List of World Heritage Sites in Japan
World Heritage Sites

List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

Section Title: World Heritage Sites
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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	Sirakami santi.JPG	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	Mōtsū-ji Suhama.JPG	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	Hagi Reverberatory furnaces.JPG	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	Munakata-taisha, shaden.JPG	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

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