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
Mozu -Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters
Osaka Prefecture
1593 (2019) iii, iv
166.66 ha (890 ha)
Mozu kofungun , Furuichi kofungun
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
Kagoshima Prefecture , Okinawa Prefecture
1574 (2021) x
42,698 ha (24,467 ha)
Amami Ōshima , Tokunoshima , Yanbaru , Iriomote
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
Hokkaidō , Aomori /Iwate /Akita Prefecture
1632 (2021) iii, v
141.9 ha (984.8 ha)
Sannai-Maruyama Site , Ōdai Yamamoto I site