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THE 23 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN JAPAN


UNESCO World Heritage site. Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List (23) Text from https://whc.unesco.org/en/statesparties/jp


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THE 23 UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN JAPAN

Itsukushima Shrine

Itsukushima Shinto Shrine The island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. The first shrine buildings here were probably erected in the...

tourist attraction
place of worship
hiroshima
unescoworldheritage
miyajima
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4.5

19002 reviews

Itsukushima Shrine

Shirakami Sanchi Visitor Center

Shirakami-Sanchi Situated in the mountains of northern Honshu, this trackless site includes the last virgin remains of the cool-temperate forest of Siebold's beech trees that once covered the hills ...

tourist attraction
unescoworldheritage
aomori
naturalsite
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3.8

330 reviews

Shirakami Sanchi Visitor Center

Hōryū-ji Main Hall

Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the ...

place of worship
nara
unescoworldheritage
hōryū-ji
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4.6

65 reviews

Hōryū-ji Main Hall

Mozu tombs

Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan Located on a plateau above the Osaka Plain, this property includes 49 kofun (“old mounds” in Japanese). These tombs were for members of the ...

tourist attraction
osaka
unescoworldheritage
mozu
kofun
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4.1

209 reviews

Mozu tombs

Okinoshima

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region Located 60 km off the western coast of Kyushu island, the island of Okinoshima is an exceptional example of the tradition of w...

fukuoka
unescoworldheritage
sacredisland
genkai
munakata
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4.2

18 reviews

Okinoshima

Kii Mountains

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyas...

nara
unescoworldheritage
wakayama
mie
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4.7

9 reviews

Kii Mountains

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Shrines and Temples of Nikko The shrines and temples of Nikko, together with their natural surroundings, have for centuries been a sacred site known for its architectural and decorative masterpieces...

tourist attraction
place of worship
unescoworldheritage
nikko
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4.5

17128 reviews

Nikkō Tōshō-gū

Mount Fuji

Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world as Mount Fuji, rising above villages and tree-fringed se...

fuji
yamanashi
shizuoka
unescoworldheritage
fujisan
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4.5

5842 reviews

Mount Fuji

Gotō Islands

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Located in the north-western part of Kyushu island, this serial property consists of ten villages, remains of the Hara Castle and a cathedral, dating fr...

unescoworldheritage
nagasaki
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Gotō Islands

Himeji Castle

Himeji-jo Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devi...

tourist attraction
unescoworldheritage
hyogo
himeji
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4.6

23212 reviews

Himeji Castle

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through th...

tourist attraction
museum
hiroshima
unescoworldheritage
genbaku
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4.6

11947 reviews

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

Shirakawa-go

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses su...

tourist attraction
park
japan
unescoworldheritage
gifu
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4.5

22274 reviews

Shirakawa-go

Kyoto

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Nijo-jo Kiyomizudera, Byodoin etc... Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto w...

city
unescoworldheritage
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Kyoto

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging...

tourist attraction
nara
unescoworldheritage
todai-ji
kofuku-ji
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in the south-west of Honshu Island is a cluster of mountains, rising to 600 m and interspersed by deep river valleys ...

tourist attraction
unescoworldheritage
shimane
iwami
mine
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4

802 reviews

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

National Museum of Western Art

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Chosen from the work of Le Corbusier, the 17 sites comprising this transnational serial property are spread...

tourist attraction
museum
tokyo
unescoworldheritage
westernart
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4.4

5336 reviews

National Museum of Western Art

Tomioka Silk Mill

Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites This property is a historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Gunma prefecture, north-west of Tokyo. It...

tourist attraction
unescoworldheritage
gunma
tomioka
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3.8

6838 reviews

Tomioka Silk Mill

Ogasawara

Ogasawara Islands The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. The islands offer a variety of landscapes and are home to a wealth of...

tokyo
island
unescoworldheritage
naturalsite
ogasawara
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Ogasawara

Shiretoko Peninsula

Shiretoko Shiretoko Peninsula is located in the north-east of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The site includes the land from the central part of the peninsula to its tip (Shiretoko Cape...

hokkaido
unescoworldheritage
naturalsite
shiretoko
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4.6

25 reviews

Shiretoko Peninsula

Yakushima Island

Yakushima Located in the interior of Yaku Island, at the meeting-point of the palaearctic and oriental biotic regions, Yakushima exhibits a rich flora, with some 1,900 species and subspecies, includ...

unescoworldheritage
naturalsite
kagoshima
yakushima
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4.6

442 reviews

Yakushima Island

Hashima Island

Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining The site encompasses a series of twenty three component parts, mainly located in the southwest of Japan. It...

unescoworldheritage
meijiindustrialrevolution
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3.9

1025 reviews

Hashima Island

Shurijo Castle

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu The related sites are (Seifa-Utaki, Zakimi-jô, Nakijin-jô, Katsuren-jô, Shuri-jô, Tamaudun, Sonohyan-Utaki-Ishimon and Shikinaen ) Five h...

tourist attraction
unescoworldheritage
okinawa
ryukyu
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4.2

22515 reviews

Shurijo Castle

Hiraizumi

Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sit...

city
unescoworldheritage
iwate
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Hiraizumi

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