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text: List of World Heritage Sites in Japan
World Heritage Sites

Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. As of July 2019, twenty-three properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: nineteen cultural sites and four natural sites. A further eight sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and are currently on the Tentative List as of 2017.
Name 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 Japans 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