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Tangible Cultural Property (Japan)
A as defined by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties is a part of the Cultural PropertiesIn this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties". of high historical or artistic value such as structures, paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, calligraphic works, ancient books, historic documents, archeological artifacts and other such items created in Japan.Despite the official definition, some Cultural Properties of Japan were created in China, Korea or other countries. See for example the Letter from Duarte de Menezez to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a National Treasure, pictured below and made in India. All objects which are not structures are called "works of fine arts and crafts. Considered by the Japanese government to be, like all Cultural Properties, a precious legacy of the Japanese people, they are protected in various ways, and their export is eit ...
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Naka-ku, Yokohama
is one of the 18 Wards of Japan, wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 146,563 and a population density of 7,080 persons per km². The total area was 20.86 km². Geography Naka Ward is located in eastern Kanagawa Prefecture, and east of the geographic center of the city of Yokohama. Its name means "middle ward." In the low-lying Northern district, commonly referred to as Kannai, it hosts the Yokohama city hall and the headquarters of the Kanagawa prefectural government. The central part of the ward includes elevated ground; this area, known as Yamate, has long been a residential area. Along the shore lies reclaimed land upon which port facilities, part of the Minato Mirai 21 complex, and Yamashita Park were built. To the south are the piers, oil refineries and the central port of Yokohama. The Nakamura River, a branch of the Ōoka River, cuts across the northern part of the ward. The northernmost and so ...
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Culture Of Japan
Japanese culture has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia and other regions of the world. Since the Jomon period, ancestral groups like the Yayoi and Kofun, who arrived to Japan from Korea and China, respectively, have shaped Japanese culture. Rice cultivation and centralized leadership were introduced by these groups, shaping Japanese culture. Chinese dynasties, particularly the Tang dynasty, have influenced Japanese culture throughout history and brought it into the Sinosphere. After 220 years of isolation, the Meiji era opened Japan to Western influences, enriching and diversifying Japanese culture. Popular culture shows how much contemporary Japanese culture influences the world. Identity There are two competing hypotheses that try to explain the lineage of the Japanese people. The first hypothesis proposes a dual-structure model, in which Japanese po ...
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Lists Of National Treasures Of Japan
Lists of National Treasures of Japan cover different types of National Treasure (Japan), National Treasure of Japan. They include buildings and fine arts and crafts. Buildings and structures *List of National Treasures of Japan (castles), for structures that are part of a castle *List of National Treasures of Japan (miscellaneous structures), for other structures and buildings *List of National Treasures of Japan (residences), for residential buildings and structures *List of National Treasures of Japan (shrines), for structures that are part of a Shinto shrine *List of National Treasures of Japan (temples), for structures that are part of a Buddhist temple Fine Arts and Crafts

*List of National Treasures of Japan (ancient documents), for ancient documents *List of National Treasures of Japan (archaeological materials), for archaeological finds *List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts) **List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: others), for craft items that are not swo ...
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Lists Of Cultural Properties Of The Philippines
These lists contain an overview of the government recognized cultural properties in the Philippines. The lists are based on the official lists provided by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts, National Historical Commission of the Philippines, and the National Museum of the Philippines. The lists have been subdivided per region. Cultural sites by region * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Metro Manila * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Cordillera Administrative Region * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Ilocos Region * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Cagayan Valley * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Central Luzon *List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Calabarzon * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Mimaropa * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in the Bicol Region * List of Cultural Properties of the Philippines in Western Visayas * Lis ...
