Within the Council for Cultural Affairs, the subcommittee on cultural assets will hold a discussion meeting to vote for the appropriate designation, after which the Agency for Cultural Affairs will submit to the Minister (of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) an approval application for being an important cultural property.
文化審議会文化財分科会による審議・議決を経て、文化審議会は文部科学大臣に対し重要文化財に指定するよう答申を行う。