Sites of Tentative List of World Heritage in Japan







World Heritage
Site Name　　 Ｃ／Ｎ Year
accepted
by UNESCO		 Location
Prefecure City /Town
Temples,Shrines and other structures of
Ancient Kamakura		 Cultural 1992 Kanagawa Kamakura
Hikone Castle Cultural 1992 Shiga Hikone
Historic Monuments and Sites of
Hiraizumi		 Cultural 2001 Iwate Hiraizumi
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
in the Kii Mountain Range,
and Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them		 Cultural 2001 Wakayama 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Mie 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Nara 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
Iwami Ginzan Silver mine Cultural 2001 Shimane Ohta
The Tentative List provides a forecast of the cultural and natural properties that Japan may decide to submit for inscription on the World Heritage List in the next five to ten years.
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity 
Bunraku puppet theater
Kabuki


















Back to Top Page
Back to The Setouchi Research Institute
Back to our WH information