List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

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Okinoshima
Kofun
Amami Ōshima
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites
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Location of World Heritage Sites within Japan

Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992.[1] As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty cultural sites and five natural sites.[1] A further five sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and are currently on the Tentative List as of 2017.[1]


World Heritage Sites

Name Image Location UNESCO data Area: Monuments
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area Nara Prefecture 660 (1993) i, ii, iv, vi 586 ha; (570.7 ha) Hōryū-ji, Hokki-ji
Himeji-jō Hyōgo Prefecture 661 (1993) i, iv 107 ha; (143 ha) Himeji Castle
Yakushima Kagoshima Prefecture 662 (1993) vii, ix 10,747 ha Natural Site: warm temperate ancient forest
Shirakami-Sanchi Aomori/Akita Prefecture 663 (1993) ix 16,939 ha Natural Site:
Siebold's beech
forest, mountains
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Kyoto/Shiga Prefecture 688 (1994) ii, iv 1056 ha; (3,579 ha)
Nijō-jō
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama Gifu/Toyama Prefecture 734 (1995) iv, v 68 ha; (58,873 ha) Shirakawa-go, Gokayama
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima Prefecture 775 (1996) vi 0.4 ha; (43 ha) Atomic bomb Dome
Itsukushima Shrine Hiroshima Prefecture 776 (1996) i, ii, iv, vi 431 ha; (2,634 ha)
Itsukushima Jinja
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara Prefecture 870 (1998) ii, iii, iv, vi 617 ha; (2,502 ha)
Kasuga Taisha, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, Heijō Palace, Kasugayama Primeval Forest
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō Tochigi Prefecture 913 (1999) i, iv, vi 51 ha; (373 ha)
Futarasan Jinja, Rinnō-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Okinawa Prefecture 972 (2000) ii, iii, vi 55 ha; (560 ha)
Seifa-utaki
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Wakayama/Nara/Mie Prefecture 1142 (2004) ii, iii, iv, vi 495 ha; (1,137 ha)
Yoshimizu Jinja, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Nachi Falls, Nachi primaeval forest, Fudarakusan-ji, Kumano Kodō
Shiretoko
Hokkaidō
 1193 (2005) ix, x 71,100 ha Natural Site: peninsula and marine area
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
 Shimane Prefecture 1246 (2010) ii, iii, v 529 ha; (3,134 ha) Yunotsu, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Yunotsu-Okidomaridō, Site of
Gohyakurakan
, Tomogaura
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land Iwate Prefecture 1277 (2011) ii, vi 187 ha; (5,998 ha) Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji, Kanjizaiō-in, Muryōkō-in, Kinkeizan
Ogasawara Islands Tokyo 1362 (2011) ix 7,939 ha Natural Site:
Haha-jima, Muko-jima, Iwo-jima
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration Shizuoka/Yamanashi Prefecture 1418 (2013) iii, vi 20,638 ha; (49,376 ha) Mount Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Shrine, Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Yamamiya Sengen Shrine, Murayama Sengen Shrine, Suyama Sengen Shrine, Higashiguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Kawaguchi Sengen Shrine, Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine, Oshino Hakkai, Miho no Matsubara
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites Gunma Prefecture 1149 (2014) ii, iv 7.20 ha; (415 ha) Tomioka Silk Mill
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
Kyūshū, and Yamaguchi, Shizuoka and Iwate
prefectures		 1484 (2015) ii, iii, iv 307 ha; (2,408 ha)
Miike Coal Mine, Yawata Steel Works, Mutsurejima Lighthouse, Hagi reverberatory furnace, Shōkasonjuku Academy, Hagi castle town
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Tokyo 1321 (2016) i, ii, vi 0.93 ha; (116.17 ha) National Museum of Western Art
Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region Fukuoka Prefecture 1535 (2017) ii, iii 98.93 ha; (79,363.48 ha)
Okinoshima, Munakata Taisha
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture 1495 (2018) iii 5,566.55 ha (12,252.52 ha)
Ōura Cathedral, Hara Castle, Hirado Island
Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus
Clusters		 Osaka Prefecture 1593 (2019) iii, iv 166.66 ha (890 ha)
Furuichi kofungun
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture 1574 (2021) x 42,698 ha (24,467 ha)
Yanbaru, Iriomote
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
Hokkaidō, Aomori/Iwate/Akita
Prefecture		 1632 (2021) iii, v 141.9 ha (984.8 ha)
Ōdai Yamamoto I site

Tentative list

The Tentative List consists of sites previously nominated, but not yet inscribed.

Name Image Location UNESCO data Monuments (incomplete listing)
Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura
 Kanagawa Prefecture 370 (1992) iii, iv
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Jufuku-ji, Kenchō-ji, Zuisen-ji, Kōtoku-in, Kakuon-ji, Ruins of Buppō-ji, Ruins of Yōfuku-ji, Ruins of the Hokkedō, Ruins of the Hōjō Tokiwa Residence, Kamegayatsuzaka Pass, Kehaizaka Pass, Daibutsu Pass, Gokuraku-ji, Engaku-ji, Egara Tenjin Shrine, Jōkōmyō-ji, Asaina Pass, Ruins of Tōshō-ji, Nagoshi Pass, Shōmyō-ji, Wakae Island
Hikone-jō Shiga Prefecture 374 (1992) i, ii, iii, iv Hikone Castle
Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties Nara Prefecture 5097 (2007) ii, iii, iv, v, vi Ishibutai Kofun, Takamatsuzuka Tomb, Kitora Tomb, Kawara-dera, Asuka-dera, Oka-dera, Yamada-dera, Fujiwara-kyō, Yamato Sanzan
The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines Niigata Prefecture 5572 (2010) ii, iii, iv Sado mines
Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) Iwate Prefecture 5760 (2012) ii, iii, vi Shirotori-tate Site, Takkoku-no-Iwaya, Yanagi-no-Gosho Site, Chojagahara Haiji Site, Honedera-mura Shoen Site

Other UNESCO heritage lists

UNESCO List Exclusive Entries of Japan Shared/Multinational Entries Involving Japan Total
UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves 8 — 8
UNESCO World Heritage List
 22 1 23
UNESCO Memory of the World Register
 5 2 7
UNESCO Global Geoparks Network
 10 — 10
UNESCO Creative Cities Network 8 — 8
UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists 24 — 24

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c "Japan". UNESCO. Retrieved 2017-05-08.

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