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worldheritageX UNESCO World Heritage Sites

World Heritage Sites in

Japan

25 inscribed sites · 20 cultural · 5 natural

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No. 0972 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Cultural · Inscribed 2000

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No. 1418 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration

Cultural · Inscribed 2013

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No. 1495 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Cultural · Inscribed 2018

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No. 0661 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Himeji-jo

Cultural · Inscribed 1993

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No. 0688 MONUMENT Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Cultural · Inscribed 1994

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No. 1246 INDUSTRIAL Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape

Cultural · Inscribed 2007

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No. 1484 INDUSTRIAL Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Cultural · Inscribed 2015

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No. 1449 INDUSTRIAL Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites

Cultural · Inscribed 2014

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No. 0660 TEMPLE Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area

Cultural · Inscribed 1993

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No. 0775 MONUMENT Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)

Cultural · Inscribed 1996

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No. 0870 MONUMENT Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Cultural · Inscribed 1998

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No. 0776 TEMPLE Itsukushima Shinto Shrine

Cultural · Inscribed 1996

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No. 1362 COAST MARINE Ogasawara Islands

Natural · Inscribed 2011

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No. 1535 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Cultural · Inscribed 2017

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No. 1632 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

Cultural · Inscribed 2021

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No. 1593 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan

Cultural · Inscribed 2019

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No. 0663 NATIONAL PARK Shirakami-Sanchi

Natural · Inscribed 1993

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No. 1698 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Sado Island Gold Mines

Cultural · Inscribed 2024

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No. 0913 TEMPLE Shrines and Temples of Nikko

Cultural · Inscribed 1999

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No. 1193 NATIONAL PARK Shiretoko

Natural · Inscribed 2005

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No. 0662 NATIONAL PARK Yakushima

Natural · Inscribed 1993

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No. 1574 COAST MARINE Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island

Natural · Inscribed 2021

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No. 1277 TEMPLE Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land

Cultural · Inscribed 2011

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No. 0734 OLD TOWN Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

Cultural · Inscribed 1995

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No. 1142 ARCHAEOLOGICAL Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Cultural · Inscribed 2004

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