Japan accepted the UNESCOWorld 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]
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
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
(in Japanese) Database of National Cultural Properties - World Heritage (世界遺産)
February 16, 2024
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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 Hōryu jiHimejiYakushimaShirakami SanchiKyotoShirakawa gō and GokayamaHiroshima Peace MemorialItsukushima ShrineNaraNikkōRyukyuKii Mountain RangeShiretokoIwami GinzanHiraizumiOgasawaraMount FujiTomiokaMeiji Industrial SitesNational Museum of Western ArtOkinoshimaKofunAmami ŌshimaJōmon Prehistoric Sitesclass notpageimage Location of World Heritage Sites within Japan Contents 1 World Heritage Sites 2 Tentative list 3 Other UNESCO heritage lists 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksWorld Heritage Sites editName Image Location UNESCO data Area MonumentsBuddhist Monuments in the Hōryu ji Area nbsp Nara Prefecture 660 1993 i ii iv vi 586 ha 570 7 ha Hōryu ji Hokki jiHimeji jō nbsp Hyōgo Prefecture 661 1993 i iv 107 ha 143 ha Himeji CastleYakushima nbsp Kagoshima Prefecture 662 1993 vii ix 10 747 ha Natural Site warm temperate ancient forestShirakami Sanchi nbsp Aomori Akita Prefecture 663 1993 ix 16 939 ha Natural Site Siebold s beech forest mountainsHistoric Monuments of Ancient Kyoto nbsp 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 Tenryu ji Kinkaku ji Ginkaku ji Ryōan ji Nishi Hongan ji Nijō jōHistoric Villages of Shirakawa gō and Gokayama nbsp Gifu Toyama Prefecture 734 1995 iv v 68 ha 58 873 ha Shirakawa go GokayamaHiroshima Peace Memorial Genbaku Dome nbsp Hiroshima Prefecture 775 1996 vi 0 4 ha 43 ha Atomic bomb DomeItsukushima Shrine nbsp Hiroshima Prefecture 776 1996 i ii iv vi 431 ha 2 634 ha Itsukushima JinjaHistoric Monuments of Ancient Nara nbsp 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 ForestShrines and Temples of Nikkō nbsp Tochigi Prefecture 913 1999 i iv vi 51 ha 373 ha Futarasan Jinja Rinnō ji Nikkō Tōshō guGusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu nbsp 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 utakiSacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range nbsp 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 Hongu 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 KodōShiretoko nbsp Hokkaidō 1193 2005 ix x 71 100 ha Natural Site peninsula and marine areaIwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape nbsp 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 TomogauraHiraizumi Temples Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land nbsp Iwate Prefecture 1277 2011 ii vi 187 ha 5 998 ha Chuson ji Mōtsu ji Kanjizaiō in Muryōkō in KinkeizanOgasawara Islands nbsp Tokyo 1362 2011 ix 7 939 ha Natural Site Chichi jima Haha jima Muko jima Iwo jimaFujisan sacred place and source of artistic inspiration nbsp Shizuoka Yamanashi Prefecture 1418 2013 iii vi 20 638 ha 49 376 ha Mount Fuji Fuji Five Lakes Fujisan Hongu Sengen Shrine Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine Yamamiya Sengen Shrine Murayama Sengen Shrine Suyama Sengen Shrine Higashiguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen Shrine Kawaguchi Sengen Shrine Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine Oshino Hakkai Miho no MatsubaraTomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites nbsp Gunma Prefecture 1149 2014 ii iv 7 20 ha 415 ha Tomioka Silk MillSites of Japan s Meiji Industrial Revolution Iron and Steel Shipbuilding and Coal Mining nbsp Kyushu and Yamaguchi Shizuoka and Iwate prefectures 1484 2015 ii iii iv 307 ha 2 408 ha Hashima Coal Mine Former Glover House Shuseikan Miike Coal Mine Yawata Steel Works Mutsurejima Lighthouse Hagi reverberatory furnace Shōkasonjuku Academy Hagi castle townThe Architectural Work of Le Corbusier an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement nbsp Tokyo 1321 2016 i ii vi 0 93 ha 116 17 ha National Museum of Western ArtSacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region nbsp Fukuoka Prefecture 1535 2017 ii iii 98 93 ha 79 363 48 ha Okinoshima Munakata TaishaHidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region nbsp Nagasaki Prefecture and Kumamoto Prefecture 1495 2018 iii 5 566 55 ha 12 252 52 ha Ōura Cathedral Hara Castle Hirado IslandMozu Furuichi Kofungun Ancient Tumulus Clusters nbsp Osaka Prefecture 1593 2019 iii iv 166 66 ha 890 ha Mozu kofungun Furuichi kofungunAmami Ōshima Island Tokunoshima Island northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island nbsp Kagoshima Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture 1574 2021 x 42 698 ha 24 467 ha Amami Ōshima Tokunoshima Yanbaru IriomoteJōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan nbsp Hokkaidō Aomori Iwate Akita Prefecture 1632 2021 iii v 141 9 ha 984 8 ha Sannai Maruyama Site Ōdai Yamamoto I siteTentative list editThe 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 nbsp Kanagawa Prefecture 370 1992 iii iv Tsurugaoka Hachiman gu 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 IslandHikone jō nbsp Shiga Prefecture 374 1992 i ii iii iv Hikone CastleAsuka Fujiwara Archaeological Sites of Japan s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties nbsp 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 SanzanThe Sado complex of heritage mines primarily gold mines nbsp Niigata Prefecture 5572 2010 ii iii iv Sado minesHiraizumi Temples Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land extension nbsp Iwate Prefecture 5760 2012 ii iii vi Shirotori tate Site Takkoku no Iwaya Yanagi no Gosho Site Chojagahara Haiji Site Honedera mura Shoen SiteOther UNESCO heritage lists editUNESCO List Exclusive Entries of Japan Shared Multinational Entries Involving Japan TotalUNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves 8 8UNESCO World Heritage List 22 1 23UNESCO Memory of the World Register 5 2 7UNESCO Global Geoparks Network 10 10UNESCO Creative Cities Network 8 8UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists 24 24See also edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to World Heritage Sites in Japan Cultural Properties of Japan National Treasures of Japan Cultural Landscapes of Japan National parks of Japan Kashimagari TunnelReferences edit a b c Japan UNESCO Retrieved 2017 05 08 External links edit in Japanese World Heritage Sites in Japan in Japanese Database of National Cultural Properties World Heritage 世界遺産 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of World Heritage Sites in Japan amp oldid 1195982542, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
