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nandakandamanda
bruinfan, oops...
nandakandamanda
bryuinfan, what I have read about Iwami Ginzan sounds interesting; I even had a small silver Mame-ita-gin ingot blob coin from there. Have you been there? Not good?
bruinfan
_Don't do it just to just to bring in more tourists.
I agree. On the least worth UNESCO site in Japan, I would say Iwami Ginzan in Shimane.
nandakandamanda
And if the real aim is to bring in more tourists, then DON'T DO IT. These sites are beautiful without any stupid designation and signposts.
Quote: "After addressing the issues including scattered site locations, non-native species and ways to accept tourists, the government plans to submit a proposal again by Feb 1, 2019."
Illogical
forests that home to rare species such as the Amami rabbit and Okinawa rail."
Unless I'm misinterpreting what an Okinawa rail is?
Aly Rustom
That says it all
Pukey2
That quite might as well be true!
Pukey2
afanofjapan:
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How embarassing.
afanofjapan
Rising Wasabi called it.
https://www.therisingwasabi.com/unesco-recommends-japan-stop-contacting-them/
Michael Jackson
Ebisen is right. WTH is the value if there are so many?
smithinjapan
“The panel also questioned the validity of having so many different locations in the proposal.”
I love it! This says it all. I can not believe that while we joke about Japan just expediting the process and having the whole nation registered, they were actually trying to register Kagoshima and Okinawa. Unbelievable! Haha
Pukey2
Of all the UNESCO heritage sites in Japan, awarding that status to the silk factory was the most scandalous.
Wolfpack
There is no point to making World Heritage site declarations. Every place on the planet is our heritage regardless of the value assigned to it by some unknown group of people.
Heffalump
Or the planet?
ebisen
just register the whole country as Unesco World Heritage, and be done with it.