World Heritage List
Japan
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
- Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- Himeji-jo
- Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)
- Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
- Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
- Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
- Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
- Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
- Ogasawara Islands
- Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
- Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
- Sado Island Gold Mines
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shiretoko
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko
- Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement *
- Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
- Yakushima
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