UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan
Explore 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan: 21 cultural, 5 natural and 0 mixed.
- Sites
- 26
- Countries
- 1
- Cultural
- 21
- Natural
- 5
- Mixed
- 0
- Inscription years
- 1993–2026
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26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island — Japan · Natural · 2021
- Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara — Japan · Cultural · 2026
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area — Japan · Cultural · 1993
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu — Japan · Cultural · 2000
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region — Japan · Cultural · 2018
- Himeji-jo — Japan · Cultural · 1993
- Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land — Japan · Cultural · 2011
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) — Japan · Cultural · 1996
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto — Japan · Cultural · 1994
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara — Japan · Cultural · 1998
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama — Japan · Cultural · 1995
- Itsukushima Shinto Shrine — Japan · Cultural · 1996
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape — Japan · Cultural · 2007
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan — Japan · Cultural · 2021
- Mount Fuji — Japan · Cultural · 2013
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan — Japan · Cultural · 2019
- Ogasawara Islands — Japan · Natural · 2011
- Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region — Japan · Cultural · 2017
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range — Japan · Cultural · 2004
- Sado Island Gold Mines — Japan · Cultural · 2024
- Shirakami-Sanchi — Japan · Natural · 1993
- Shiretoko — Japan · Natural · 2005
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko — Japan · Cultural · 1999
- Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining — Japan · Cultural · 2015
- Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites — Japan · Cultural · 2014
- Yakushima — Japan · Natural · 1993