukuoka 33.5887°N 130.6638°W
		2		Low embankment built in 664 by the Dazaifu (大宰府), the imperial office governing Kyūshū, against an invasion from Tang dynasty China and Korea	Fukuoka variousDazaifu, Kasuga and Ōnojō, Fukuoka 33.5173°N 130.4912°W
^[65]		2		Ruins of the governmental office with jurisdiction over Kyūshū	Fukuoka DazaifuDazaifu, Fukuoka 33.5146°N 130.5152°W
^[66]		2, 3		Asuka period castle	Fukuoka variousDazaifu, Umi and Ōnojō, Fukuoka 33.5214°N 130.515°W
^[67]		1		Yayoi period archaeological site	Saga YoshinogariYoshinogari, Saga 33.3237°N 130.3851°W
^[68]		2			Saga variousChinzei, Yobuko and Genkai, Saga 33.5302°N 129.8694°W
^[69]		2		Asuka period mountain castle	Nagasaki TsushimaTsushima, Nagasaki 34.2684°N 129.3138°W
^[70]		1			Nagasaki IkiIki, Nagasaki 33.7635°N 129.7486°W
		2			Kumamoto KumamotoKumamoto, Kumamoto 32.8057°N 130.7059°W
^[71] ^[72]		3			Oita UsukiUsuki, Ōita 33.0906°N 131.7631°W
^[73]		1			Miyazaki SaitoSaito, Miyazaki 32.1208°N 131.3883°W
^[74]		2			variousChikushino, Fukuoka and Kiyama, Saga 33.4443°N 130.51°W
			2.3		Hokkaido SamaniSamani, Hokkaidō 42.107°N 143.0283°W
			2.12, 2.8		Hokkaido AkanAkan, Hokkaidō 43.4504°N 144.0994°W
			3.10		Hokkaido SobetsuSōbetsu, Hokkaidō 42.5437°N 140.8644°W
			4		Hokkaido variousKamikawa, Higashikawa, Biei and Shintoku, Hokkaidō 43.683°N 142.8988°W
			2.2		Hokkaido KitahiroshimaKitahiroshima, Hokkaidō 43.0535°N 141.5009°W
			1.2	Whooper swans	Aomori HiranaiAsadokoro, Hiranai, Aomori 40.9372°N 140.9733°W
			3.8		Iwate KitakamiKitakami, Iwate 39.2102°N 140.8822°W
			3.1	15–20 million years old	Iwate IchinoheIchinohe, Iwate 40.1902°N 141.3346°W
			3.5, 3.10		Iwate NishineNishine, Iwate 39.8752°N 141.0475°W
			2.3		Iwate variousHanamaki, Tōno and Kawai, Iwate 39.5316°N 141.474°W
			3.8		Miyagi OsakiŌsaki, Miyagi 38.8001°N 140.648°W
			3.1, 3.8	Hokutolite is a type of radioactive baryte.	Akita SembokuSemboku, Akita 39.9618°N 140.7284°W
			2.1		Yamagata TsuruokaTsuruoka, Yamagata 38.7039°N 139.9704°W
			2.1	More than 1000 years old, and perimeter larger than, largest zelkova tree in Japan	Yamagata HigashineHigashine, Yamagata 38.442°N 140.4017°W
			2.12	A species of butterwort endemic to Nikkō National Park	Tochigi NikkoNikkō, Tochigi 36.6742°N 139.3619°W
			3.2, 3.7, 3.10		Gunma TsumagoiTsumagoi, Gunma 36.4482°N 138.5156°W
^[75]		1		A large group of kofun comprising Maruhakayama Kofun, Futagoyama Kofun, Teppōyama Kofun,, Nakanoyama Kofun, Kawarazuka Kofun, Okunoyama Kofun, Atagoyama Kofun and Inariyama Kofun whose artifacts have been designated as National Treasure of Japan.	Saitama GyodaGyōda, Saitama 36.1269°N 139.4789°W
			2.1		Saitama KasukabeKasukabe, Saitama 35.985°N 139.7734°W
			3.1, 3.5		Saitama KamikawaKamikawa, Saitama 36.1794°N 139.0706°W
			2.4		Saitama SaitamaSaitama, Saitama 35.8382°N 139.6157°W
^[76]			1.3		Chiba KamogawaKamogawa, Chiba 35.1183°N 140.1913°W
			2.1	Single tree, 7.9m (25.9feet) circumference; species is native to Ōshima and Izu Peninsula	Tokyo OshimaŌshima, Tokyo 34.7636°N 139.4342°W
			1.3		Toyama variousToyama and Uozu, Toyama 36.7767°N 137.3446°W
			3.1, 3.5	Tree trunks of a cedar forest partially buried about 2000 years ago; largest has a circumference of c. 12m (39feet)	Toyama Uozu ShakadoShakadō, Uozu, Toyama 36.8254°N 137.4065°W
			3.11		Toyama ToyamaToyama, Toyama 36.4682°N 137.544°W
			3.8		Ishikawa HakusanHakusan, Ishikawa 36.2276°N 136.7699°W
			3.6, 3.10		Yamanashi NarusawaNarusawa, Yamanashi 35.4261°N 138.7008°W
			3.8		Nagano MatsumotoMatsumoto, Nagano 36.1477°N 137.6247°W
			3.5		Gifu MotosuMotosu, Gifu 35.6171°N 136.6208°W
			2.1	Circumference 14m (46feet)	Gifu GujoGujō, Gifu 36.0016°N 136.7718°W
