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Japan accepted the UNESCO World Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992. [3] 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.
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
As of October 24, 2023 there are 1,040 Natural Monuments, 1895 Historic Sites, 429 Places of Scenic Beauty, 75 Special Natural Monuments, 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty and 63 Special Historic Sites. [3] Since a single item can fall under more than one of these categories, the total number of sites is less than the sum of designations.
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.
East Ezo Nanbu Han Jin'ya Sites 東蝦夷地南部藩陣屋跡 higashi Ezo-chi Nanbu-han jinya ato: Muroran, Oshamambe, Mori: designation includes the sites of the Mororan Jin'ya (モロラン陣屋跡), Oshamanbe Jin'ya (ヲシャマンベ陣屋跡), and Sunahara Jin'ya (砂原陣屋跡
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 ...
Kamakura period sites submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura [6] [7] Kewaizaka Pass 35°19′37″N 139°32′44″E / 35.32695051°N 139.54566391°E / 35.32695051; 139.54566391 ( Kewaizaka
In order to preserve the site, most of the 4386 artifacts discovered with recorded and photographed, but were left in situ and the site was backfilled after completion of the investigation. This is the third Paleolithic historic site in the Kantō region, and the most ancient among all national historic sites in Japan.