Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Yamaguchi, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ohitayama Tatara Ironworks (大板山たたら製鉄遺跡, Ōitayama tatara seitetsu iseki) was a premodern steelworks for the production of tatara steel located in the Shibuki neighborhood of the town of Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture in the San'yō region of Japan. The site was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 2012.[1]
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UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
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Ohitayama Tatara Ironworks | |
Location | Hagi, Yamaguchi, Japan |
Part of | Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining |
Criteria | Cultural: (ii), (iv) |
Reference | 1484 |
Inscription | 2015 (39th Session) |
Coordinates | 34°30′21.6″N 131°32′17.7″E |
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