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Effort toward the Registration

Let’s Register “the Landscapes of Uji-cha tea production” to the World Cultural Heritage Site!

Kyoto prefecture promotes Japanese tea and Uji-cha, aiming the possibility of registering it to UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Significance in Aiming for Reistering Uji-cha tea to the World Cultural Heritage Site

The efforts toward the registeration to the World Cultural Heritage will lead to;
convey the value of Uji-cha tea to the people in Japan and in the world and share it with many people.
make a system to inherit it to the future as a valuable treasure for all human.

Examination toward the registration of Uji-cha tea to the World Cultural Heritage Site

June 2011 and March 2012: Registration Possibility Examination Committee (Twice)
Concept: Representative asset group for Japanese tea culture
August 2012, March and August 2013, and February 2014: Registration Examination Committee (4 times)
Concept: Home of Japanese Tea “Landscapes of the Production of Uji-cha”
March 2014: Composition of join proposal (Prefecture and related municipals)
June 2014: The governor of Kyoto Prefecture proposed to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
June 2015: Revise of join proposal (Prefecture and related municipals)
The governor proposed to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

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