Japan

Map of Japan

Site	Inscribed	Category	Reviews	Rating
Ancient Kyoto	1994	Cultural	12	4.35
Ancient Nara	1998	Cultural	11	3.73
Fujisan	2013	Cultural	4	2.79
Genbaku Dome	1996	Cultural	17	2.91
Gusuku of Ryukyu	2000	Cultural	6	2.89
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region	2018	Cultural	3	1.87
Himeji-jo	1993	Cultural	10	3.43
Hiraizumi	2011	Cultural	2	2.82
Horyu-ji Area	1993	Cultural	8	3.12
Itsukushima Shrine	1996	Cultural	9	3.77
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine	2007	Cultural	5	2.52
Kii Mountain Range	2004	Cultural	3	3.54
Nikko	1999	Cultural	6	3.46
Ogasawara Islands	2011	Natural	0	3.05
Okinoshima Island	2017	Cultural	3	2.2
Shirakami-Sanchi	1993	Natural	7	3.01
Shirakawa-go and Gokayama	1995	Cultural	5	3.33
Shiretoko	2005	Natural	4	3.54
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution	2015	Cultural	6	2.76
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier	2016	Cultural	18	2.51
Tomioka Silk Mill	2014	Cultural	4	2.82
Yakushima	1993	Natural	3	4.17

Site	Added	Scheduled	Reviews
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island	2016	2021	2
Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties	2007		3
Hikone-Jo (castle)	1992		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	2020	1
Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters	2010	2019	1
Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura	1992		2
The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines	2010		1

Tomioka Silk Mill Nan Germany - 24-Dec-18 -
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 06-Nov-18 -
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Michael anak Kenyalang Malaysia - 29-Oct-18 -
Genbaku Dome S. Anril Tiatco Philippines - 13-Oct-18 -
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 10-Oct-18 -
Yakushima Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 10-Oct-18 -
Hiraizumi Nan Germany - 03-Oct-18 -
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier Ilya Burlak USA - 26-Sep-18 -
Ancient Kyoto Shannon O'Donnell USA - 16-Sep-18 -
Himeji-jo Daniel Chazad Germany - 29-Jun-18 -

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)