All 26 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan (inscribed up to 2024)
The top 3 according to 92 votes from people: Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area · Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama · Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto. (Updated Aug 31, 2025.)
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.
Automatically translated (original in 日本語). See the original
Top 26
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1
Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area
Cultural site inscribed in 1993.
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2
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
Cultural site inscribed in 1995.
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3
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
Cultural site inscribed in 1994.
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4
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Cultural site inscribed in 1998.
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5
Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Cultural site inscribed in 2000.
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6
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
Cultural site inscribed in 2007.
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7
Shirakami-Sanchi
Natural site inscribed in 1993.
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8
Himeji-jō
Cultural site inscribed in 1993.
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9
Yakushima
Natural site inscribed in 1993.
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10
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Cultural site inscribed in 1996.
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11
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Cultural site inscribed in 2004.
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12
Hiraizumi
Cultural site inscribed in 2011.
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13
Amami-Ōshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa Island and Iriomote
Natural site inscribed in 2021.
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14
Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites
Cultural site inscribed in 2014.
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15
Shiretoko
Natural site inscribed in 2005.
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16
Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
Cultural site inscribed in 2013.
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17
Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
Cultural site inscribed in 2021.
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18
Shrines and Temples of Nikkō
Cultural site inscribed in 1999.
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19
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo)
Cultural site inscribed in 2016.
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20
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
Cultural site inscribed in 2015.
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21
Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites
Cultural site inscribed in 2017.
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22
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
Cultural site inscribed in 2018.
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23
Sado Island Gold Mines
Cultural site inscribed in 2024.
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24
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
Cultural site inscribed in 2019.
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25
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
Cultural site inscribed in 1996.
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26
Ogasawara Islands
Natural site inscribed in 2011.
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Comments (1)
去年白川郷に行ったけど、雪の合掌造りは本当に絵はがきみたいだった。全部制覇するのが目標で、今のところ12件。