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Tomioka Silk Mill Gunma Historic Factory: Guide
The Tomioka Silk Mill — the Meiji government's 1872 French-designed model factory inscribed in 2014, in Gunma Prefecture — sits 80 km from Nikko's…
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Hiraizumi Pure Land Buddhist Temples: Travel Guide
Hiraizumi — the 12th-century Fujiwara Buddhist capital inscribed in 2011 in Iwate Prefecture — connects northward along the Tohoku Shinkansen to the Jomon Prehistoric…
October 2026
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Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gassho Farmhouses: Guide
The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama — snow-country gassho-zukuri farmhouses inscribed in 1995 in Gifu and Toyama — connect south to Mount Fuji…
October 2026
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Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Edo Landscape: Guide
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine — the world's most productive silver source in the 1580s, inscribed in 2007 in Shimane Prefecture — sits on the…
October 2026
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Itsukushima Shrine Miyajima Torii Gate: Guide
Itsukushima Shrine — the Shinto water-shrine on Miyajima Island inscribed in 1996 — is 20 minutes by ferry from Hiroshima's A-Bomb Dome and connects…
October 2026
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Genbaku Dome: Guide
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial — the A-Bomb Dome preserved unreconstructed since 1945, inscribed in 1996 — anchors a Sanyo Shinkansen corridor reaching Itsukushima Shrine…
October 2026
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Horyu-ji Area Buddhist Wooden Temples: Travel Guide
The Buddhist Monuments of Horyu-ji — the world's oldest wooden buildings, inscribed in 1993 — anchor a Yamatoji rail corridor connecting Ancient Nara (10…
October 2026
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Yellow Sea Bohai Gulf Bird Habitats: Travel Guide
The Yellow Sea–Bohai Migratory Bird Sanctuaries (Phase I 2019, Phase II 2023) cover intertidal habitat across five Chinese provinces supporting 5.5 million migratory birds…
October 2026
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Chengjiang Fossil Site Yunnan Cambrian: Guide
The Chengjiang Fossil Site (UNESCO 2012) preserves 228 Cambrian species in fine-grained shale 52 km south of Kunming. The Stone Forest karst is 100…
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