Getting Hikone Castle Inscribed
on the World Heritage List
The Road to Inscription
〜 Road to World Heritage 〜
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1992
Listed on the
Tentative List of
World Heritage Sites. -
2020
Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City signed an agreement on promoting World Heritage inscription.
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2021～2022
Working on a nomination dossier draft so that Japan will nominate the castle.
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2023～2024
Preliminary Assessment
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2025(Target)
Selection as a nomination candidate in Japan.
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2026(Target)
Japan submits nomination dossier to UNESCO / Evaluation by ICOMOS.
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2027(Target)
Inscription on World Heritage List.
What’s New
#01 The Value of Hikone Castle
Hikone Castle is the best-preserved example
of the remaining Japanese castles
that symbolically show the features of daimyo governments
in the stable Tokugawa Period of Japan (1603-1867).
#02 About World Heritage Sites
World Heritage sites are irreplaceable treasures passed down from the past to the present. They have been created by the earth’s formation and humankind’s history. They are the common heritage of humanity that people around the world today must inherit from the past and hand down to future generations.
#03 Hikone Castle and Nearby Highlights
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