🏭 Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
23 component sites across southwestern Japan documenting rapid industrialization, 1868–1912
📋 Fast Facts
- UNESCO designation: 2015
- 23 component sites across 8 geographic areas in southwestern Japan
- Covers three key industries: iron and steel, shipbuilding, coal mining
- Represents the first successful transfer of industrialization from West to non-Western nation
The Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution comprise 23 component parts distributed across eight areas of southwestern Japan ...