Japan
in Eastern Asia
Asia
National active POI
Country Quickfacts
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yen - JPY
- Spoken languages:
- Japanese
- Local electricity:
- 100 V - 50 Hz / 60 Hz (plugs: A, B)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 3G, 4G
- ISO 2-Letter code:
- JP
- Internet top level domain:
- .jp
- Country phone prefix:
- +81
- Local Time (capital):
- Timezone:
- UTC/GMT offset: hours
Map of Japanese Unesco Heritage Sites
Click any of the markers above to learn more about the corresponding heritage site and learn more about Japan in Asia. The list below is ordered by name. The oldest site is Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area. On the list since 1993. The youngest site is Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites. On the list since 2014.
| Name | Since |
|---|---|
| Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area There are around 48 Buddhist monuments in the Horyu-ji area, in Nara Prefecture. Several date from the late 7th or early 8th century, making them some of the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the w... |
1993 |
| Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration The beauty of the solitary, often snow-capped, stratovolcano, known around the world as Mount Fuji, rising above villages and tree-fringed sea and lakes has long been the object of pilgrimages and ins... |
2013 |
| Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles, on imposing elevated sites, are evidence for the social struc... |
2000 |
| Himeji-jo Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating f... |
1993 |
| Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land comprises five sites, including the sacred Mount Kinkeisan. It features vestiges of government offices dating... |
2011 |
| Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) The Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) was the only structure left standing in the area where the first atomic bomb exploded on 6 August 1945. Through the efforts of many people, including those ... |
1996 |
| Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) Built in A.D. 794 on the model of the capitals of ancient China, Kyoto was the imperial capital of Japan from its foundation until the middle of the 19th century. As the centre of Japanese culture for... |
1994 |
| Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and Nara enjoyed great prosperity, emerging as the fountainhead of Japanese cult... |
1998 |
| Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Located in a mountainous region that was cut off from the rest of the world for a long period of time, these villages with their Gassho-style houses subsisted on the cultivation of mulberry trees and ... |
1995 |
| Itsukushima Shinto Shrine The island of Itsukushima, in the Seto inland sea, has been a holy place of Shintoism since the earliest times. The first shrine buildings here were probably erected in the 6th century. The present sh... |
1996 |
| Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape The Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine in the south-west of Honshu Island is a cluster of mountains, rising to 600 m and interspersed by deep river valleys featuring the archaeological remains of large-scale mi... |
2007 |
| Ogasawara Islands The property numbers more than 30 islands clustered in three groups and covers surface area of 7,939 hectares. The islands offer a variety of landscapes and are home to a wealth of fauna, including th... |
2011 |
| Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – linked by pilgrimage routes to the ancient capital cit... |
2004 |
| Shirakami-Sanchi Situated in the mountains of northern Honshu, this trackless site includes the last virgin remains of the cool-temperate forest of Siebold's beech trees that once covered the hills and mountain slopes... |
1993 |
| Shiretoko Shiretoko Peninsula is located in the north-east of Hokkaido, the northernmost island of Japan. The site includes the land from the central part of the peninsula to its tip (Shiretoko Cape) and the su... |
2005 |
| Shrines and Temples of Nikko The shrines and temples of Nikko, together with their natural surroundings, have for centuries been a sacred site known for its architectural and decorative masterpieces. They are closely associated w... |
1999 |
| Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites This property is a historic sericulture and silk mill complex established in 1872 in the Gunma prefecture north-west of Tokyo. Built by the Japanese Government with machinery imported from France, it ... |
2014 |
| Yakushima Located in the interior of Yaku Island, at the meeting-point of the palaearctic and oriental biotic regions, Yakushima exhibits a rich flora, with some 1,900 species and subspecies, including ancient ... |
1993 |