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Historic Monuments Of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji And Otsu Cities)
The UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) encompasses 17 locations in Japan within the city of Kyoto and its immediate vicinity. In 794, the Japanese imperial family moved the capital to Heian-kyō. The locations are in three cities: Kyoto and Uji in Kyoto Prefecture; and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture; Uji and Ōtsu border Kyoto to the south and north, respectively. Of the monuments, 13 are Buddhist temples, three are Shinto shrines, and one is a castle. The properties include 38 buildings designated by the Japanese government as '' National Treasures'', 160 properties designated as '' Important Cultural Properties'', eight gardens designated as '' Special Places of Scenic Beauty'', and four designated as ''Places of Scenic Beauty''. UNESCO listed the site as World Heritage in 1994. Selection criteria Kyoto has a substantial number of historic buildings, unlike other Japanese cities that lost buildings to foreign invasions and w ...
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Yokohama
is the List of cities in Japan, second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous Municipalities of Japan, municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin region, Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the Western world, West following the 1859 end of the Sakoku, policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji (era), Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspap ...
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Wards Of Japan
A is a subdivision of the cities of Japan that are large enough to have been City designated by government ordinance, designated by government ordinance."Statistical Handbook of Japan 2008" by Statistics Bureau, Japan
Chapter 17: Government System (Retrieved on July 4, 2009) Wards are used to subdivide each City designated by government ordinance (Japan), city designated by government ordinance ("designated city"). The Special wards of Tokyo, 23 special wards of Tokyo Metropolis have a municipality, municipal status, and are not the same as other entities referred to as ''ku'', although their Tokyo City, predecessors were. Wards are local government, local entities directly controlled by the municipal government. They handle administrative functions such as ''koseki'' registration ...
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Japanese Garden
are traditional gardens whose designs are accompanied by Japanese aesthetics and philosophical ideas, avoid artificial ornamentation, and highlight the natural landscape. Plants and worn, aged materials are generally used by Japanese garden designers to suggest a natural landscape, and to express the fragility of existence as well as time's unstoppable advance. Ancient Japanese art inspired past garden designers. Water is an important feature of many gardens, as are rocks and often gravel. Despite there being many attractive Japanese flowering plants, herbaceous flowers generally play much less of a role in Japanese gardens than in the West, though seasonally flowering shrubs and trees are important, all the more dramatic because of the contrast with the usual predominant green. Evergreen plants are "the bones of the garden" in Japan. Though a natural-seeming appearance is the aim, Japanese gardeners often shape their plants, including trees, with great rigour. Japanese literatur ...
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Japanese Government
The Government of Japan is the central government of Japan. It consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and functions under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan. Japan is a unitary state, containing forty-seven administrative divisions, with the emperor as its head of state. His role is ceremonial and he has no powers related to the Government. Instead, it is the Cabinet, comprising the prime minister and the ministers of state, that directs and controls the government and the civil service. The Cabinet has the executive power and is formed by the prime minister, who is the head of government. The Prime Minister is nominated by the National Diet and appointed to office by the Emperor. The current cabinet is the Second Ishiba Cabinet, which was formed on 11 November 2024 and is led by prime minister Shigeru Ishiba who assumed office on 1 October 2024. The country has had a Liberal Democratic– Komeito coalition minority government si ...
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Sankei-en
is a traditional Japanese-style garden in Naka Ward, Yokohama, Japan, which opened in 1906.Yokohama Sankei Garden
, Sankei-en's official site accessed on November 3, 2009 (in Japanese)
Sankei-en was designed and built by (1868–1939), known by the Sankei Hara, who was a trader. Almost all of its buildings are historically significant structures bought by Hara himself in locations all over the country, among them ,

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Important Cultural Properties Of Japan
An The term is often shortened into just is an item officially classified as Tangible Cultural Property (Japan), Tangible Cultural Property by the Government of Japan, Japanese government's Agency for Cultural Affairs (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and judged to be of particular importance to the history, arts, and culture of the Japanese people. Classification of Cultural Properties To protect the cultural heritage of Japan, the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties was created as a under which important items are appropriated as Cultural Properties,In this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple, unofficial definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties". thus imposing restrictions to their alteration, repair and export. Besides the "designation system", there exists a , which guarantees a lower level of protection and support to Cultural Properties of Japan, Registered Cultur ...
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