Japan's World Heritage Sites - Unique Culture, Unique Nature (gnv64)

Japan's World Heritage Sites - Unique Culture, Unique Nature (Revised & Expanded)
By John Dougill
Tuttle Publishing | October 2019 | ISBN 978-1-4629-1408-1 | ePUB | 114 mb
https://www.amazon.com/Japans-World-Heritage-Sites-Culture/dp/4805314753

Visit the most compelling cultural and nature sites in all of Japan with this beautifully photographed travel guide.
Japan's World Heritage Sites presents the exquisite temples, shrines, gardens, castles and natural wonders found throughout Japan which have now been declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This new edition has more convenient size and includes many newly-designated UNESCO sites including:
- Christian Sites in Nagasaki that tell the extraordinary story of Japan's Christians who continued to practice their faith in secret under penalty of death during Japan's feudal era
- Meiji Industrial Sites which tell of the nation's rapid modernization during the Meiji period
- The Munakata Shrine to seafaring deities on a forbidding island
- The Tomioka Silk Mill which became a leader in Japan's export drive
- The National Museum of Western Art, an architectural gem designed by Le Corbusier
Readers will learn how Japan became involved with the World Heritage Sites program back in 1993, the importance of these designations, and their popularity in Japan and abroad today. Whether you are planning to travel to Japan or just enjoy learning more about this history of this unique land, Japan's World Heritage Sites is sure to inspire.

About the Author

John Dougill grew up in Grimsby, UK, and has spent most of his life abroad. He currently resides in Kyoto, Japan, where he is a professor of British Studies. He has authored fourteen Japanese college textbooks as well as Kyoto: A Cultural Guide, In Search of Japan's Hidden Christians and Zen Gardens and Temples of Kyoto. As a teacher, he spent three years in the Middle East and seven years in Oxford before moving to Japan in 1986. He completed a PhD in English Literature in 1993, and is now consumed in the fascinations of Japanese spirituality. Amongst his hobbies are chess, haiku and visiting Shinto shrines.