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Explore Japan’s World Heritage Sites

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Discover the cultural and natural treasures of Japan as designated by UNESCO. This list covers 26 sites across the country—from ancient shrines and castles to pristine forests and sacred mountains.

Type Name (English) Location Year
Cultural Buddhist Monuments in the Houryuu-ji Area Nara 1993
Cultural Himeji-jyou Hyougo 1993
Natural Yakushima Kagoshima 1993
Natural Shirakami-Sanchi Aomori, Akita 1993
Cultural Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyouto (Kyoto, Uji and Ootsu Cities) Kyoto, Shiga 1994
Cultural Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gou and Gokayama Gifu, Toyama 1995
Cultural Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima 1996
Cultural Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Hiroshima 1996
Cultural Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara 1998
Cultural Shrines and Temples of Nikkou Tochigi 1999
Cultural Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Okinawa 2000
Cultural Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Wakayama, Nara, Mie 2004
Natural Shiretoko Hokkaidou 2005
Cultural Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Shimane 2007
Cultural Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Iwate 2011
Natural Ogasawara Islands Tokyo 2011
Cultural Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration Yamanashi, Shizuoka 2013
Cultural Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites Gunma 2014
Cultural Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Yamaguchi, Iwate, and Shizuoka 2015
Cultural The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier (National Museum of Western Art) Tokyo 2016
Cultural Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in the Munakata Region Fukuoka 2017
Cultural Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Nagasaki 2018
Cultural Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group Osaka 2019
Cultural Joumon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan Hokkaidou, Aomori, Iwate, Akita 2021
Natural Amami-Ooshima, Tokunoshima, Northern Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island Kagoshima, Okinawa 2021
Cultural Sado Island Gold Mines Niigata 2024

Source: Agency for Cultural Affairs, Japan

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