The World Heritage Site of the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region consists of eight components and a huge buffer zone that includes the sea. In order to preserve this heritage for future generations, your understanding and cooperation are needed.

Various plans have been formulated to preserve the World Heritage Site of
the Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region for future generations.
The Preservation and Utilization Council will preserve and manage the OUV based on a comprehensive preservation
and management plan, and will explain the value of the property to the public.
For the OUV and each plan, please see here.

Heritage Impact Assessments are a tool used by people engaged in development and other activities
to help them objectively evaluate impacts on heritage and promote consensus among stakeholders.
For this purpose, the Heritage Impact Assessment Manual was formulated.
For the manual and past implementation statuses, please see here.