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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Shirakami-Sanchi' has mentioned 'Japan' in the following places:
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| Shirakami-SanchiUNESCO World Heritage SiteLocationNorthern Honshxc5xab, JapanCriteriaNatural: ixReference663Inscription1993 (17th session)Area16,971 haCoordinates40xc2xb028xe2x80xb212xe2x80xb3N 140xc2xb007xe2x80xb248xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf40.47000xc2xb0N 140.13000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 40.47000; 140.13000Coordinates: 40xc2xb028xe2x80xb212xe2x80xb3N 140xc2xb007xe2x80xb248xe2x80xb3Exefxbbxbf / xefxbbxbf40.47000xc2xb0N 140.13000xc2xb0Exefxbbxbf / 40.47000; 140.13000Location of Shirakami-Sanchi in Japan | WIKI |
| Shirakami-Sanchi (xe7x99xbdxe7xa5x9exe5xb1xb1xe5x9cxb0) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Txc5x8dhoku region of northern Honshxc5xab, Japan. | WIKI |
| This mountainous area includes the last virgin forest of Siebold's beech which once covered most of northern Japan. | WIKI |
| The Shirakami-Sanchi was one of the first sites entered on the World Heritage List in Japan, along with Yakushima, Himeji Castle, and Buddhist Monuments in the Hxc5x8dryxc5xab-ji Area in 1993. | WIKI |
| It has the largest remaining virgin beech forest in East Asia, and is a remnant of the cool-temperate beech forests that have covered the hills and mountain slopes of northern Japan since eight to twelve thousand years ago. | WIKI |
| Planted forests of timber trees, such as Japanese cedar, have replaced many of the beech forests in northern Japan; however, within the borders of the Shirakami-Sanchi unmodified beech forests are densely and continuously distributed. | WIKI |
| It is the remnant of the cool-temperate beech forests that have covered the hills and mountain slopes of northern Japan since eight to twelve thousand years ago. | UNESCO |
| However, in Japan, the vegetation retreated to southern Japan maintaining the original diversity of the circumpolar region and re-colonized after the most recent glacial stage. | UNESCO |
| Reflecting the distinct heavy-snow environment of the inland areas along the Sea of Japan, a rare climatic condition in the world, Shirakami-Sanchi has forests of monodominant Fagus crenata, a species endemic to Japan. | UNESCO |
| The undisturbed wilderness condition of the area is wild and rare in eastern Asia with no other protected area in Japan containing a large unmodified beech forest like that found in the property. | UNESCO |
| The extent of its pristine forest without extrinsic development sets the property apart in densely populated, long-inhabited Japan and across Asia. | UNESCO |
| The property is the last and best relic of the cool-temperate beech forests that once covered northern Japan. | UNESCO |
| Planted forests of timber trees, such as Japanese cedar, have replaced many of the beech forests in northern Japan while within the boundaries of the property the unmodified beech forests are densely and continuously distributed. | UNESCO |
| Management of Protected Areas in Japan involves a number of Government Ministries, Agencies and the relevant Prefectures. | UNESCO |
| Each of these designations falls under the Governments system of protection for the natural environment of Japan and has strict legal regulations regarding development and other activities. | UNESCO |