Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites
Also known as Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution
Category
Cultural
Inscribed under criteria (ii), (iv).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
2015
Area
307 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Meiji Industrial Revolution Sites is about 65 km north-east of Shimonoseki. The nearest other World Heritage site is Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, about 85 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Shimonoseki · about 246,000 peopleabout 65 km south-west
- Kitakyūshū · about 998,000 peopleabout 85 km south-west
- Hiroshima · about 2,045,000 peopleabout 95 km east
- Kure · about 197,000 peopleabout 110 km east
- Fukuoka · about 2,792,000 peopleabout 130 km south-west
- Ōita · about 449,000 peopleabout 130 km south
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanCultural85 km away
JapanCultural96 km away
JapanCultural120 km away
JapanCultural122 km away
South KoreaCultural240 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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