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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
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
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 ...
Shinto shrine submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura [6] [7] Tsurugaoka Hachimangū Precinct 35°19′31″N 139°33′21″E / 35.32529159°N 139.5559293°E / 35.32529159; 139.5559293 ( Tsurugaoka Hachimangū
Cultural Properties of Japan; Ryūkyū Kingdom; List of Important Cultural Properties of Japan (Okinawa: structures) List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Okinawa) List of Cultural Properties of Japan - paintings (Okinawa) Okinawa Prefectural Museum; Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict
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 ...
trails inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List among the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range; [4] [5] designation includes the Nakahechi , Ōhechi , Kohechi , Iseji , Kumano River, Shichirimi-hama (七里御浜), and Hano-no-Iwa and areas of Shingū, Tanabe and Nachikatsuura, Shirahama, Susami, and Kōya in Wakayama ...