【Special Lecture Series for Members】Efforts to conserve and enhance the value of the World Heritage Mt. Fuji

Speaker: Kotaro NAGASAKI（Governor of Yamanashi Prefecture）
Date: Monday, August 19, 2024, 6:30-8:30 pm (including reception)
Venue: Iwasaki Koyata Memorial Hall
Language: Japanese (without interpretation)
Admission: 5,000 yen/person (registration required, drinks and light meal will be provided.)
*This event is exclusively for I-House members.
*On the day of the event, please present your membership card at the reception desk in front of the venue.
*Members may be accompanied by a spouse or partner.

I-House regularly holds members-only events to which a distinguished member is invited as a guest. Our featured guest in August will be governor of Yamanashi Prefecture Kotaro Nagasaki. After the lecture, there will be a reception with drinks and refreshments, where participants will have an opportunity to meet with the speaker and fellow members.

Mount Fuji was registered as a World Heritage site in 2013 as a “sacred place and source of artistic inspiration.” Its inscription on the World Heritage list was conditional, though, with the World Heritage Committee pointing out that, given the millions of tourists who visit the mountain every year, measures are needed to address safety and erosion issues caused by overtourism. “Mount Fuji is screaming for help,” says concerned Yamanashi Governor Kotaro Nagasaki. He is advancing a number of relief measures and plans, including climbing restrictions to be introduced in July 2024. At the Special Lecture for Members, he will discuss his vision for the area around Mount Fuji and Yamanashi Prefecture as a whole aimed at preserving and enhancing the region’s appeal over the next century.

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