Japan

Map of Japan

Site	Inscribed	Category	Reviews	Rating
Ancient Kyoto	1994	Cultural	15	4.41
Ancient Nara	1998	Cultural	13	3.79
Fujisan	2013	Cultural	5	3.09
Genbaku Dome	1996	Cultural	18	3.02
Gusuku of Ryukyu	2000	Cultural	7	2.76
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region	2018	Cultural	3	2.55
Himeji-jo	1993	Cultural	12	3.42
Hiraizumi	2011	Cultural	2	3.1
Horyu-ji Area	1993	Cultural	10	3.2
Itsukushima Shrine	1996	Cultural	10	3.6
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine	2007	Cultural	5	2.4
Kii Mountain Range	2004	Cultural	6	3.58
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun	2019	Cultural	2	1.87
Nikko	1999	Cultural	6	3.59
Ogasawara Islands	2011	Natural	0	3.05
Okinoshima Island	2017	Cultural	4	2.34
Shirakami-Sanchi	1993	Natural	8	3.24
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama	1995	Cultural	6	3.59
Shiretoko	2005	Natural	4	3.2
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution	2015	Cultural	7	2.83
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier	2016	Cultural	21	2.7
Tomioka Silk Mill	2014	Cultural	4	2.59
Yakushima	1993	Natural	3	4.28

Site	Added	Scheduled	Reviews
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island	2016	2020	3
Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties	2007		4
Hikone-Jo (castle)	1992	2022	1
Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension)	2012		0
Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions	2009	2021	1
Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura	1992		2
The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines	2010		1

Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Hubert Austria - 19-Apr-20 -
Kii Mountain Range Hubert Austria - 13-Apr-20 -
Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T) Hubert Austria - 12-Apr-20 -
Himeji-jo Hubert Austria - 01-Apr-20 -
Horyu-ji Area Hubert Austria - 30-Mar-20 -
Ancient Nara Hubert Austria - 29-Mar-20 -
Ancient Kyoto Hubert Austria - 25-Mar-20 -
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Timonator Germany - 21-Mar-20 -
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Matejicek Czechia - 28-Jan-20 -
Ancient Kyoto GabLabCebu Philippines - 06-Jan-20 -

Japan picks 5 more candidate World Cultural Heritage sites (27-09-2008)
Hiraizumi's heritage list bid faces deferral (24-05-2008)
An organization will be set up to coordinate efforts aimed at securing World Heritage status for the main building of the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno. (15-03-2008)