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class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as historic locations such as <a href="/wiki/Midden" title="Midden">shell mounds</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kofun" title="Kofun">ancient tombs</a>, sites of palaces, sites of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_castles" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese castles">forts or castles</a>, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological or mineral formations of high scientific value.<sup id="cite_ref-ACA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ACA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designated_monuments_of_Japan">Designated monuments of Japan</h2><span 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.vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="Historic_Sites"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Historic Sites</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">史跡</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">shiseki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Places_of_Scenic_Beauty"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Places of Scenic Beauty</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">名勝</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">meishō</i></span>)</span>,</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Natural_Monuments"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Natural Monuments</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">天然記念物</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tennen kinenbutsu</i></span>)</span>.</li></ul> <p>Items of particularly high significance may receive a higher classification as: </p> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Special_Historic_Sites"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Special Historic Sites</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特別史跡</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tokubetsu shiseki</i></span><span style="margin-left:.09em">)</span></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Special_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Special Places of Scenic Beauty</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特別名勝</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tokubetsu meishō</i></span>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509"><span class="vanchor"><span id="Special_Natural_Monuments"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Special Natural Monuments</span></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">特別天然記念物</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">tokubetsu tennen kinenbutsu</i></span>)</span>, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-chapter06_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapter06-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>As of February 2019, there were 3,154 nationally designated Monuments: 1,823 Historic Sites (including 62 Special Historic Sites), 415 Places of Scenic Beauty (including 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty), and 1,030 Natural Monuments (including 75 Special Natural Monuments).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since a single property can be included within more than one of these classes, the total number of properties is less than the sum of designations: for example <a href="/wiki/Hamarikyu_Gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Hamarikyu Gardens">Hamarikyu Gardens</a> are both a Special Historic Site and a Special Place of Scenic Beauty.<sup id="cite_ref-chapter06_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapter06-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 1 May 2013, there were a further 2,961 Historic Sites, 266 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 2,985 Natural Monuments designated at a prefectural level and 12,840 Historic Sites, 845 Places of Scenic Beauty, and 11,020 Natural Monuments designated at a municipal level.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Alterations to the existing state of a site or activities affecting its preservation require permission from the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs. Financial support for purchasing and conserving designated land and for the utilization of the site is available through local governments.<sup id="cite_ref-chapter06_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapter06-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Designation_criteria">Designation criteria</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Designation criteria"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ibis_KIN.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Ibis_KIN.JPG/220px-Ibis_KIN.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Ibis_KIN.JPG/330px-Ibis_KIN.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Ibis_KIN.JPG 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="320" /></a><figcaption>The <i><a href="/wiki/Crested_ibis" title="Crested ibis">toki</a></i> is a Special Natural Monument designated under <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criterion" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:criterion">Criterion</a> <a href="/wiki/1.2" class="mw-redirect" title="1.2">1.2</a>: "Animals which are not peculiar to Japan, but need to be preserved as well-known characteristic Japanese animals, and their habitat"</figcaption></figure><p> The <a href="/wiki/Agency_for_Cultural_Affairs" title="Agency for Cultural Affairs">Agency for Cultural Affairs</a> designates monuments based on a number of <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/criterion" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:criterion">criteria</a>. A monument can be designated based on multiple criteria.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Historic_Sites_and_Special_Historic_Sites">Historic Sites and Special Historic Sites</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historic Sites and Special Historic Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Shell mounds, settlement ruins, <a href="/wiki/Kofun" title="Kofun">kofun</a>, other historic ruins of this type</li> <li>Ruins of fortified towns, castles, government administration offices, old battlefields and other historic ruins related to politics or government</li> <li>Remains of shrines and temples, former compound grounds and other historic ruins related 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title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hokkaido)">Hokkaidō</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YoshinogariDwellings.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/YoshinogariDwellings.jpg/100px-YoshinogariDwellings.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="68" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/YoshinogariDwellings.jpg/150px-YoshinogariDwellings.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/YoshinogariDwellings.jpg/200px-YoshinogariDwellings.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1460" data-file-height="994" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yamadadera_sisekihi01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Yamadadera_sisekihi01.jpg/100px-Yamadadera_sisekihi01.