The International Committee
for the Conservation of theIndustrial HeritageTo:
The Honorable Yoshihide Suga, Prime Minister of JapanThe Honorable Kazuyoshi Akaba, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
The Honorable Koichi Hagiuda, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Mr Shun’ichi Tokura, Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
Ms Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Mr Ryoich Ishikawa, Speaker of the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
Mr Yuji Fujita, Superintendent of Education, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Mr Masaaki Takei, Mayor of Minato Ward
Mr Toyoji Mishima, Chairman of Minato Ward Assembly
Mr Mikio Urata, Superintendent of Education, Minato Ward
Mr Yuji Fukasawa, President, East Japan Railway Company

2 June 2021

The Takanawa Chikutei Railway Embankment

To whom it may concern,
I write to you today as the President of The International Committee for the Conservation of theIndustrial Heritage (TICCIH), the primary international organisation concerned with industrial
heritage. Among our many activities, we support UNESCO’s advisors, the International Council onMonuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and its work for the World Heritage Committee. Our expertise,advice and extensive global network has for many years embraced the world’s most significant
historic engineering structures, and we have in the recent past actively supported the Tomioka andSites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution and Sado Island World Heritage nominations.
TICCIH is therefore aware both of the great work being done in Japan to promote and preserve
industrial heritage, and of the wider significance of Japan’s industrial history, not least its adoption
and development of the railway. Indeed, in Scotland (where I am based) we are especially familiar
with the engineer Kaichi Watanabe, who returned from working on the Forth Bridge (our latest
World Heritage site) in 1888 and then played a major role in developing Japan’s railways, andelectrification in particular.
With this in mind, we were excited to hear about the discovery of a section of original 1872 railway
embankment exposed recently by the ‘Shinagawa Development Project’ in Minato Ward. TICCIH
agrees with ICOMOS Japan and the Japanese Archaeological Association (JAA) that this railway
embankment ‘embodies Japan’s railway development’, and it is extraordinary that 1.3km of theoriginal embankment has been discovered in its original state.

We have been informed that at present, JR East plans to preserve and possibly relocate only a verysmall stretch of the exposed embankment. We believe this approach is very disappointing,especially because the embankment represents the birthplace of JR East and is a directcontinuation of the old Shinbashi railway station, itself a national historic site. We understand that
there is an opportunity to integrate the embankment into the core of Takanawa’s new townscape,capturing the two components as a single site representing modernization heritage, building on
the recognition afforded the industrial achievements of the Meiji era that was represented by thesuccessful World Heritage inscription of 2015.
On a personal note, and as a regular visitor to Japan, I have personally witnessed how popular
railway heritage is across the country. I therefore believe an ambitious project to preserve theTakanawa Chikutei Railway Embankment would generate more support and interest than JR East
anticipates and would create a major heritage asset for the future. TICCIH is therefore delighted tobe lend its support to ICOMOS Japan and the JAA in its campaign to preserve the entire stretch ofthe excavated Embankment.
Yours faithfully,

Dr Miles Oglethorpe
TICCIH President

PRESIDENT: Dr Miles Oglethorpe, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh EH9 1SH, Scotland, UKTel: +44 131 668 8611 Mobile: mkoglethorpe@icloud.com & TICCIH.president@gmail.com
SECRETARY GENERAL: Dr Marion Steiner, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, secretary@ticcih.org
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ͺɼICOMOS Japan ͳ JAA ͗ఴ֋ͤΖʰ߶ྡྷ஛ఇʱ͹ฯଚӣಊͶৼΓΕ࢏ಋ͢ɼ‫ྙڢ‬Νੱ͢Ή͵͏΍͹Ͳ͍ΕΉͤɽ‫۫ܡ‬Ϝ΢ϩθʀΨήϩλʖϕദ࢞ʤMiles Oglethorpeʥ
TICCIH ճௗTICCHI (ࢸ࢕ࢵ࣮࢟)࡟ࡘ࠸࡚
ᅜ㝿⏘ᴗ㑇⏘ಖᏑጤဨ఍㸦TICCIH: The international Committee for the Conservation of theIndustrial Heritage㸧ࡣࠊ1970 ᖺ௦࡟Ḣᕞ࡛タ❧ࡉࢀࡓୡ⏺࡛၏୍ࡢ⏘ᴗ㑇⏘ಖᏑࢆ┠ⓗ࡜ࡋࡓẸ㛫ࡢ◊✲ᅋయ(NGO)࡛ࡍࠋ
⌧ᅾࠊୡ⏺ 60 ࢝ᅜ࡟ 500 ே௨ୖࡢ఍ဨࡀ࠾ࡾࠊ㢖⦾࡟㛤࠿ࢀࡿᘓ⠏ࠊᅵᮌࠊ⎔ቃࠊᶵᲔࠊ㕲㐨ࠊほග࡞࡝ᑓ㛛ศ㔝ูࡢศ⛉఍ࡸࠊ㸰࣭㸱ᖺẖ࡟඲఍ဨࡀ㞟ࡲࡿᅜ㝿኱఍ࢆ㏻ࡌ࡚ࠊ᝟ሗ஺᥮ࠊඹྠ◊✲ࠊ⌧ᆅㄪᰝ࡞࡝ᐦ᥋࡞ᅜ㝿஺ὶࢆ⾜ࡗ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋࡲࡓࠊ1980 ᖺ௦࠿ࡽᅜ㝿グᛕ≀㑇㊧఍㆟㸦࢖ࢥࣔࢫ㸧(ICOMOS㸸The international Council of Monuments and sites) ࢆ㏻ࡌ࡚ࠊࣘࢿࢫࢥ(UNESCO)࡟⏘ᴗ㑇⏘ࡢୡ⏺㑇⏘Ⓩ㘓ࡸಖᏑά⏝࡟㛵ࡍࡿຓゝࢆ⾜ࡗ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ≉࡟㏆ᖺࡣ 2012 ᖺ࡟࢔ࢪ࢔ᆅᇦࠊ2018 ᖺ࡟ࡣ༡⡿ᆅᇦ࡛ࡢᅜ㝿኱఍ࡢᡂຌࢆ⤒࡚ࠊྡᐇ࡜ࡶ࡟ୡ⏺ⓗつᶍࡢࢿࢵࢺ࣮࣡ࢡࢆࡶࡗࡓ NGO ࡜ࡋ࡚ࠊࢢ࣮ࣟࣂࣜࢬ࣒ࡢ㐍ᒎ࡟ྜࢃࡏࡿࡼ࠺࡟⏘ᴗ㑇⏘ࡢ◊✲ࠊಖᏑࡑࡋ࡚ᬑཬ࡟㛵ࡍࡿάືࢆᆅ⌫つᶍ࡛άⓎ໬ࡉࡏ࡚࠸ࡲࡍࠋ
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