| Financial Year (April – March) |
Event |
| 1992 |
Listed on the Tentative List. |
| 2007 |
Committee established to discuss measures to promote the inscription of Hikone Castle on the World Heritage List (until FY 2009). |
| 2008 |
Hikone City’s Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription Promotion Office established (April). |
| 2009 |
Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription Committee established (until FY 2013). |
| 2014 |
- Cultural property specialist dispatched to Hikone City by Shiga Prefectural Board of Education (until FY 2019).
- Establishment of the Prefectural and Municipal Liaison and Coordination Council and working groups (until FY 2019).
【Details on FY 2014 efforts】(Japanese only)
|
| 2015 |
【Details on FY 2015 efforts】(Japanese only) |
| 2016 |
【Details on FY 2016 efforts】(Japanese only) |
| 2017 |
Hikone City established an academic review committee of experts.
【Details on FY 2017 efforts】(Japanese only)
|
| 2018 |
- The citizens' support organization “Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription: 1,000 Committee for Opinion Exchange and Support (May).
- ICOFORT (International Scientific Committee on Fortifications and Military Heritage) Hikone Conference held (October).
- Cultural seminar “Learning about World Heritage” (total of nine sessions) held (co-organized by Hikone Chamber of Commerce and Industry).
【Details on FY 2018 efforts】(Japanese only)
|
| 2019 |
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City jointly held Expert Committee for Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription Advocacy.
- Thanks to a donation by the Hikone Chamber of Commerce and Industry, World Heritage studies course at Shiga University and World Heritage local and human development course at University of Shiga Prefecture held.
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City signed an agreement on promoting Hikone Castle’s World Heritage inscription (February).
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City submitted nomination dossier draft to the Agency for Cultural Affairs for the first time (March).
【Details on FY 2019 efforts】(Japanese only)
|
| 2020 |
- Shiga Prefecture’s Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription Advocacy Office established (April).
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City established Hikone Castle World Heritage Inscription Advocacy Council (May).
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City submitted the nomination dossier’s second draft and the first draft of Comprehensive Management Plan to the Agency for Cultural Affairs (March).
【Details on FY 2020 efforts】(Japanese only)
|
| 2021 |
- First international conference held (August).
- Second international conference held (January).
|
| 2022 |
- Shiga Prefecture and Hikone City submitted the nomination dossier’s third draft and the second draft of the Comprehensive Management Plan to the Agency for Cultural Affairs (June).
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