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Aomori)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Aomori)">Aomori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Iwate)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Iwate)">Iwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Miyagi)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Miyagi)">Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Akita)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Akita)">Akita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Yamagata)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamagata)">Yamagata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Fukushima)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukushima)">Fukushima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Ibaraki)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ibaraki)">Ibaraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Tochigi)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tochigi)">Tochigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Gunma)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Gunma)">Gunma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Saitama)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Saitama)">Saitama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Chiba)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Chiba)">Chiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Tokyo)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tokyo)">Tōkyō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Kanagawa)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kanagawa)">Kanagawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Niigata)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Niigata)">Niigata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Toyama)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Toyama)">Toyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Ishikawa)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ishikawa)">Ishikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Fukui)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukui)">Fukui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Yamanashi)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamanashi)">Yamanashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Nagano)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nagano)">Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Gifu)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Gifu)">Gifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Shizuoka)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Shizuoka)">Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Aichi)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Aichi)">Aichi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Mie)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Mie)">Mie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Shiga)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Shiga)">Shiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Kyoto)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kyoto)">Kyōto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Osaka)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Osaka)">Ōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Hy%C5%8Dgo)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hyōgo)">Hyōgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Nara)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nara)">Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Wakayama)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Wakayama)">Wakayama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Tottori)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tottori)">Tottori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Shimane)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Shimane)">Shimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Okayama)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okayama)">Okayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Hiroshima)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Hiroshima)">Hiroshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Yamaguchi)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Yamaguchi)">Yamaguchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Tokushima)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Tokushima)">Tokushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Kagawa)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kagawa)">Kagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Ehime)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ehime)">Ehime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_historic_sites_of_Japan_(K%C5%8Dchi)" title="List of historic sites of Japan (Kōchi)">Kōchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ky%C5%ABsh%C5%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyūshū">Kyūshū</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Fukuoka)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Fukuoka)">Fukuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Saga)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Saga)">Saga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Nagasaki)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nagasaki)">Nagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Kumamoto)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kumamoto)">Kumamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(%C5%8Cita)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Ōita)">Ōita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Miyazaki)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Miyazaki)">Miyazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Kagoshima)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Kagoshima)">Kagoshima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Historic_Sites_of_Japan_(Okinawa)" title="List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okinawa)">Okinawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>1</sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_and_Special_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty">Places of Scenic Beauty and Special Places of Scenic Beauty</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Places of Scenic Beauty and Special Places of Scenic Beauty"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Parks and gardens</li> <li>Bridges and embankments</li> <li>Flowering trees, flowering grass, autumn colors, green trees and other places of dense growth</li> <li>Places inhabited by birds and wild animals, fish/insects and others</li> <li>Rocks, caves</li> <li>Ravines, gorges, waterfalls, mountain streams, abysses</li> <li>Lakes, marshes, wetlands, floating islands, springs</li> <li>Sand dunes, <a href="/wiki/Spit_(landform)" title="Spit (landform)">spits</a>, seasides, islands</li> <li>Volcanoes, <i><a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">onsen</a></i></li> <li>Mountains, hills, plateaus, plains, rivers</li> <li>Viewpoints</li></ol> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible expanded navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Hokkaido)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Hokkaido)">Hokkaido</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="9" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG/75px-Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG" decoding="async" width="75" height="42" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG/113px-Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG/150px-Matsushima_miyagi_z.