Strengthening of Monitoring Indicators

1 Purpose
To ensure the protection of the World Cultural Heritage property area of Fujisan and tomaintain and improve the good state of conservation in the buffer zone of the property,
monitoring is to be carried out with appropriate indicators. When negative impacts are identified
or foreseeable, measures are to be developed and implemented without delay to remove theircauses or mitigate the impacts.
In the course of the implementation of such monitoring, comprehensive preservation andmanagement of individual component parts as parts of the whole property will be made byevaluating and reviewing the policies and/or measures for the solution to, or improvement of, theissues identified in individual strategies etc.

2 Existing StateTo carry out the monitoring appropriately, periodic and systematic monitoring is in operation
based on the specified factors that affect the component parts negatively and the corresponding
monitoring indicators that have been identified from three perspectives: “the conservation of thecomponent parts and the buffer zone”, “protection of individual component parts and constituentelements”, and “interpretation of Outstanding Universal Value”.

3 Issues
From the perspectives of maintaining and enhancing aspects of Fujisan both as a “sacredplace” (spiritual quality) and a “source of artistic inspiration” (aesthetic quality, it is necessary tostrengthen and add monitoring indicators to take into account the spiritual and aesthetic qualities
of scenic landscapes.
Also, to monitor the progress of individual strategies and approaches on a continuous basis,and to evaluate and review them, it is necessary to conduct a regular and systematic monitoring.

|1274 Policies(1) Strengthening and Adding Indicators Incorporating Spiritual and AestheticQualities(i) Additional monitoring points for views of Fujisan
In addition to the two representative viewpoints included in the property as a component
part or a constituent element (Nakanokura Pass on the northwestern shore of Lake Motosuko
and the Mihonomatsubara pine tree grove), new viewpoints are to be set up within theproperty area and the buffer zone so as to monitor the condition of visual landscapes fromfixed observation points.

(ii) Inventory of religious events related to the worship of Fujisan
Religious events related to the worship of Fujisan, together with measures to pass them on
to future generations, are to be inventoried.

(iii) Survey on the awareness of visitors
The understanding of visitors about the Outstanding Universal Value of Fujisan and about
relationships between the component parts is to be surveyed.

(iv) Determination of indicators concerning carrying capacities for the upper
access routes
Research and study on the carrying capacities of the upper access routes of Fujisan are tobe carried out and indicators from multidimensional perspectives are to be determined.

(2) Monitoring of the progress of individual strategies and approaches
To monitor the progress of measures for solving to and/or improving on issues that are set
out in individual strategies and approaches on a continuous basis, to evaluate and review them,as appropriate, regular and systematic monitoring is to be conducted.

5 Measures(1) Strengthening and Adding Indicators Incorporating the Spiritual andAesthetic Qualities(i) Additional monitoring points for views of Fujisan
To keep track of the status of maintenance and improvement of the spiritual and aesthetic
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component parts at the foot of the mountain) and to evaluate and revise the measures tomaintain good visual landscapes, appropriate points to monitor the spiritual and aesthetic
qualities are to be selected and fixed-point monitoring is to be conducted for visuallandscape changes, based on visual observation and photography.
Specifically, based on research and study for the protection of the places that have long
been viewpoints, new monitoring viewpoints were selected in 2015 from the following threeperspectives in addition to the two representative viewpoints of the Fujisan mountain area,
Nakanokura Pass on the northwestern shore of Lake Motosuko and the Mihonomatsubara
pine tree grove, which are directly related to drawings and photos of outstanding universal
significance that are described in the nomination dossier etc.
a. Viewpoints toward Fujisan from all directions
To select several places out of those located in the surrounding foot of the mountain that
contribute to the explanation of the Outstanding Universal Value of Fujisan or have become
viewpoints recently in the Early Modern period, to carry out fixed-point monitoring of viewsof Fujisan.
b. Viewpoints within the mountain body of Fujisan toward individual component parts andthe buffer zone
To select several places within the Fujisan Mountain Area (Component Part 1) fromwhich most of the property and the buffer zone are visible as viewpoints to carry out
fixed-point monitoring of the views of the component parts and the buffer zone.
c. Viewpoints located within each of the individual component parts toward themselves andthe surrounding areas
To select several places within each of the individual component parts or theirsurrounding areas that have specific issues as viewpoints to carry out fixed-point monitoringof the views of the component parts or the surrounding environment.

(ii) Inventory of religious events related to the worship of Fujisan
To confirm that religious events related to the worship of Fujisan are transmitted fromgeneration to generation as intangible elements associated with the Outstanding Universal
Value of Fujisan, appropriate religious events related to the worship of Fujisan are to be
selected and the numbers of participants are to be surveyed on a continuous basis.
Specifically, those that are performed inter alia for the purpose of Fujisan worship wereselected in 2015 from the events in the individual component parts and constituent elementsthat were described in the nomination dossier.

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(iii) Survey on the awareness of visitors
To evaluate the measures for information provision to visitors and revise themappropriately when there are problems, questionnaire surveys have been conducted since2014 to ascertain the degree of visitors’ understanding about the Outstanding Universal
Value of Fujisan and links between the component parts.

(iv) Determination of indicators concerning carrying capacities for the upper
access routes
For three years from 2015 to 2017, research and study is conducted on the carrying
capacities for the upper access routes of Fujisan and indicators and desired levels, byindicators, are to be set out, including but not limited to the target number of climbers perascending route, from the perspectives of (i) transmission of cultural traditions of Fujisan
ascents to future generations, (ii) maintenance of scenic landscapes, and (iii) safety andcomfort of Fujisan ascents (reference information 8 of the visitor management plan< page50).

(2) Monitoring of the progress of individual strategies and approaches
To monitor the progress of measures set out in the individual strategies and approaches on acontinuous basis, monitoring is to be conducted based on indicators for the naturalenvironment, natural disasters, and interpretation of the OUV, which are set out in theComprehensive Preservation and Management Plan for Fujisan, as well as added andstrengthened indicators such as fixed monitoring viewpoints. In coordination with the relevant
municipal governments etc., regular and systematic monitoring is to be conducted, together
with periodic evaluations and reviews of measures.

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