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data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%B0%D0%B1%E2%80%99%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%9E_%D0%A1%D1%83%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%87%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%90_%D1%9E_%D0%AF%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%96" title="Спіс аб’ектаў Сусветнай спадчыны ЮНЕСКА ў Японіі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Спіс аб’ектаў Сусветнай спадчыны ЮНЕСКА ў Японіі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welterbe_in_Japan" title="Welterbe in Japan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Welterbe in Japan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_maailmap%C3%A4rand_Jaapanis" title="UNESCO maailmapärand Jaapanis – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="UNESCO maailmapärand Jaapanis" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anexo:Patrimonio_de_la_Humanidad_en_Jap%C3%B3n" title="Anexo:Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Japón – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anexo:Patrimonio de la Humanidad en Japón" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa badge-Q17506997 badge-featuredlist mw-list-item" title="featured list badge"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AB_%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%DA%98%D8%A7%D9%BE%D9%86" title="فهرست میراث جهانی در ژاپن – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست میراث جهانی در ژاپن" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_du_patrimoine_mondial_au_Japon" title="Liste du patrimoine mondial au Japon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste du patrimoine mondial au Japon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimonio_da_Humanidade_no_Xap%C3%B3n" title="Patrimonio da Humanidade no Xapón – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Patrimonio da Humanidade no Xapón" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%BC%EB%B3%B8%EC%9D%98_%EC%84%B8%EA%B3%84%EC%9C%A0%EC%82%B0" title="일본의 세계유산 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="일본의 세계유산" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%83%D5%A1%D5%BA%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4_%D5%85%D5%88%D5%92%D5%86%D4%B5%D5%8D%D4%BF%D5%95-%D5%AB_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AD%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A3%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AF" title="Ճապոնիայում ՅՈՒՆԵՍԿՕ-ի Համաշխարհային ժառանգության ցանկ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ճապոնիայում ՅՈՒՆԵՍԿՕ-ի Համաշխարհային ժառանգության ցանկ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svjetska_ba%C5%A1tina_u_Japanu" title="Svjetska baština u Japanu – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Svjetska baština u Japanu" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_Situs_Warisan_Dunia_di_Jepang" title="Daftar Situs Warisan Dunia di Jepang – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar Situs Warisan Dunia di Jepang" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrimoni_dell%27umanit%C3%A0_del_Giappone" title="Patrimoni dell'umanità del Giappone – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Patrimoni dell'umanità del Giappone" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%93%E1%83%A0%E1%83%94%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%AB%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%9A%E1%83%94%E1%83%91%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8%E1%83%98" title="იუნესკოს მსოფლიო მემკვიდრეობის ძეგლები იაპონიაში – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="იუნესკოს მსოფლიო მემკვიდრეობის ძეგლები იაპონიაში" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%96%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%8F%D0%B4%D0%B0%D2%93%D1%8B_%D0%AE%D0%9D%D0%95%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%9E_%D3%98%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B4%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%BC%D2%B1%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80_%D1%82%D1%96%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%96" title="Жапониядағы ЮНЕСКО Әлемдік мұра нысандар тізімі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Жапониядағы ЮНЕСКО Әлемдік мұра нысандар тізімі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNESCO_Pasaules_mantojuma_vietas_Jap%C4%81n%C4%81" title="UNESCO Pasaules mantojuma vietas Japānā – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="UNESCO Pasaules mantojuma vietas Japānā" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap%C3%A1n_vil%C3%A1g%C3%B6r%C3%B6ks%C3%A9gi_helysz%C3%ADnei" title="Japán világörökségi helyszínei – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Japán világörökségi helyszínei" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="जापानक विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्रसभक सूची – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="जापानक विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्रसभक सूची" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_ta%27_Siti_ta%27_Wirt_Dinji_fil-%C4%A0appun" title="Lista ta' Siti ta' Wirt Dinji fil-Ġappun – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Lista ta' Siti ta' Wirt Dinji fil-Ġappun" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87" title="जपानमधील जागतिक वारसा स्थाने – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="जपानमधील जागतिक वारसा स्थाने" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A4%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9B%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%91%E1%83%98%E1%83%94%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98_%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1" title="იუნესკოშ მოსოფელიშ მონძალაშ ობიექტეფი იაპონიას – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="იუნესკოშ მოსოფელიშ მონძალაშ ობიექტეფი იაპონიას" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="जापानका विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्रहरूको सूची – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="जापानका विश्व सम्पदा क्षेत्रहरूको सूची" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E9%81%BA%E7%94%A3" title="日本の世界遺産 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="日本の世界遺産" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link 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href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_Prehistoric_Sites_in_Northern_Japan" title="Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan">Jōmon Prehistoric Sites</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:49.358%;left:47.627%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Sado mine"><img alt="Sado mine" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;bottom:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Sado_mine" title="Sado mine">Sado mine</a></div></div></div><div class="od notheme" style="top:82.865%;left:7.752%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Christian Sites"><img alt="Christian Sites" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:5px;left:-3em"><div><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Christian_Sites_in_the_Nagasaki_Region" title="Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region">Christian Sites</a></div></div></div></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Japan_location_map_with_side_map_of_the_Ryukyu_Islands.svg" title="File:Japan location map with side map of the Ryukyu Islands.svg">class=notpageimage| </a></div>Location of World Heritage Sites within Japan. The <a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Ogasawara Islands</a> are not shown.