Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution

The Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (明治日本の産業革命遺産 製鉄・鉄鋼、造船、石炭産業 Meiji nihon no sangyōkakumei isan: seitetsu, tekkō, zōsen, sekitan sangyō) is a world heritage site, comprising 23 components around Japan.

Understand

During the Bakumatsu and Meiji eras (the second half of the 19th century), Japan transformed from a feudal state to a more modern society. The Emperor Meiji realized that Japan needed to keep up technologically with the West in order not to become a colony. This resulted in an industrial revolution, and Japan is widely regarded as the first non-Western country to industrialize. This site, inscribed on the World Heritage list in 2015 comprises some of the best preserved and most important places from that time.

Sites

Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage

• 1 Hagi Reverbatory Furnace. (updated Dec 2017)
• 2 Ebisugahana Shipyard. (updated Dec 2017)
• 3 Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works. (updated Dec 2017)
• 4 Hagi Castle Town. (updated Dec 2017)
• 5 Shokasonjuku Academy. (updated Dec 2017)

Kagoshima

• 6 Shuseikan. (updated Dec 2017)
• 7 Terayama Charcoal Kiln. (updated Dec 2017)
• 8 Sekiyoshi Sluice gate of Yoshino leat. (updated Dec 2017)

Nagasaki Shipyard and near Nagasaki

• 9 Kosuge Slip Dock. (updated Dec 2017)
• 10 Mitsubishi No.3 Dry Dock. (updated Dec 2017)
• 11 Mitsubishi Senshokaku Guest House. (updated Dec 2017)
• 12 Mitsubishi Giant Cantilever Crane. (updated Dec 2017)
• 13 Mitsubishi Former Pattern Shop. (updated Dec 2017)
• 14 Takashima Coal Mine. (updated Dec 2017)
• 15 Hashima Coal Mine. (updated Dec 2017)
• 16 Glover House and Office. (updated Dec 2017)

Elsewhere in Kyushu

• 17 Mietsu Naval Dock (Saga). (updated Dec 2017)
• 18 Miike Coal Mine and Miike Port (Omuta). (updated Dec 2017)
• 19 Misumi West Port (Uki). (updated Dec 2017)
• 20 The Imperial Steel Works, Japan (Kitakyushu). (updated Dec 2017)
• 21 Onga River Pumping Station (Nakama). (updated Dec 2017)

Central and northern Japan

• 22 Nirayama Reverbatory Furnaces (Izunokuni). (updated Dec 2017)
• 23 Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site (Kamaishi). (updated Dec 2017)

See also

• Industrial tourism
• Pre-modern Japan
• Japanese colonial empire