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1840" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg/75px-Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg/113px-Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg/150px-Kyoto-Ryoan-Ji_MG_4512.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kintaikyo,_japan-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg/75px-Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg/113px-Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg/150px-Kintaikyo%2C_japan-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2451" data-file-height="1702" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg/75px-Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg" decoding="async" width="75" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg/113px-Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg/150px-Kabira_Bay_Ishigaki_Island30s3s4592.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Aomori)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Aomori)">Aomori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Iwate)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Iwate)">Iwate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Miyagi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Miyagi)">Miyagi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Akita)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Akita)">Akita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Yamagata)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Yamagata)">Yamagata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Fukushima)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Fukushima)">Fukushima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Ibaraki)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Ibaraki)">Ibaraki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Tochigi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Tochigi)">Tochigi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Gunma)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Gunma)">Gunma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Saitama)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Saitama)">Saitama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Chiba)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Chiba)">Chiba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Tokyo)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Tokyo)">Tokyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Kanagawa)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kanagawa)">Kanagawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Niigata)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Niigata)">Niigata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Toyama)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Toyama)">Toyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Ishikawa)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Ishikawa)">Ishikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Fukui)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Fukui)">Fukui</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Yamanashi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Yamanashi)">Yamanashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Nagano)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Nagano)">Nagano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Gifu)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Gifu)">Gifu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Shizuoka)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Shizuoka)">Shizuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Aichi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Aichi)">Aichi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Mie)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Mie)">Mie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Shiga)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Shiga)">Shiga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Kyoto)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kyoto)">Kyōto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Osaka)" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Osaka)">Ōsaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Hy%C5%8Dgo)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Hyōgo)">Hyōgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Nara)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Nara)">Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Wakayama)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Wakayama)">Wakayama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Tottori)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Tottori)">Tottori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Shimane)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Shimane)">Shimane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Okayama)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Okayama)">Okayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Hiroshima)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Hiroshima)">Hiroshima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Yamaguchi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Yamaguchi)">Yamaguchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Tokushima)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Tokushima)">Tokushima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Kagawa)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kagawa)">Kagawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Ehime)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Ehime)">Ehime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(K%C5%8Dchi)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kōchi)">Kōchi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Fukuoka)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Fukuoka)">Fukuoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Saga)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Saga)">Saga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Nagasaki)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Nagasaki)">Nagasaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Kumamoto)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kumamoto)">Kumamoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(%C5%8Cita)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Ōita)">Ōita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Miyazaki)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Miyazaki)">Miyazaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Kagoshima)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kagoshima)">Kagoshima</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty_of_Japan_(Okinawa)" title="List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Okinawa)">Okinawa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><sup>1</sup></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Natural_Monuments_and_Special_Natural_Monuments">Natural Monuments and Special Natural Monuments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Natural Monuments and Special Natural Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Animals <ol><li>Well-known animals peculiar to Japan and their habitat</li> <li>Animals which are not peculiar to Japan, but need to be preserved as well-known characteristic Japanese animals, and their habitat</li> <li>Animals or animal groups peculiar to Japan within their natural environment</li> <li>Domestic animals peculiar to Japan</li> <li>Well-known imported animals presently in a wild state, with the exception of domestic animals; their habitat</li> <li>Particularly valuable animal specimen</li></ol></li> <li>Plants, vegetation <ol><li>Old trees of historic interest, gigantic trees, old trees, deformed trees, cultivated pulpwood, roadside trees, shrine forests</li> <li>Representative primeval forests, rare forest flora</li> <li>Representative alpine plants, special clusters of plants on rock ground</li> <li>Representative clusters of waste land plants</li> <li>Representative examples of coastal and sand ground vegetation</li> <li>Representative examples of areas of peat forming plants</li> <li>Clusters of plants growing in caves or grottoes</li> <li>Rare water plants in garden ponds, <a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">onsen</a>, lakes, marshes, streams, sea, etc.; algae, moss, microbes, etc.