Kamakura's proposed World Heritage sites

Kamakura's proposed World Heritage sites

The city of Kamakura, Kanagawa has proposed some of its historic sites for inclusion in Unesco's World Heritage Sites list. The sites on the list are:

* The nihongo|Asaina Pass|朝夷奈切通 - One of Kamakura's Seven Entrances
* The nihongo|Daibutsu Pass|大仏坂切通 - One of Kamakura's Seven Entrances
* - One of the oldest shrines in Kamakura, it enshrines Sugawara no Michizane
* - Rinzai temple in Kita-Kamakura, number two of Kamakura's Five Mountains
* - Ruins of a structure of unknown origin and purpose near Gokuraku-ji
* - A 13th century Shingon temple in Ōgigayatsu
* - Rinzai temple in Ōgigayatsu, number three of Kamakura's Five Mountains.
* - A 13th century Shingon temple in Nikaidō
* - Kōtoku-in's iconic Buddha statue
* - One of Kamakura's Seven Entrances
* - The greatest of Kamakura's Rinzai temples, number one of Kamakura's Five Mountains.
* The nihongo|Kewaizaka Pass|仮粧坂切通 - One of Kamakura's Seven Entrances
* The nihongo|Nagoshi Pass|名越切通 One of Kamakura's Seven Entrances
* The nihongo|ruins of Buppō-ji|仏法寺跡 - Ruins of a Buddhist temple near Gokuraku-ji
* The nihongo|ruins of Yōfuku-ji|永福寺跡 - Ruins of a great Buddhist temple near Gokuraku-ji
* The nihongo|ruins of the Hōjō Tokiwa Residence|北条氏常盤亭跡 - Ruins in Tokiwa of one of the residences of the Hōjō Shikken
* The nihongo|ruins of the Hokkedō|法華堂跡 - The area near Minamoto no Yoritomo's grave where the temple he was buried in used to stand
* The nihongo|ruins of Tōshō-ji|東勝寺跡 - Ruins of the Hōjō family temple, burned in 1333 on the day of the fall of Kamakura.
* - Shingon temple in an area of Yokohama that used to be part of Kamakura
* - The Shinto shrine symbol of the city
* - An artificial island (the oldest in the country) in Zaimokuza
* - The 1.6 km long approach to Tsurugaoka Hachiman, which doubles as Kamakura's main street.
* - Rinzai temple in Nikaidō famous for his magnificent garden.

References

* cite book
last = Kamakura Shōkō Kaigijo
first =
coauthors =
title = Kamakura Kankō Bunka Kentei Kōshiki Tekisutobukku
publisher = Kamakura Shunshūsha
date = 2008
location = Kamakura
language = Japanese
id = ISBN 978-4-7740-0386-3 , Page 31
* [http://www.pref.kanagawa.jp/press/0605/25034/ nihongo|Buppōji Declared a Historic Site|鎌倉市仏法寺跡が国指定史跡に]
* [http://www.kcn-net.org/sisekihi/hokke.htm The ruins of the Hokkedō] accessed on June 2, 2008
* [http://www.kcn-net.org/e_kama_history/nikaido/nikaido.htm Nikaidō area] accessed on June 2, 2008

External Links

* [http://sk777.info/ City of Samurai] ja icon - Position of each proposed World Heritage site in Google Maps


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