List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992.[1] As of July 2015, nineteen properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: fifteen cultural sites and four natural sites.[1] A further nine sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and are currently on the Tentative List as of 2014.[1]

World Heritage Sites

Name Image Location UNESCO data Area: Monuments
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area Nara Prefecture 660 (1993) i, ii, iv, vi 586 ha; (570.7 ha) Hōryū-ji, Hokki-ji
Himeji-jō Hyōgo Prefecture 661 (1993) i, iv 107 ha; (143 ha) Himeji Castle
Yakushima Kagoshima Prefecture 662 (1993) vii, ix 10,747 ha Natural Site: warm temperate ancient forest
Shirakami-Sanchi Aomori/Akita Prefecture 663 (1993) ix 16,939 ha Natural Site: Siebold's beech forest, mountains
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Kyoto/Shiga Prefecture 688 (1994) ii, iv 1056 ha; (3,579 ha) Kamigamo Jinja, Shimogamo Jinja, Tō-ji, Kiyomizu-dera, Enryaku-ji, Daigo-ji, Ninna-ji, Byōdō-in, Ujigami Jinja, Kōzan-ji, Saihō-ji, Tenryū-ji, Kinkaku-ji, Ginkaku-ji, Ryōan-ji, Nishi Hongan-ji, Nijō-jō
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gifu/Toyama Prefecture 734 (1995) iv, v 68 ha; (58,873 ha) Shirakawa-go, Gokayama
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima Prefecture 775 (1996) vi 0.4 ha; (43 ha) Atomic bomb Dome
Itsukushima Shrine Hiroshima Prefecture 776 (1996) i, ii, iv, vi 431 ha; (2,634 ha) Itsukushima Jinja
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara Prefecture 870 (1998) ii, iii, iv, vi 617 ha; (2,502 ha) Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Taisha, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, Heijō Palace, Kasugayama Primeval Forest
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō Tochigi Prefecture 913 (1999) i, iv, vi 51 ha; (373 ha) Futarasan Jinja, Rinnō-ji, Nikkō Tōshō-gū
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Okinawa Prefecture 972 (2000) ii, iii, vi 55 ha; (560 ha) Tamaudun, Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon, Nakijin Castle, Zakimi Castle, Katsuren Castle, Nakagusuku Castle, Shuri Castle, Shikinaen, Seifa-utaki
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Mie/Nara/Wakayama Prefecture 1142 (2004) ii, iii, iv, vi 495 ha; (1,137 ha) Seiganto-ji, Kumano Hayatama Taisha, Kongōbu-ji, Niukanshōfu Jinja, Kumano Hongū Taisha, Niutsuhime Jinja, Mount Yoshino, Ōminesan-ji, Kōyasan chōishi-michi, Jison-in, Yoshino Mikumari Jinja, Kinbu Jinja, Kimpusen-ji, Yoshimizu Jinja, Kumano Nachi Taisha, Nachi Falls, Nachi primaeval forest, Fudarakusan-ji, Kumano Kodō
Shiretoko Hokkaidō 1193 (2005) ix, x 71,100 ha Natural Site: peninsula and marine area
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape Shimane Prefecture 1246 (2010) ii, iii, v 529 ha; (3,134 ha) Yunotsu, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Yunotsu-Okidomaridō, Site of Daikansho, Okidomari, Ginzan Sakunouchi, Site of Yataki-jō, Ōmori Ginzan, Miya-no-mae, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Tomogauradō, Site of Yahazu-jō, Site of Iwami-jō, Kumagaika residence, Rakan-ji Gohyakurakan, Tomogaura
Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land Iwate Prefecture 1277 (2011) ii, vi 187 ha; (5,998 ha) Chūson-ji, Mōtsū-ji, Kanjizaiō-in, Muryōkō-in, Kinkeizan
Ogasawara Islands Tokyo 1362 (2011) ix 7,939 ha Natural Site: Chichi-jima, Haha-jima, Muko-jima, Iwo-jima
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration Shizuoka/Yamanashi Prefecture 1418 (2013) ⅲ, ⅵ 20,638 ha; (49,376 ha) Mount Fuji, Fuji Five Lakes, Fujisan Hongū Sengen Shrine, Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Yamamiya Sengen Shrine, Murayama Sengen Shrine, Suyama Sengen Shrine, Higashiguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Kawaguchi Sengen Shrine, Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine, Oshino Hakkai, Miho no Matsubara
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites Gunma Prefecture 1149 (2014) ii, iv 7.20 ha; (415 ha) Tomioka Silk Mill
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining Kyūshū, and Yamaguchi, Shizuoka and Iwate prefectures 1484 (2015) ii, iii, iv 307 ha; (2,408 ha) Hashima Coal Mine, Former Glover House, Shūseikan, Miike Coal Mine, Yawata Steel Works, Mutsurejima Lighthouse, Hagi reverberatory furnace, Shōkasonjuku Academy, Hagi castle town

