UNESCO World Heritages in Kyushu

We have four UNESCO World Heritages in Kyushu.

Those sites are located all over Kyushu.

Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, and Coal Mining, are a grouping of historic sites that played an

important part in the industrialization of Japan in the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods. Location

of the site : Kitakyushu, Nakama, Saga, Omuta, Arao, Misumi, Nagasaki, Kagoshima.

Hidden Christian Site in Nagasaki Regions bear unique testimony to the tradition of people and

their communities who secretly transmitted their faith in Christianity while surviving in the midst

of the conventional society and its religions during the time of prohibition. Location of the sites

The island of Okinoshima is located in the Genkai sea between Japan and Korea, As even

landing on the island has been prohibited, the strict taboos have preserved archaeological ritual

sites on the island almost intact over a millennium.In three shrines of Munakata Taisha, located

in the islands of Okinshima, Oshima and Kyushu. From Okitsu-miya Yohaisho on Oshima, we can

worship Okinoshima from afar. And Shimbaru-Nuyama Mounded Tomb Group is the evidence of

people who nurtured the tradition of worshipping the sacred island. Location of the sites are Munakata,

Fukutsu, and Oshima.

In cities and towns throughout Japan, float festivals are held by communities annually to pray

to the gods for peace and protection from natural disasters. Location of the site : Kitakyushu,

Fukuoka, Hita, Karatsu, Yatsushiro.