At the 68th International Executive Council Meeting of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (=ICID) held in Mexico City, Mexico on 10th October, 2017, four irrigation facilities in Japan were selected for the World Heritage Irrigation Structures of the world. One of them is Matsubara-Muro Irrigation System, which consists of Matsubara Canal and Muro Canal, located in the cities of Toyohashi, Toyokawa and Shinshiro of Aichi Prefecture.

The International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) , established in 1950, is a leading scientific, technical, international not-for-profit, non-governmental organization and is a professional network of experts from across the world in the field of irrigation, drainage, and flood management. To fulfill their mission to promote sustainable agriculture water management, they established the world Irrigation Heritage Registry System. Every year they invite from across the world applications for the possible irrigation and drainage-related facilities of historical, technical and social values with roughly over 100 year usage history.