All World Heritage Sites have “Outstanding Universal Value.” Cultural heritage refers to things that have been inherited throughout human history, such as ruins and cultural landscapes.
Table of Contents 1 Buddhist buildings in the Horyu ji area Nara 2 Himeji castle Hyogo 3 Yakushima Kagoshima 4 Shirakami Mountains Aomori , Akita 5 Cultural assets of ancient capital Kyoto Kyoto , Shiga 6 Gassho style village in Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Gifu , Toyama 7 Atomic bomb dome Hiroshima 8 Itsukushima shrine Hiroshima 9 Cultural assets of ancient capital Nara Nara 10 Shrines and temples in Nikko Tochigi 11 Gusuku and related heritage sites of the Ryukyu Kingdom Okinawa 12 Sacred sites in the Kii Mountains / Pilgrimage route Mie , Nara , Wakayama 13 Shiretoko Hokkaido 14 Iwami Ginzan ruins / its cultural landscape Shimane 15 Ogasawara Islands Tokyo 16 Hiraizumi – architecture, gardens, and archaeological ruins representing the Buddhist land (Pure Land) Iwate 17 Object of Mt. Fuji worship/source of art Yamanashi, 18 Tomioka Silk Mill /Silk Industry Heritage Group Gunma 19 Heritage of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, 20 Le Corbusier’s architectural works – outstanding contribution to the modern architectural movement Tokyo 21 “The island where the gods dwell” Fukuoka 22 Hidden Christian heritage sites Nagasaki, Kumamoto 23 Mozu-Furuichi Tumulus Group – Osaka 24 Amami Oshima, Tokunoshima, Kagoshima , Okinawa 25 Jomon ruins in Hokkaido and northern Tohoku Hokkaido, Aomori , Iwate
Natural heritage includes ecosystems, topography, geology, habitats for endangered species of flora and fauna, etc., and assets that have both characteristics are called “complex heritage.”
We would like to introduce you to Japan’s world heritage sites, which can be said to be the common heritage of humanity.
