Japan has a total of 23 sites on the World Heritage List, including 19 cultural and 4 natural sites.

Cultural (19)

  1. Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (inscribed in 1993)
  2. Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (2013)
  3. Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000)
  4. Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (2018)
  5. Himeji-jo (1993)
  6. Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (2011)
  7. Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996)
  8. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)
  9. Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998)
  10. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995)
  11. Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996)
  12. Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007)
  13. Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (2019)
  14. Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (2017)
  15. Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004)
  16. Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999)
  17. Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2015)
  18. The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (2016)
  19. Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (2014)

 Natural (4)

  1. Ogasawara Islands (2011)
  2. Shirakami-Sanchi (1993)
  3. Shiretoko (2005)
  4. Yakushima (1993)