Sea of Japan

Connected Sites: 7

The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. A controversy exists about the sea name, with South Korea promoting the appellation East Sea. Each property is either located directly on or within sight of the coast.

Connected Sites

  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
    Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.32
    140
    10
    "Sokkuram Grotto is located on the south-eastern slope of Mount Toham, facing the East sea." - AB Document
  • Sado Island Gold Mines
    Sado Island Gold Mines
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2024
    2.22
    11
    3
    Sea of Japan - located on Sado Island, some thirty-five kilometres west of the Niigata Prefecture coast (Sea of Japan).
  • Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
    Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2007
    2.54
    51
    8
    The site includes three ports: Tomogaura, Okidomari, and Yunotsu "To the south-west of Honshu Island, just inland from the Sea of Japan, is a cluster of silver-bearing mountains, rising to 600 metres and interspersed by deep river valleys." - AB Document
  • Okinoshima Island
    Okinoshima Island
    Japan
    Inscribed: 2017
    2.34
    45
    5
    Okinoshima and the other islets are located in the Sea of Japan
  • Mount Kumgang
    Mount Kumgang
    Korea (DPR)
    Inscribed: 2025
    3.48
    8
    1
    "Uninterrupted vistas from Mt. Kumgang's ridgetops to the coastline attest to the intimate relationship of the property to the sea." - IUCN Evaluation
  • Shirakami-Sanchi
    Shirakami-Sanchi
    Japan
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.06
    34
    10
    "In the north of Honshu, on the border of Aomori and Akita Prefectures, 15km inland from the Sea of Japan." - AB Document
  • Central Sikhote-Alin
    Central Sikhote-Alin
    Russia
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.98
    6
    1
    "The site stretches from the peaks of Sikhote-Alin to the Sea of Japan" - AB Document