A group of governors is aiming to have Japan’s hot spring culture added to UNESCO’s intangible heritage list in 2028, bringing recognition to the importance of the centuries-old practice of bathing in naturally heated water.
“I am convinced that the hot spring culture is equivalent” to the traditional making of sake and “shochu” distilled spirits, which was accepted onto the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization list in December, Tottori Gov. Shinji Hirai, leader of the group, said at the outset of an online meeting held the same month to discuss lobbying for hot springs to be added.
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