</li> <li>Remarkable occurrence of <a href="/wiki/Epiphyte" title="Epiphyte">epiphytic</a> plants on rocks, trees or shrubs</li> <li>Remarkable plant growth on marginal land</li> <li>Remarkable growth in the wild of crop plants</li> <li>Wild habitat of rare or near extinct plants</li></ol></li> <li>　Geological and mineralogical features <ol><li>Rocks, mineral and fossil producing sites</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithostratigraphy#Stratigraphic_relationship" title="Lithostratigraphy">Conformable</a> and unconformable <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">strata</a></li> <li>Fold and thrust <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">strata</a></li> <li>Geological features caused by the work of living creatures</li> <li>Phenomena related to earthquake dislocation and landmass motion</li> <li>Caves, grottoes</li> <li>Examples of rock organization</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">Onsen</a></i> and their sediments</li> <li>Erosion and weathering related phenomena</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fumarole" title="Fumarole">Fumaroles</a> and other items related to volcanic activity</li> <li>Ice and frost related phenomena</li> <li>Particularly precious rock, mineral and fossil specimen</li></ol></li> <li>Representative territories rich in natural monuments to be protected (Natural Protected Areas)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Registered_Monuments">Registered Monuments</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Registered Monuments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Registered_Monuments_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Registered Monuments of Japan">Registered Monuments of Japan</a></div> <p>A separate system of "registration" (as opposed to "designation" hereabove) has been established for modern edifices threatened by urban sprawl or other factors. Monuments from the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_period" class="mw-redirect" title="Meiji period">Meiji period</a> onward which require preservation can be registered as Registered Monuments<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">登録記念物</span></span>)</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-chapter06_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chapter06-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Members of this class of Cultural Property receive more limited assistance and protection based mostly on governmental notification and guidance. As of April 2012, 61 monuments were registered under this system.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Some_monuments_of_Japan">Some monuments of Japan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Some monuments of Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional" style="max-width: 812px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kenroku-en,_Kanazawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Ishikawa is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty"><img alt="Kenroku-en, Kanazawa, Ishikawa is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg/90px-Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg/135px-Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg/180px-Kenroku-en%2C_Kanazawa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Kenroku-en" title="Kenroku-en">Kenroku-en</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanazawa,_Ishikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanazawa, Ishikawa">Kanazawa, Ishikawa</a> is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Saihō-ji's moss garden is both a Special Place of Scenic Beauty　and a Historic Site"><img alt="Saihō-ji's moss garden is both a Special Place of Scenic Beauty　and a Historic Site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg/160px-Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg/240px-Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg/320px-Saihouji-kokedera01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1360" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Saih%C5%8D-ji" class="mw-redirect" title="Saihō-ji">Saihō-ji</a>'s moss garden is both a Special Place of Scenic Beauty　and a Historic Site</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Marimo_lake_akann.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Lake Akan's seaweed cones (marimo) are a Special Natural Monument."><img alt="Lake Akan's seaweed cones (marimo) are a Special Natural Monument." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Marimo_lake_akann.jpg/160px-Marimo_lake_akann.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Marimo_lake_akann.jpg/240px-Marimo_lake_akann.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Marimo_lake_akann.jpg/320px-Marimo_lake_akann.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lake_Akan" title="Lake Akan">Lake Akan</a>'s seaweed cones (<i><a href="/wiki/Marimo" title="Marimo">marimo</a></i>) are a Special Natural Monument.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 195px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 190px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SannaiCommun.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The Sannai-Maruyama Site is a Special Historic Site"><img alt="The Sannai-Maruyama Site is a Special Historic Site" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/SannaiCommun.jpg/160px-SannaiCommun.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/SannaiCommun.jpg/240px-SannaiCommun.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/SannaiCommun.jpg/320px-SannaiCommun.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The <a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a> is a Special Historic Site</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Special_Places_of_Scenic_Beauty,_Special_Historic_Sites_and_Special_Natural_Monuments" title="List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments">List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cultural_Properties_of_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Cultural Properties of Japan">Cultural Properties of Japan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Meibutsu" title="Meibutsu">Meibutsu</a></i>: local specialities</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">In this article, capitals indicate an official designation as opposed to a simple definition, e.g "Cultural Properties" as opposed to "cultural properties".</span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monuments_of_Japan&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ACA-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ACA_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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