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Year Name of the property Country Type Region Property (ha) ID
1993 Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area JP C APA 15 660
1993 Himeji-jo JP C APA 107 661
1993 Shirakami-Sanchi JP N APA 16,971 663
1993 Yakushima JP N APA 10,747 662
1994 Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) JP C APA 1,056 688
1995 Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama JP C APA 68 734
1996 Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) JP C APA 0 775
1996 Itsukushima Shinto Shrine JP C APA 431 776
1998 Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara JP C APA 617 870
1999 Shrines and Temples of Nikko JP C APA 51 913
2000 Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu JP C APA 55 972
2004 Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range JP C APA 506 1142
2005 Shiretoko JP N APA 71,100 1193
2007 Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape JP C APA 529 1246
2011 Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land JP C APA 176 1277
2011 Ogasawara Islands JP N APA 7,939 1362
2013 Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration JP C APA 20,702 1418
2014 Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites JP C APA 7 1449
2015 Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining JP C APA 307 1484
2016 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement * JP C APA 98 1321
2017 Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region JP C APA 99 1535
2018 Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region JP C APA 5,567 1495
2019 Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan JP C APA 167 1593
2021 Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island JP N APA 42,698 1574
2021 Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan JP C APA 142 1632

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