</div></div></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Educational,_Scientific_and_Cultural_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization">United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization</a> (UNESCO) <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a> are places of importance to <a href="/wiki/Cultural_heritage" title="Cultural heritage">cultural</a> or <a href="/wiki/Natural_heritage" title="Natural heritage">natural heritage</a> as described in the UNESCO <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Convention" title="World Heritage Convention">World Heritage Convention</a>, established in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-convention_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-convention-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cultural heritage consists of monuments (such as architectural works, monumental sculptures, or inscriptions), groups of buildings, and sites (including archaeological sites). Natural features (consisting of physical and biological formations), geological and physiographical formations (including habitats of threatened species of animals and plants), and natural sites that are important from the point of view of science, conservation, or natural beauty, are defined as natural heritage.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> accepted the <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Convention</a> on 30 June 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are 26 sites listed in Japan, with a further four sites on the tentative list.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan's first entries to the list took place in 1993, when four sites were inscribed. The most recent site, the <a href="/wiki/Sado_mine" title="Sado mine">Sado mine</a>, was listed in 2024. Among the sites, 21 are listed for their cultural and five for their natural significance.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One site is transnational: <a href="/wiki/The_Architectural_Work_of_Le_Corbusier" title="The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier">The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier</a> is shared with six other countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Corbusier_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corbusier-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan has served on the <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Committee" title="World Heritage Committee">World Heritage Committee</a> four times.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="World_Heritage_Sites">World Heritage Sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Japan&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: World Heritage Sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>UNESCO lists sites under <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site#Selection_criteria" title="World Heritage Site">ten criteria</a>; each entry must meet at least one of the criteria. Criteria i through vi are cultural, and vii through x are natural.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid silver;background-color:#D0E7FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> * Transnational site</div> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1152813436">.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="sr-only">World Heritage Sites</span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:100px;" scope="col">Site </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:150px;" scope="col">Image </th> <th style="width:80px;" scope="col">Location (<a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefecture</a>) </th> <th style="width:50px;" scope="col">Year listed </th> <th style="width:60px;" scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><abbr title="UNESCO reference number and criteria">UNESCO data</abbr> </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Description </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Monuments_in_the_H%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-ji_Area" title="Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area">Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A wooden Buddhist temple with a pagoda behind" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg/150px-Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg/225px-Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg/300px-Horyu-ji11s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3720" data-file-height="2480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>660; i, ii, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises 48 <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> monuments in the <a href="/wiki/H%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-ji" title="Hōryū-ji">Hōryū-ji</a> (pictured) and <a href="/wiki/Hokki-ji" title="Hokki-ji">Hokki-ji</a> temple areas. Some of the buildings date to the 7th and 8th centuries. They were constructed shortly after the introduction of Buddhism to Japan and are among the oldest surviving wooden buildings in the world. The architecture of the monuments reflects the adaptation of Chinese influences and the subsequent development of a distinct Japanese style.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Himeji_Castle" title="Himeji Castle">Himeji-jō</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A castle complex with several roofs, in white color with wooden details" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg/150px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg/225px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg/300px-Ch%C3%A2teau_de_Himeji01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2590" data-file-height="1697" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>661; i, iv (cultural) </td> <td>Himeji Castle is the best example of the early 17th century Japanese castle architecture. The complex comprises <a href="/wiki/Keep" title="Keep">keeps</a>, walls, and connecting structure. It is made of wood and white plastered earthen walls. The characteristic feature of the main keep is the multiple roof layers. Even though the complex has undergone several repair campaigns, the integrity of the main features has remained intact.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yakushima" title="Yakushima">Yakushima</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Primeval forest with lots of moss on the trees and ground" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg/150px-Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg/225px-Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg/300px-Shiratani_Unsui_Gorge_17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3888" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>662; vii, ix (natural) </td> <td>Yakushima is an island about 60 km (37 mi) south of <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>. Due to its location and the fact that it has mountains reaching almost 2,000 m (6,600 ft) above sea level, it has a vertical sequence of plant communities that is rare in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>. They include subtropical coastal vegetation, <a href="/wiki/Montane_ecosystems#Temperate_climate" title="Montane ecosystems">montane temperate rainforest</a>, and high <a href="/wiki/Moorland" title="Moorland">moorland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bamboo_forest" title="Bamboo forest">bamboo forest</a> at the highest elevations. The island is rich in biodiversity. There are numerous <a href="/wiki/Cryptomeria" title="Cryptomeria">Japanese cedar</a> trees, some of which are over 1,000 years old. About a fifth of the island is protected.