World Heritage in Japan
Japan joined the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage on June 30, 1992. Since then 14 properties have been registered as UNESCO World Heritage. The Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range was inscribed in 2004.
Cultural
- Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993)
- Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
- Himeji-jo (1993)
- Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (2011)
- 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
Properties submitted on the Tentative List
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (1992)
- Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi (2001)
- The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage (2007)
- Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki (2007)
- Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (2007)
- Fujisan (2007)
- Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art (2007)
- Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (2009)
- The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyûshû and Yamaguchi (2009)
- Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region (2009)
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters (2010)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (2010)
