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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape' has mentioned 'Japan' in the following places:
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| Ginzan SakunouchiUNESCO World Heritage SiteKamaya Mabu Mine ShaftLocationxc5x8cda, Shimane Prefecture, JapanPart ofIwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural LandscapeCriteriaCultural:xc2xa0(ii), (iii), (v)Reference1246bis-001aInscription2007 (31st session)Extensions2010Area317.08xc2xa0ha (783.5 acres)Coordinates35xc2xb006xe2x80xb226xe2x80xb3N 132xc2xb026xe2x80xb215xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf35.10722xc2xb0N 132.43750xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 35.10722; 132.43750Coordinates: 35xc2xb006xe2x80xb226xe2x80xb3N 132xc2xb026xe2x80xb215xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf35.10722xc2xb0N 132.43750xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 35.10722; 132.43750Location of Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in Japan | WIKI |
| The Iwami Ginzan (xe7x9fxb3xe8xa6x8bxe9x8ax80xe5xb1xb1) was an underground silver mine in the city of xc5x8cda, in Shimane Prefecture on the main island of Honshu, Japan. | WIKI |
| The mine reached its peak production in the early 1600s, with approximately 38 tons of silver a year while Japan produced about 200 tons of silver a year which was then one third of the world's production. | WIKI |
| Silver from the mine was used widely for coins in Japan. | WIKI |
| From the 17th century on, the silver coins made from the mine's silver were traded as not only one of the basic currencies within Japan, but also as the currency for trade with China, Portugal, and the Netherlands. | WIKI |
| (Japan began trading with Portugal in late 16th century, and the Netherlands in the 17th century) | WIKI |
| A trading fleet using the maps sailed via India and China to Japan, to trade European goods for Japanese silver. | WIKI |
| It was also declared in 2007 as among the 100 greatest geological sites of Japan. | WIKI |
| Criterion (ii): During the Age of Discovery, in the 16th and early 17th centuries, the large production of silver by the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine resulted in significant commercial and cultural exchanges between Japan and the trading countries of East Asia and Europe. | UNESCO |
| Criterion (iii): Technological developments in metal mining and production in Japan resulted in the evolution of a successful system based on small-scale, labor-intensive units covering the entire range of skills from digging to refining. | UNESCO |
| The political and economic isolation of Japan during the Edo Period (1603 to 1868) impeded the introduction of technologies developed in Europe during the Industrial Revolution and this, coupled with the exhaustion of commercially viable silver-ore deposits, resulted in the cessation of mining activities by traditional technologies in the area in the second half of the 19th century, leaving the site with well-preserved archaeological traces of those activities. | UNESCO |