As of February 2025, Japan proudly hosts 26 World Heritage Sites, each contributing uniquely to global heritage.
| 1 |
Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area |
Nara |
1993 |
cultural |
| 2 |
Himeji Castle |
Hyogo |
1993 |
cultural |
| 3 |
Yakushima |
Kagoshima |
1993 |
natural |
| 4 |
Shirakami-Sanchi |
Aomori and Akita |
1993 |
natural |
| 5 |
Cultural Assets of the Ancient Capital of Kyoto (Kyoto City, Uji City, Otsu City) |
Kyoto and Shiga |
1994 |
cultural |
| 6 |
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gassho-style Villages |
Gifu and Toyama |
1995 |
cultural |
| 7 |
Atomic Bomb Dome |
Hiroshima |
1996 |
cultural |
| 8 |
Itsukushima Shrine |
Hiroshima |
1996 |
cultural |
| 9 |
Cultural Assets of the Ancient Capital of Nara |
Nara |
1998 |
cultural |
| 10 |
Shrines and Temples of Nikko |
Tochigi |
1999 |
cultural |
| 11 |
Gusuku and Related Properties of the Kingdom of the Ryukyus |
Okinawa |
2000 |
cultural |
| 12 |
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range |
Mie, Nara, Wakayama |
2004 |
cultural |
| 13 |
Shiretoko |
Hokkaido |
2005 |
natural |
| 14 |
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Site and its Cultural Landscape |
Shimane |
2007 |
cultural |
| 15 |
Ogasawara Islands |
Tokyo |
2011 |
natural |
| 16 |
Hiraizumi – Architecture, gardens and archaeological sites representing the Buddhist Pure Land – |
Iwate |
2011 |
cultural |
| 17 |
Mount Fuji: an object of worship and a source of artistic inspiration |
Yamanashi and Shizuoka |
2013 |
cultural |
| 18 |
Tomioka Silk Mill and Silk Industry Heritage Sites |
Gunma |
2014 |
cultural |
| 19 |
Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution Heritage Sites: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding, and Coal Mining |
Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima, Yamaguchi, Iwate, Shizuoka |
2015 |
cultural |
| 20 |
Le Corbusier’s Architectural Works – Outstanding Contributions to the Modern Architectural Movement – |
Tokyo |
2016 |
cultural |
| 21 |
“The Sacred Island” – Okinoshima and Associated Heritage Sites in Munakata |
Fukuoka |
2017 |
cultural |
| 22 |
Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki and the Amakusa Region |
Nagasaki and Kumamoto |
2018 |
cultural |
| 23 |
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group – Ancient Japanese Tombs |
Osaka |
2019 |
cultural |
| 24 |
Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island |
Kagoshima and Okinawa |
2021 |
natural |
| 25 |
Jomon ruins in Hokkaido and northern Tohoku |
Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Akita |
2021 |
cultural |
| 26 |
Gold Mine of Sado Island |
Niigata |
2024 |
cultural |
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