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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.
Edo period city gate location Takanawa Great Wooden Gate site: 2, 6: 696: Grave of Satō Issai 佐藤一斎墓 Satō Issai no haka: Minato: Edo period Confucian scholar; located at Jinko-ji (深廣寺) Grave of Satō Issai
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 ...
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 ...
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.
Category: Landmarks in Japan. ... World Heritage Sites in Japan (8 C, 130 P) Pages in category "Landmarks in Japan" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of ...
Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes 13 Buddhist temples ("-ji"), 3 Shinto shrines ("-jinja"), and one castle ("-jo"). Period: time period of significance, typically of construction Location: the site's location (by ward) and by geographic coordinates Description: brief description of the site
Name: in English and Japanese Type: Purpose of the site. The list includes five Buddhist temples ("-ji"), one Shinto shrine ("-jinja"), one palace and one primeval forest. Period: time period of significance, typically of construction Location: the site's location (by ward) and by geographic coordinates Description: brief description of the site