JAPAN - UNESCO sites

Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List

Cultural

• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
• Himeji-jo (1993)
• Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996)
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998)
• Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)
• Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996)
• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007)
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
• Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)

Natural

• Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
• Shiretoko (2005)
• Yakushima (1993)