The most sacred mountain in Japan has now achieved World Heritage status. Apparently the delegates in Cambodia have given it official approval as Japan’s 17th World Heritage site. It’s undoubtedly the most famous of them all.
Green Shinto friend, Ted … Read the rest
It’s a very auspicious Summer Solstice this year, for Mt Fuji is poised on the very brink of World Heritage registration, with the relevant Unesco members gathered in Cambodia and ready at any moment to give it the nod. … Read the rest
The United Nations advisory body, ICOMOS, has given its support to the campaign to preserve Tokyo’s last street view of sacred Mt Fuji, known as Nippori Fujiimizaka. This is connected to the forthcoming World Heritage status of Fuji, due to … Read the rest
Daigo-ji is one of Kyoto’s many treasures, and deserves to be better known. It’s a Shingon temple with an upper and lower part on a hill one hour’s walk from each other. Amongst the many structures, it boasts a … Read the rest
Heritage status will mean big changes
BY ERIC JOHNSTON MAY 2, 2013 Japan Tiimes
OSAKA – Local and prefectural governments and businesses surrounding Mount Fuji welcomed the news that the World Heritage Committee is expected to designate Japan’s most … Read the rest
The announcement came today that Mt Fuji, Japan’s iconic mountain, has passed an important committee stage in the ratification process to be a World Heritage site (unlike the historic remains of Kamakura, which were turned down).
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Mt Koya and Mt Hiei are the twin peaks of Japan’s esoteric Buddhism. Mt Koya houses the head temple of Shingon, and Mt Hiei that of the Tendai sect. Both complexes are much smaller now than they were in … Read the rest
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