Location of sites

Tentative list

The Tentative List consists of sites previously nominated, but not yet inscribed.

Name Image Location UNESCO data Monuments (incomplete listing)
Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties Nara Prefecture 5097 (2007) ii, iii, iv, v, vi Ishibutai Kofun, Takamatsuzuka Tomb, Kitora Tomb, Kawara-dera, Asuka-dera, Oka-dera, Yamada-dera, Fujiwara-kyō, Yamato Sanzan
Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki Nagasaki Prefecture 5096 (2007) ii, iii, iv, v, vi Ōura Cathedral, Hara Castle, Hinoe Castle, Hirado Island
Hikone-jō Shiga Prefecture 374 (1992) i, ii, iii, iv Hikone Castle
Kamakura, Home of the Samurai Kanagawa Prefecture 370 (1992) iii, iv Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Jufuku-ji, Kenchō-ji, Zuisen-ji, Kōtoku-in, Kakuon-ji, Ruins of Buppō-ji, Ruins of Yōfuku-ji, Ruins of the Hokkedō, Ruins of the Hōjō Tokiwa Residence, Kamegayatsuzaka Pass, Kehaizaka Pass, Daibutsu Pass, Gokuraku-ji, Engaku-ji, Egara Tenjin Shrine, Jōkōmyō-ji, Asaina Pass, Ruins of Tōshō-ji, Nagoshi Pass, Shōmyō-ji, Wakae Island
Jōmon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidō, Northern Tōhoku, and other regions Hokkaidō, Aomori/Iwate/Akita Prefecture 5398 (2009) iii, iv Sannai-Maruyama site, Ōdai Yamamoto I site
Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 5164 (2007) i, ii, vi National Museum of Western Art
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters Osaka Prefecture 5570 (2010) ii, iii, iv Mozu kofungun, Furuichi kofungun
Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region Fukuoka Prefecture 5400 (2009) ii, iii, iv, vi Okinoshima, Munakata Taisha
The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines Niigata Prefecture 5572 (2010) ii, iii, iv Sado mines

Current status

In January 2012 the Japanese Government requested the inscription of the tentative sites of Kamakura in 2013. The request was considered by the World Heritage Committee at its 37th session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in September, 2013. ICOMOS recommended not inscribing the Kamakura site, stating that the historical aspects of the site had largely been supplanted by the modern city that grew up around it and thus the site lacked the integrity necessary to be considered.[2] The request for World Heritage status for Kamakura was duly withdrawn by Japan.[3]

Japan Cultural Affairs Agency also plans to nominate Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki [4] and Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art as World Heritage cultural sites in 2016. The agency also announced to nominate Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region for the year 2017.[5]

The Japanese Government also plans to propose Amami and Ryūkyū Islands (Yanbaru) as a joint fifth Natural Site and a study panel is to be formed to consider a sixth candidate site.[6][7]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Japan". UNESCO. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Evaluations of Nominations of Cultural and Mixed Properties WHC-13/37.COM/INF.8B1, pg. 125" (PDF).
  3. ↑ "Decisions Adopted by the World Heritage Committee at its 37TH Session WHC-13/37.COM/20, Decision: 37 COM 8B.28" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Japan to recommend Christian locations as World Heritage site". Kyodo News International. 4 April 2014.
  5. ↑ "世界文化遺産の国内候補に「宗像・沖ノ島」　文化審議会". Asahi Shimbun. 28 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Japan prepares to nominate more sites for registration on global list", The Japan Times, 1 January 2012, retrieved 19 February 2012
  7. ↑ "Govt to select candidate for World Natural Heritage". Daily Yomiuri. 18 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

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