# All 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan (inscribed up to 2024)

From Hōryū-ji, Himeji Castle, Yakushima and Shirakami-Sanchi in 1993 to the Sado Island Gold Mines in 2024: the 21 cultural and 5 natural World Heritage Sites inscribed in Japan up to 2024, in order of inscription.

- 92 votes · 26 items
- Aug 31, 2025 · 坂本 蓮
- https://even.best/en/l/5277/all-26-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-japan-inscribed-up-to-2024

## Top 26

1. **Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area** (11 · ▲11 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 1993.
2. **Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — Cultural site inscribed in 1995.
3. **Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Cultural site inscribed in 1994.
4. **Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 1998.
5. **Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2000.
6. **Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2007.
7. **Shirakami-Sanchi** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Natural site inscribed in 1993.
8. **Himeji-jō** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 1993.
9. **Yakushima** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Natural site inscribed in 1993.
10. **Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 1996.
11. **Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2004.
12. **Hiraizumi** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2011.
13. **Amami-Ōshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa Island and Iriomote** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Natural site inscribed in 2021.
14. **Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Cultural site inscribed in 2014.
15. **Shiretoko** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Natural site inscribed in 2005.
16. **Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2013.
17. **Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2021.
18. **Shrines and Temples of Nikkō** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Cultural site inscribed in 1999.
19. **The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — Cultural site inscribed in 2016.
20. **Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2015.
21. **Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2017.
22. **Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2018.
23. **Sado Island Gold Mines** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Cultural site inscribed in 2024.
24. **Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cultural site inscribed in 2019.
25. **Itsukushima Shinto Shrine** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — Cultural site inscribed in 1996.
26. **Ogasawara Islands** (-3 · ▲1 ▼4) — Natural site inscribed in 2011.

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