Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine heritage designation Important Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings
Iwami Ginzan's mining area of around six hundred pits and mine shafts
Related processing, administrative, residential, and religious sites
Three historic castles built in the 16th century to protect the mines
Three service ports for shipping silver
Connecting transportation routesComponents
The fourteen nominated components assessed by ICOMOS are:
the mining area of Ginzan Sakunouchi (銀山柵内)
the Daikansho site
Yataki Castle site (矢滝城跡)
Yahazu Castle site (矢筈城跡)
Iwami Castle site (石見城跡)
the mining settlement of Ōmori Ginzan (大森銀山)
the silver refining facilities of Miyanomae (宮ノ前地区)
the House of the Kumagai Family (熊谷家住宅)
the temple Rakan-ji Gohyakurakan (羅漢寺)
Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Tomogauradō transportation route
Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Yunotsu-Okidomaridō transportation route
Tomogaura (鞆ヶ浦) service port/port town
Okidomari (沖泊) service port/port town
Yunotsu (温泉津) service port/port town
cultural heritage status designation as a heritage site listed status official heritage recognition heritage classification