List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

Location of sites



World Heritage Sites


NameImageLocationUNESCO dataArea:Monuments
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji AreaHoryu-ji11s3200.jpgNara Prefecture660(1993) i, ii, iv, vi586 ha; (570.7 ha)Hōryū-jiHokki-ji
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of RyukyuNaha Shuri Castle16s5s3200.jpgOkinawa Prefecture972(2000) ii, iii, vi55 ha; (560 ha)TamaudunSonohyan-utaki IshimonNakijin CastleZakimi Castle,Katsuren CastleNakagusuku CastleShuri CastleShikinaenSeifa-utaki
Himeji-jōChâteau de Himeji01.jpgHyōgo Prefecture661(1993) i, iv107 ha; (143 ha)Himeji Castle
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure LandMōtsū-ji Suhama.JPGIwate Prefecture1277(2011) ii, vi187 ha; (5,998 ha)Chūson-jiMōtsū-jiKanjizaiō-inMuryōkō-in, Kinkeizan
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)HiroshimaGembakuDome6747.jpgHiroshima Prefecture775(1996) vi0.4 ha; (43 ha)Atomic bomb dome
Historic Monuments of Ancient KyotoByodo-in Uji03bs2640.jpgKyoto/Shiga Prefecture688(1994) ii, iv1056 ha; (3,579 ha)Kamigamo JinjaShimogamo JinjaTō-jiKiyomizu-deraEnryaku-ji,Daigo-jiNinna-jiByōdō-inUjigami JinjaKōzan-jiSaihō-jiTenryū-ji,Kinkaku-jiGinkaku-jiRyōan-jiNishi Hongan-jiNijō-jō
Historic Monuments of Ancient NaraKofukuji0411.jpgNara Prefecture870(1998) ii, iii, iv, vi617 ha; (2,502 ha)Tōdai-jiKōfuku-jiKasuga TaishaGangō-jiYakushi-jiTōshōdai-ji,Heijō PalaceKasugayama Primeval Forest
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and GokayamaOgi Shirakawa02bs3200.jpgGifu/Toyama Prefecture734(1995) iv, v68 ha; (58,873 ha)Shirakawa-goGokayama
Itsukushima Shinto ShrineItsukushima torii distance.jpgHiroshima Prefecture776(1996) i, ii, iv, vi431 ha; (2,634 ha)Itsukushima Jinja
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural LandscapeIwami Ginzan Silver Mine, Shimizudani Refinery Ruins 001.JPGShimane Prefecture1246(2010) ii, iii, v529 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
Ogasawara IslandsMinamijima, Ogasawara, Tokyo.jpgTokyo1362(2011) ix7,939 haNatural Site: Chichi-jimaHaha-jima, Muko-jima, Iwo-jima
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain RangeKongobuji Koyasan07n3200.jpgMie/Nara/Wakayama Prefecture1142(2004) ii, iii, iv, vi495 ha; (1,137 ha)Seiganto-jiKumano Hayatama TaishaKongōbu-jiNiukanshōfu Jinja,Kumano Hongū TaishaNiutsuhime JinjaMount YoshinoŌminesan-ji,Kōyasan chōishi-michiJison-inYoshino Mikumari JinjaKinbu Jinja,Kimpusen-jiYoshimizu JinjaKumano Nachi TaishaNachi Falls, Nachi primaeval forest, Fudarakusan-jiKumano Kodō
Shrines and Temples of NikkōTaiyuin nitenmon gate.jpgTochigi Prefecture913(1999) i, iv, vi51 ha; (373 ha)Futarasan JinjaRinnō-jiNikkō Tōshō-gū
Shirakami-SanchiShirakamisanchikakushin1.jpgAomori/Akita Prefecture663(1993) ix16,939 haNatural Site: Siebold's beech forest, mountains
ShiretokoGoko Reflection.jpgHokkaidō1193(2005) ix, x71,100 haNatural Site: peninsula and marine area
YakushimaJhomonsugi in Yaku Island Japan 001.JPGKagoshima Prefecture662(1993) vii, ix10,747 haNatural Site: warm temperate ancient forest


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