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World Heritage in Japan 19
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution(Culture, registered in 2015)
The sites consist of 23 heritages in 8 prefectures (Yamaguchi, Kagoshima, Shizuoka, Iwate, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto and Fukuoka). This group of sites were registered as world cultural heritage in 2015 because it has universal value to show the process of modern industrialization.
Japan mixed imported Western technology and traditional Japanese culture from 1850's to 1910 to industrialize the country led by the government. These are mainly iron and steel, shipbuilding and coal mining.
It was the first time for Japan to include the operational heritages.

Following are the all 23 heritages.

Yamaguchi Prefecture
　1 Hagi reverberatory furnace
　2 Ebisugahana shipyard
　3 Itayama-tatara iron smelting works
　4 Hagi Castle Town
　5 Shokasonjuku Academy

Kagoshima Prefecture
　6 Former Shuseikan (Former reverberatory furnace, Machine factory
　　and Kagoshima spinning engineer's residence)
　7 Former Terayama Charcoal Kiln
　8 Sekiyoshi Sluice Gate of Yoshino Leat

Shizuoka Prefecture
　9 Nirayama reverberatory furnace

Iwate Prefecture
　10 Hashino iron mining and smelting site

Saga Prefecture
　11 Mietsu naval facility site

Nagasaki Prefecture
　12 Site of Kosuge ship repair dock
　13 Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard: No.3 dry dock
　14 Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard: Hammerhead crane
　15 Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard: Former pattern shop
　16 Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard: Wester-style guest house,

Senshokaku
　17 Takashima Coal Mine
　18 Hashima Coal Mine (known as Gunkanjima or Battleship Island)
　19 Former Glover House

Kumamoto Prefecture
　20 Miike Coal Mine and Port (Miyanohara Pit, Manda Pit,
　　Industrial railway and Port)
　21 Misumi West Port

Fukuoka Prefecture
　22 The State-owned Yawata Steel Works (Fomer head office,
　　former repair shop, former forge shop)
　23 Onga River pumping station

　
Beautiful Castle Town of Hagi and Shokasonjuku Academy