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  2. List of World Heritage Sites in Japan - Wikipedia

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    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] One site is transnational: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier is shared with six other countries. [4] Japan has served on the World Heritage Committee four times. [3]

  3. Monuments of Japan - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of Registered Monuments (Japan) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Yakushi-ji - Wikipedia

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    The Yakushi Triad at Yakushi-ji is known for being one of the most well-known icons in Japan [2] as well as one of the earliest example of T’ang style used in Japan. [10] The Nara Period is evident in the Yakushi Triad due to the idea that they are wooden sculptures, which was used among sculptors in this time period. [ 11 ]

  6. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu ...

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    In 794, the Japanese imperial family moved the capital to Heian-kyō. The locations are in three cities: Kyoto and Uji in Kyoto Prefecture; and Ōtsu in Shiga Prefecture; Uji and Ōtsu border Kyoto to the south and north, respectively. Of the monuments, 13 are Buddhist temples, three are Shinto shrines, and one is a castle.

  7. Kōtoku-in - Wikipedia

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    The temple is renowned for The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu), a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amitābha, which is one of the most famous icons of Japan. It is also a designated National Treasure , and one of the twenty-two historic sites included in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO 's World Heritage ...

  8. Category:Monuments and memorials in Japan - Wikipedia

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  9. List of National Treasures of Japan (temples) - Wikipedia

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    The term "National Treasure" has been used in Japan to denote cultural properties since 1897. [3] The definition and the criteria have changed since the inception of the term. The temple structures in this list were designated national treasures when the Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties was implemented on June 9, 1951.

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