UNESCO World Heritage of Japan
As of August １, 2011








Acceptance of the World Heritage Convention June30,1992
Properties inscribed on the World Heritage List　16
　Natural　4 Prefecture Year
　●Shirakami-Sanchi Aomori／Akita 1993
　●Yakushima Kagoshima 1993
　●Shiretoko Hokkaido 2005
　●Ogasawara Islands Tokyo 2011
　Cultural　12 Prefecture Year
　●Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area Nara 1993
　●Himeji-jo Hyogo 1993
　●Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
　　(Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)		 Kyoto／Shiga 1994
　●Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Toyama／Gifu 1995
　●tsukushima Shinto Shrine Hiroshima 1996
　●Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) Hiroshima 1996
　●Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara 1998
　●Shrines and Temples of Nikko Tochigi 1999
　●Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of
　　the Kingdom of Ryukyu		 Okinawa 2000
　●Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
　　in the Kii Mountain Range		 Mie／Nara／Wakayama 2004
　●Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and
　　its Cultural Landscape		 Shimane 2007
　●Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi Iwate 2011
Properties submitted on the Tentative List　12
　●Temples, Shrines and other structures of
　　Ancient Kamakura		 Kanagawa 1992
　●Hikone-Jo (castle) Shiga 1992
　●The Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Industrial Heritage Gunma 2007
　●Churches and Christian Sites in Nagasaki Nagasaki 2007
　●Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of
　　Japan’s Ancient Capitals and 　 Related Properties		 Nara 2007
　●Fujisan Yamanashi／Shizuoka 2007
　●Main Building of the National Museum of Western Art Tokyo 2007
　●Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku,
　　and other regions		 Hokkaido／Aomori／Akita／Iwate 2009
　●The Modern Industrial Heritage Sites in Kyûshû and Yamaguchi Kagoshima／Fukuoka／Saga／Kumamoto／Nagasaki／Yamaguchi 2009
　●Okinoshima Island and Related Sites in Munakata Region Fukuoka 2009
　●Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters (2010) Osaka 2010
　●The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (2010) Niigata 2010

　（Source)●UNESCO World Heritage Centre
　　　　　　●47 Prefectual　Governments　in Japan









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