			2.1	Oldest tree of the mountain sakura, crown 21.81m (71.56feet) (EW) and 16.33m (53.58feet) (NS)	Shizuoka FujinomiyaFujinomiya, Shizuoka 35.3019°N 138.5888°W
			3.10		Shizuoka FujinomiyaFujinomiya, Shizuoka 35.2272°N 138.6114°W
			1.2		Shiga MaibaraMaibara, Shiga 35.3563°N 136.368°W
			2.2	Part of the World Heritage Site "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara"	Nara NaraNara, Nara 34.6823°N 135.8628°W
			2.2		Tottori DaisenDaisen, Tottori 35.4836°N 133.5079°W
			3.6, 3.10		Shimane MatsueMatsue, Shimane 35.4952°N 133.1762°W
			3.1, 3.3, 3.6, 3.9	Karst topography	Yamaguchi MineMine, Yamaguchi 34.2364°N 131.2906°W
			3.6, 3.9	At 8.7km (05.4miles) second longest cave in Japan	Yamaguchi MineMine, Yamaguchi 34.2278°N 131.3034°W
			1.2	Hooded cranes	Yamaguchi variousShūnan and Kudamatsu, Yamaguchi 34.0989°N 131.9472°W
			2.1		Tokushima HigashimiyoshiHigashimiyoshi, Tokushima 34.0409°N 133.9319°W
			2.1	23m (75feet) high, 15m (49feet) circumference at ground level	Kagawa TonoshoTonoshō, Kagawa 34.4934°N 134.1972°W
			3.9		Ehime KumakogenKumakōgen, Ehime 33.7038°N 132.9607°W
			1.2		Kochi KochiKōchi, Kōchi 33.5536°N 133.54°W
			2.1	Two stems, each about 16m (52feet) circumference	Kochi OtoyoŌtoyo, Kōchi 33.7556°N 133.6631°W
			2.1		Fukuoka variousAsakura and Kama, Fukuoka 33.4819°N 130.7249°W
			2.2, 2.10		Fukuoka variousShingū and Hisayama, Fukuoka 33.6794°N 130.4684°W
			2.1, 2.12		Kumamoto KikukaKikuka, Kumamoto 33.0642°N 130.7682°W
			2.2		Miyazaki MiyazakiAoshima, Miyazaki, Miyazaki 31.8052°N 131.4758°W
			2.10		Miyazaki KushimaKushima, Miyazaki 31.3652°N 131.34°W
			2.12	Mitrastema yamamotoi	Miyazaki MiyazakiMiyazaki, Miyazaki 31.7414°N 131.4677°W
			2.2	Includes with the Jōmon Sugi, the oldest specimen of Cryptomeria japonica	Kagoshima YakushimaYakushima, Kagoshima 30.3278°N 130.5231°W
			2.1	Height: 30m (100feet), circumference: 24m (79feet)	Kagoshima KamoKamō, Kagoshima 31.7623°N 130.5699°W
			2.10		Kagoshima KagoshimaKagoshima, Kagoshima 31.3748°N 130.547°W
			2.10		Kagoshima variousYamagawa, Bonotsu, Sata and Uchinoura, Kagoshima 31.3536°N 130.7043°W
			1.2	Hooded cranes	Kagoshima IzumiIzumi, Kagoshima 32.1026°N 130.2738°W
			2.2, 2.10		Kagoshima ShibushiShibushi, Kagoshima 31.4293°N 131.1172°W
			2.3		various variousAsahi and Kurobe in Toyama; Hakuba in Nagano; Itoigawa in Niigata 36.6491°N 137.7488°W
			4		various variousYunotani, Niigata; Katashina, Gunma; Hinoemata, Fukushima 36.9428°N 139.2332°W
			1.2		various variousOgasawara Islands (Tokyo) and Okinawa
			1.1		Kagoshima variousTokunoshima and Amami Ōshima, Kagoshima
			1.1	Endemic to one island (Iriomote)	Okinawa IriomoteIriomote, Okinawa
			1.2	At up to 1.5m (04.9feet) length, the second largest salamander in the world^[77]	various Iriomote11 prefectures, among others: Gifu, Mie, Hyōgo, Hiroshima, Shimane, Tottori, Ōita
			1.1	found on all main Japanese islands except for Hokkaidō	various various29 prefectures including Aomori
			1.2		various variousvarious
			1.1		Okinawa variousOkinawa
			1.2		various variousHyōgo and Fukui
			1.2		Hokkaido variousHokkaidō
			1.2		various variousNiigata and Ishikawa
			1.1	Endemic to Okinawa Island	Okinawa Okinawa IslandOkinawa Island, Okinawa
			1.1	Endemic to the Bonin Islands	Tokyo Bonin IslandsBonin Islands, Tokyo
			1.2		various variousToyama, Nagano, Niigata, Yamanashi, Shizuoka, Gifu
			1.4		Kochi NankokuNankoku, Kōchi

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . June 2007 . Administration of Cultural Affairs in Japan ― Fiscal 2009 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090327083232/http://www.bunka.go.jp/bunkazai/pamphlet/pdf/pamphlet_en_03.pdf . 2009-03-27.
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