World Heritage Sites in Japan

Japan

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
A group of UNESCO World Heritage sites
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93643
Official site: https://kirishitan.jp/
Photo: Fg2 / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nagasaki_Oura_C1378.jpg

Japan

Kyoto Prefecture
Prefecture of Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q120730
Official site: https://www.pref.kyoto.jp/
Photo: WKC from Hong Kong / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:RX100VII_-_Amanohashidate_view_from_Kasamatsu_Park_-_Flickr_-_wkc.1.jpg

Japan

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
Mine
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174139
Photo: 663highland / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:180504_Shimizudani_Refinery_Ruins_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan03s.jpg

Japan

Himeji Castle
Japanese castle complex
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188754
Official site: https://www.himejicastle.jp/
Photo: Nikos Kitsakis / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Himeji_castle_in_may_2015.jpg

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Itsukushima Shrine
Shinto shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191763
Official site: https://www.itsukushimajinja.jp/
Photo: JordyMeow / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Itsukushima_Gate.jpg

Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Architectural structure
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231140
Photo: Oilstreet / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG

Japan

Shirakami-Sanchi
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q501638
Photo: らんで / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sirakami_santi.JPG

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Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q611345
Photo: 日:Jnn / CC BY 2.1 jp via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daimonzaka8618.JPG

Japan

Shiretoko Peninsula
Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629238
Photo: っ / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shiretoko_Peninsula_Hokkaido_Japan_SRTM.jpg

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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
World Heritage Site
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q874027
Photo: Keith Pomakis / CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinkakuji_2004-09-21.jpg

Japan

Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama
World Heritage Site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q877626
Official site: https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/734/
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ogi_Shirakawa-g%C5%8D,_Gifu,_Japan.jpg

Nara, Japan

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Complex of eight historical sites in Nara, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1055749
Official site: https://www.city.nara.lg.jp/site/world-heritage/
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Todaiji18s3200.jpg

Nikkō-shi, Japan

Shrines and Temples of Nikkō
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kantō region, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1063133
Official site: http://www.city.nikko.lg.jp/kanko/rekishi/shaji/
Photo: Koichi Sato / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nikko_toshogu_shrine.jpg

Japan

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324638
Official site: https://www.okinoshima-heritage.jp/
Photo: Jerry fish tkc / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Munakata_taisya_honden.JPG

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Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining
World Heritage Site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7751872
Official site: http://www.japansmeijiindustrialrevolution.com/
Photo: TT mk2 / CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hagi_castle_Masudas.JPG

Japan

The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7769551
Official site: https://worldheritage.pref.gunma.jp/tomikinu/
Photo: yellow bird woodstock from JAPAN / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg

Sado, Japan

Sado mine
Gold and silver mine on the island of Sado in Niigata Prefecture, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11248197
Official site: http://www.sado-kinzan.com/
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dohyu_no_Warito_ac_(3).jpg

Hokkaidō, Japan

Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11402500
Official site: https://jomon-japan.jp/
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg

Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11444847
Official site: https://amamiokinawa.jp/
Photo: TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Amami_beach.jpg

Ogasawara Village, Japan

Ogasawara Archipelago
The geographical description of Tokyo's Ogasawara Subprefecture, including the Bonin and Volcano island groups along with three isolated islands, chiefly as a calque of the Japanese 'Ogasawara-Shotō'
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13383295
Photo: タクナワン / CC0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wai-Beach.jpg

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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land
UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iwate Prefecture, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896261
Official site: https://www.sekaiisan.pref.iwate.jp/
Photo: _steffen / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hiraizumi%27s_surroundings,_Iwate_Prefecture;_August_2018_(03).jpg

Japan

Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16482294
Photo: Public domainPublic domainfalsefalse I, the copyright holder of this work, release this work into the public domain. Thi / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FujiSunriseKawaguchiko2025WP.jpg

Okinawa Prefecture, Japan

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Building in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333330
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg

Ikaruga, Japan

Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area
World Heritage Site in Nara Prefecture, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1333799
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Horyu-ji10s3200.jpg

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Shiretoko
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17208861
Official site: http://shiretoko-whc.jp/
Photo: 663highland / CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:140829_Ichiko_of_Shiretoko_Goko_Lakes_Hokkaido_Japan01s5.jpg

Japan

Yanbaru National Park
National park of Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27134534
Official site: http://www.env.go.jp/park/yambaru/index.html
Photo: Ryan McBride / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daisekirinzan_at_Yanbaru_National_Park_Okinawa_2008.png

Sado, Japan

Sado Island Gold Mines
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q127378385
Official site: https://www.sado-goldmine.jp/
Photo: Asturio Cantabrio / CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dohyu_no_Warito_ac_(3).jpg

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Yakushima
Island in Kagoshima, Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242176
Photo: tsuda from Tsushima, Aichi, Japan / CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yakushima_from_Ferry_Amami_20121116.jpg

Japan

Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan
World Heritage site in Japan
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55524104
Official site: https://www.mozu-furuichi.jp/
Photo: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan / Attribution via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg

Japan

The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier
Serial World Heritage Site in seven countries around the world
UNESCO World Heritage Site — Japan
Source: Wikidata (CC0) — https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55619850
Official site: http://www.sites-le-corbusier.org/
Photo: Lian Chang from New York City / CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chandigarh_Secretariat.jpg