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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]
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 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 ...
the NT kondō dates to the Shōhei era (1346–1369) (see List of National Treasures of Japan (Temples) 34°26′13″N 135°35′54″E / 34.43685673°N 135.59837631°E / 34.43685673; 135.59837631 ( Kanshinji
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.
National Historic Sites [ edit ] As of 1 August 2019, sixty-three Sites have been designated as being of national significance , including the Old Hakone Road , which spans the prefectural borders with Shizuoka .
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining; [19] designation includes the sites of Miyahara Pit (宮原坑跡) and Manda Pit (万田坑跡) and an area of Arao in Kumamoto Prefecture: Mitsui Miike Coal Mine Sites
Site Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref. *Jishō-ji Gardens 慈照寺（銀閣寺）庭園 Jishōji (Ginkakuji) teien: Sakyō-ku, Kyoto: also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty; component of the World Heritage Site Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) [4]