Japan To Ask UNESCO To List Its Cuisine As An “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 14, 2012
A year after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan will submit to have UNESCO recognize its cuisine as an “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity”. The country will argue that “Washoku: Traditional dietary cultures of the Japanese,” a...
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