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There are 26 sites listed in Japan, with a further four sites on the tentative list. [3] Japan's first entries to the list took place in 1993, when four sites were inscribed. The most recent site, the Sado mine, was listed in 2024. Among the sites, 21 are listed for their cultural and five for their natural significance. [3]
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Former Hama-rikyū Teien Gardens 旧浜離宮庭園 kyū-Hama-rikyū teien: Chūō: Edo period gardens; also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty
This category contains nationally designated Historic Sites (史跡, shiseki).As of 1 February 2012, there were 1667 Historic Sites, including 60 Special Historic Sites.. In some instances the designated property may not correspond exactly with the listed article; for instance, when a monument forms part of a temple.
This category includes historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses and other sites of high historical or scientific value; gardens, bridges, gorges, mountains, and other places of great scenic beauty; and natural features such as animals, plants, and geological ...
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as two of the Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan [7] Irie-Takasago Shell Mounds 42°32′50″N 140°46′13″E / 42.54710056°N 140.77019889°E / 42.54710056; 140.77019889 ( Irie-Takasago Shell
A Registered Monument (登録記念物, tōroku kinen butsu) includes Historic Sites, Places of Scenic Beauty, and Natural Monuments registered (as opposed to designated, for which see Monuments of Japan) in accordance with the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties 1950.
Designated Special Historic Sites in Japan — as determined by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. See also: Category Historic Sites of Japan . Special Historic Sites ( 特別史跡 , tokubetsu shiseki )
Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...