Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Overview

The site encompasses a series of twenty three component parts, mainly located in the southwest of Japan. It bears testimony to the rapid industrialization of the country from the middle of the 19th century to the early 20th century, through the development of the iron and steel industry, shipbuilding and coal mining. The site illustrates the process by which feudal Japan sought technology transfer from Europe and America from the middle of the 19th century and how this technology was adapted to the country’s needs and social traditions. The site testifies to what is considered to be the first successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western nation.

Selection Criteria

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Components(23 locations)

• •Shuseikan1484-006
• •Misumi West Port1484-021
• •Mietsu Naval Dock1484-011
• •Glover House and Office1484-019
• •Onga river Pumping Station1484-023
• •Nirayama Reverbatory Furnaces1484-009
• •Miike Coal Mine and Miike Port1484-020
• •The Imperial Steel Works, Japan1484-022
• •Shuseikan/ Terayama Charcoal Kiln1484-007
• •Nagasaki Shipyard/ Kosuge Slip Dock1484-012
• •Hashino Iron Mining and Smelting Site1484-010
• •Takashima Coal Mine/ Hashima Coal Mine1484-018
• •Takashima Coal Mine/ Takashima Coal Mine1484-017
• •Nagasaki Shipyard/ Mitsubishi No.3 Dry Dock1484-013
• •Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage/ Hagi Castle Town1484-004
• •Shuseikan / Sekiyoshi Sluice gate of Yoshino leat1484-008
• •Nagasaki Shipyard/ Mitsubishi Former Pattern Shop1484-016
• •Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage/ Ebisugahana Shipyard1484-002
• •Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage/ Shokasonjuku Academy1484-005
• •Nagasaki Shipyard/ Mitsubishi Senshokaku Guest House1484-014
• •Nagasaki Shipyard/ Mitsubishi Giant Cantilever Crane1484-015
• •Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage/ Hagi Reverbatory Furnace1484-001
• •Hagi Proto-industrial Heritage/ Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works1484-003

Details

Countries

Japan

ISO Codes

JP

Area

306.66 ha

Coordinates

34.4306, 131.4122