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The Tanjo-ji is a temple belonging to Nichiren Buddhism at the town of Kominato in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Nichiren was born in 1222 at a fishing village near the town, and became a Buddhist priest who developed the teachings of Nichiren Buddhism,…

In this study I demonstrate that lagoons were generally used as ports in ancient Japan. A lagoon is not suitable for anchoring large boats because of its shallow water depth; however, it was the best anchorage for shallow draft boats in ancient…

The medieval port of Yabitsu is located in an inlet at the northwest end of Tsushima Island. Yabitsu is geographically closest to the Korean peninsula, separated by the Korea Strait. It is difficult to use its small isolated hinterland as a field…

In November 2019, the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT) and the International Programme for Maritime Heritage of the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE) continue their joint research on the shared cultural…

The awareness of protecting the Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) has grown over the past decades around
the world as well as in Taiwan. In-Situ preservation is the international principle of management and
protecting the site. Following the…

The craft of boatbuilding in Japan is in crisis. Nurtured by an ancient apprentice system, Japan’s rapid growth
in the post-War years disrupted this tradition. The last century was a pivotal time for this craft: the devastation
of World War II…

The Penghu Archipelago, Taiwan, has the highest concentration of stone fish weirs in the world. Most built
several hundred years ago, some of which are in use by local people today. This paper describes the
longstanding traditional knowledge and…

Stone weirs are a traditional fishing method as well as an important underwater cultural asset of Taiwan. There
are about 600 stone weirs in Penghu and more than 100 of them in the western coastal area of Taiwan that are
still in use. This study…

The purpose of this project was to carry out anthropological research in outer islands of the Federated States of
Micronesia (FSM) as identified and pre-arranged by traditional community organizations and historic
preservation offices of Chuuk…