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List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

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Location of World Heritage Sites within Japan

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Sites are places of importance to cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972.[1] Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites which are important from the point of view of science, conservation or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.[2] Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992.[3] As of October 2024, twenty-six properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty-one cultural sites and five natural sites.[3] A further five sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and were on the Tentative List as of 2017.[3]

World Heritage Sites

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Name Image Location UNESCO data Area
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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) Kamigamo Jinja, Shimogamo Jinja, Tō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Enryaku-ji, Daigo-ji, Ninna-ji, Byōdō-in, Ujigami Jinja, Kōzan-ji, Saihō-ji, Tenryū-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryōan-ji, Nishi Hongan-ji, 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) Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, 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) Tamaudun, Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, Nakijin Castle, Zakimi Castle, Katsuren Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Shuri Castle, Shikinaen, 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) Seiganto-ji, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, Kongōbu-ji, Niukanshōfu Jinja, Kumano Hongū Taisha, Niutsuhime Jinja, Mount Yoshino, Ōminesan-ji, Kōyasan chōishi-michi, Jison-in, Yoshino Mikumari Jinja, Kinbu Jinja, Kimpusen-ji, 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 Daikansho, Okidomari, Ginzan Sakunouchi, Site of Yataki-jō, Ōmori Ginzan, Miya-no-mae, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Tomogauradō, Site of Yahazu-jō, Site of Iwami-jō, Kumagaika residence, Rakan-ji 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: Chichi-jima, 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) Hashima Coal Mine, Former Glover House, Shūseikan, 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
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters Osaka Prefecture 1593 (2019) iii, iv 166.66 ha (890 ha) Mozu kofungun, 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) Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Yanbaru, Iriomote
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan Hokkaidō, Aomori/Iwate/Akita Prefecture 1632 (2021) iii, v 141.9 ha (984.8 ha) Sannai-Maruyama Site, Ōdai Yamamoto I site
Sado Island Gold Mines Niigata Prefecture 1698 (2024) iv Sado mines

Tentative list

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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
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

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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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Heritage Sites in Japan.

References

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  1. ^ "The World Heritage Convention". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Archived from the original on 1 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Japan". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
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