List of World Heritage Sites in Japan
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

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

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