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Table 4.2 Previous activities of the association for declaring the Nagasaki Church Group a World
Heritage
Year

Month/date Activities of our association

2000 August 19th, 20th Meeting of the Buildings Restoration Association in Naru (Goto).

The proposal for a new Association emerges

2001 September The Association for declaring the Nagasaki Church Group a World

Heritage is founded

2002 March 31st Symposium “The Nagasaki Churches Group: a World Heritage” in

Sotome. In: Endo's Culture Museum. Speakers: Rumiko
Kataoka, Kazuma Hayashi
First booklet about the Nagasaki Churches Group in Japanese

October 12th Symposium “The Nagasaki Churches Group: a World Heritage” In:

Nagasaki Catholic Center. Speakers: Satoshi Miyazawa, others

October 16th-20th Exhibition “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki Churches

Group” at Hamaya Department Store

Goto Church Week. Conferences. In: Dozaki and Tainoura
Churches. Speakers: Ryogo Yuki and Kazutoshi Kakimori
October Pamphlet “The Association for declaring the Nagasaki Church
Group a World Heritage” fi rst English edition
2003 October 29th Conference “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki
Churches Group” in Tokyo. In: St. Ignatius Church. Speakers:
Junko Endo, others
November 10th-29th Exhibition “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki Churches
Group” in Tokyo
October-November 23 Members of our Association pay a Courtesy Visit to the Vatican
Culture Ministry
2004 May 22nd-August 29th “History of the Yokohama and Nagasaki Churches” 150th
Anniversary of the Re-opening of the Country Exhibition. In:
Yokohama City Development Museum
July-August Conferences “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki
Churches Group” in Yokohama. In: Yokohama Cultural Center
Hall. Speakers: Joseph Pittau, Satoshi Yamato, others
November Fr. De Rotz 90th years Death Anniversary Concert. In: Shitsu Church
2005 July 8th-10th Conference “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki
Churches Group” in Goto. Buildings Restoration Association
joint symposium. In: Campana Hotel and Geihin Hall.
Speakers: Masachika Uchida, Osamu Goto, Toshiaki Inoue,
Renzo De Luca, others
2006 February Field trip to Historical Heritages of Macau
October 28th-29th Conference and fi eld trip “The Road to a World Heritage: The
Nagasaki Churches Group” in Hirado. Speakers: Sinzo
Kawamura, Makoto Shirahama, Hiroshi Yamanaka, Satoshi
Yamato, Seiichi Mimura, others
December Conference “The Road to a World Heritage: The Nagasaki
Churches Group” in Shin-Kamigoto Town
December 22nd-27th Exhibition about “The Association for declaring the Nagasaki
Church Group a World Heritage” activities. In: Hamaya D. Store
2007 May 27th “Nagasaki Church Group and Christian Related Cultural Assets”
addition as candidates for the World Heritage Provisional List
celebration. Pentecost Concert
Source : The Association for declaring the Nagasaki Church Group a World Heritage ( 2007 )

October
25th-November 3rd