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Chapter 3. For the Protection and Utilization of Cultural Properties
�3 Promotion of the Preservation and Utilization of Cultural Properties
4. Monuments
(3) The protection and utilization of historic sites


The national government has granted subsidies in an endeavor to maintain historic sites in good condition so that they may be widely utilized by the public and preserved for future generations. While emphasis thus far has been placed on preserving historic sites in their present conditions. There has been a recent public trend to seek life enrichment through living in close proximity to cultural properties and in seeking a greater degree of contact with them. There is also a trend in community development ("machi-zukuri"or "mura-okoshi") which makes use of cultural properties within the community. In response to these trends, a movement referred to as the "Local Historical Park (Furusato Rekishi no Hiroba)"project, which is a special project utilizing historic sites, has been active since 1989. In 1992, the "Imashirozuka-Kofun-Tsuketari Shin'ike Haniwa Seisaku Iseki" in Osaka Prefecture and three other sites were newly subsidized under this project. Another project, called the "Special Project of Readjusting Historic Sites. etc. as Nuclei of Communities" has been conducted since 1992. This latter project is an attempt to utilize historic sites from a present day point of view by, for instance, developing the sites of the provincial temples (Kokufu-ji) provincial governments (Kokufu) and other historic sites which once functioned as political, economic, social and cultural centers, and using them as centers of the modern-day local community. Under this project, subsidies were granted in two cases, one being the "Takayama Jinya-ato" in Gifu Prefecture.

Besides these, a project called "Walk, Look at and Touch the Path of History (Aruki-Mi-Fureru Rekishi-no Michi)" has been carried out every second Saturday of May since 1993. This project's goal is to deepen the community's appreciation of its own history and culture. as well as to promote the protection 6f cultural properties and their surrounding environments. This project, which is carried out by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, encourages people throughout Japan to walk along the old, historical streets in their respective communities, streets which are referred to as "Historical Paths (Rekishi no Michi)". By exploring these old streets, which are important to the understanding of Japanese history, people can become better acquainted with the historic sites and other cultural properties located on and in the neighborhood of these sites.


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