Name
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Image
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Location
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UNESCO data
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Area:
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Monuments
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Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg/150px-Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg) |
Nara Prefecture |
660 (1993) i, ii, iv, vi |
586 ha; (570.7 ha) |
Hōryū-ji, Hokki-ji
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Himeji-jō |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg/150px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg) |
Hyōgo Prefecture |
661 (1993) i, iv |
107 ha; (143 ha) |
Himeji Castle
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Yakushima |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg/150px-Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg) |
Kagoshima Prefecture |
662 (1993) vii, ix |
10,747 ha |
Natural Site: warm temperate ancient forest
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Shirakami-Sanchi |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sirakami_santi.JPG/150px-Sirakami_santi.JPG) |
Aomori/Akita Prefecture |
663 (1993) ix |
16,939 ha |
Natural Site: Siebold's beech forest, mountains
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Kiyomizu.jpg/150px-Kiyomizu.jpg) |
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
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Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg/150px-Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg) |
Gifu/Toyama Prefecture |
734 (1995) iv, v |
68 ha; (58,873 ha) |
Shirakawa-go, Gokayama
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/HiroshimaGembakuDome6747.jpg/150px-HiroshimaGembakuDome6747.jpg) |
Hiroshima Prefecture |
775 (1996) vi |
0.4 ha; (43 ha) |
Atomic bomb Dome
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Itsukushima Shrine |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Itsukushima_torii_distance.jpg/150px-Itsukushima_torii_distance.jpg) |
Hiroshima Prefecture |
776 (1996) i, ii, iv, vi |
431 ha; (2,634 ha) |
Itsukushima Jinja
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kofukuji0411.jpg/150px-Kofukuji0411.jpg) |
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
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Shrines and Temples of Nikkō |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Taiyuin_nitenmon_gate.jpg/150px-Taiyuin_nitenmon_gate.jpg) |
Tochigi Prefecture |
913 (1999) i, iv, vi |
51 ha; (373 ha) |
Futarasan Jinja, Rinnō-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū
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Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg/150px-Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg) |
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
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Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg/150px-Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg) |
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
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Shiretoko |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/140829_Ichiko_of_Shiretoko_Goko_Lakes_Hokkaido_Japan01s5.jpg/150px-140829_Ichiko_of_Shiretoko_Goko_Lakes_Hokkaido_Japan01s5.jpg) |
Hokkaidō |
1193 (2005) ix, x |
71,100 ha |
Natural Site: peninsula and marine area
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Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg/150px-180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg) |
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
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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/M%C5%8Dts%C5%AB-ji_Suhama.JPG/150px-M%C5%8Dts%C5%AB-ji_Suhama.JPG) |
Iwate Prefecture |
1277 (2011) ii, vi |
187 ha; (5,998 ha) |
Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji, Kanjizaiō-in, Muryōkō-in, Kinkeizan
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Ogasawara Islands |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Minamijima.jpg/150px-Minamijima.jpg) |
Tokyo |
1362 (2011) ix |
7,939 ha |
Natural Site: Chichi-jima, Haha-jima, Muko-jima, Iwo-jima
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Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Lake_Motosu04.jpg/150px-Lake_Motosu04.jpg) |
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
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Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg/150px-%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg) |
Gunma Prefecture |
1149 (2014) ii, iv |
7.20 ha; (415 ha) |
Tomioka Silk Mill
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Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Hagi_Reverberatory_furnaces.JPG/150px-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
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The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg/150px-National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg) |
Tokyo |
1321 (2016) i, ii, vi |
0.93 ha; (116.17 ha) |
National Museum of Western Art
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Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG/150px-Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG) |
Fukuoka Prefecture |
1535 (2017) ii, iii |
98.93 ha; (79,363.48 ha) |
Okinoshima, Munakata Taisha
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Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Kuroshima_church.jpg/150px-Kuroshima_church.jpg) |
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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Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/150px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg) |
Osaka Prefecture |
1593 (2019) iii, iv |
166.66 ha (890 ha) |
Mozu kofungun, Furuichi kofungun
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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Amami_beach.jpg/150px-Amami_beach.jpg) |
Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture |
1574 (2021) x |
42,698 ha (24,467 ha) |
Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Yanbaru, Iriomote
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Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg/150px-140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg) |
Hokkaidō, Aomori/Iwate/Akita Prefecture |
1632 (2021) iii, v |
141.9 ha (984.8 ha) |
Sannai-Maruyama Site, Ōdai Yamamoto I site
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