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shirakami-Sanchi" title="Shirakami-Sanchi">Shirakami-Sanchi</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sirakami_santi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mountain area covered by forest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sirakami_santi.JPG/150px-Sirakami_santi.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sirakami_santi.JPG/225px-Sirakami_santi.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Sirakami_santi.JPG/300px-Sirakami_santi.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> </td> <td>1993 </td> <td>663; ix (natural) </td> <td>The property covers a mountainous area with some of the last and largest remainders of the <a href="/wiki/Fagus_crenata" title="Fagus crenata">Japanese beech</a> <a href="/wiki/Old-growth_forest" title="Old-growth forest">old-growth forests</a>, a type of forest that used to cover the mountains of northern Japan following the <a href="/wiki/Last_Glacial_Period" title="Last Glacial Period">Last Glacial Period</a>. The area is home to the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_black_bear" title="Japanese black bear">Japanese black bear</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_macaque" title="Japanese macaque">Japanese macaque</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_serow" title="Japanese serow">Japanese serow</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Black_woodpecker" title="Black woodpecker">black woodpecker</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Kyoto_(Kyoto,_Uji_and_Otsu_Cities)" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)">Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A golden-painted Buddhist temple in front of a pond" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG/150px-Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG/225px-Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG/300px-Kinkaku-ji_the_Golden_Temple_in_Kyoto_overlooking_the_lake_-_high_rez.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a> </td> <td>1994 </td> <td>688; ii, iv (cultural) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> served as the capital of Japan from its founding in 794 until the mid-19th century. It was also a cultural centre, crucial for the development of religious and secular architecture, in particular in wood, of the country. The designs of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_gardens" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese gardens">Japanese gardens</a> have had a profound influence worldwide from the 19th century on. The site comprises 17 properties, including <a href="/wiki/Kinkaku-ji" title="Kinkaku-ji">Kinkaku-ji</a> (pictured), <a href="/wiki/Ginkaku-ji" title="Ginkaku-ji">Ginkaku-ji</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dan-ji" title="Ryōan-ji">Ryōan-ji</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kiyomizu-dera" title="Kiyomizu-dera">Kiyomizu-dera</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Villages_of_Shirakawa-g%C5%8D_and_Gokayama" title="Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama">Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rural landscape with houses with thatched roofs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg/150px-Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg/225px-Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg/300px-Shirakawa-go_houses_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2816" data-file-height="2112" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gifu_Prefecture" title="Gifu Prefecture">Gifu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Toyama_Prefecture" title="Toyama Prefecture">Toyama</a> </td> <td>1995 </td> <td>734; iv, v (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises three villages in a remote mountain region, where the economy centred around growing of <a href="/wiki/Morus_(plant)" title="Morus (plant)">mulberry</a> trees and rearing of <a href="/wiki/Bombyx_mori" title="Bombyx mori">silkworms</a>. The villages are characterized by the <a href="/wiki/Minka" title="Minka">Gassho-style</a> houses featuring steeply pitched <a href="/wiki/Thatching" title="Thatching">thatched</a> roofs.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial" title="Hiroshima Peace Memorial">Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Ruins of a building with a dome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG/150px-Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG/225px-Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG/300px-Genbaku_Dome04-r.JPG 2x" data-file-width="5040" data-file-height="3360" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>775; vi (cultural) </td> <td>The Peace Memorial centres around the ruins of the only building left standing after the <a href="/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki" title="Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki">detonation of the first atomic bomb</a> over of <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> on 6 August 1945. Originally constructed in 1914, it was the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotional Hall. The memorial commemorates the devastation caused by humanity's most destructive weapons while simultaneously expressing hope for world peace.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine" title="Itsukushima Shrine">Itsukushima Shinto Shrine</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_(13890465459).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A red-painted torii gate in shallow water" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg/150px-Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg/225px-Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg/300px-Itsukushima_Shrine_Torii_Gate_%2813890465459%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td>1996 </td> <td>776; i, ii, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td>Itsukushima Shrine is a sacred place of <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a>, an ancient Japanese religion that centres on polytheistic nature worship. The shrine was established by the military leader <a href="/wiki/Taira_no_Kiyomori" title="Taira no Kiyomori">Taira no Kiyomori</a> in the 12th century. The architecture reflects the styles of the late 12th and early 13th centuries, and although the complex has been reconstructed twice, it preserves the original styles. A notable feature of the shrine is its coastal setting, framed by mountains, which results in scenic beauty.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Nara" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara">Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A wooden Buddhist temple with a pagoda behind" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg/150px-Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg/225px-Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg/300px-Kofukuji12st5s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4272" data-file-height="2848" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a> </td> <td>1998 </td> <td>870; ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a> was the capital of Japan during the <a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a> between 710 and 784, a period of profound political and cultural changes. This site comprises five <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> temples (<a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dfuku-ji" title="Kōfuku-ji">Kōfuku-ji</a> pictured), a <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> shrine, the remains of the <a href="/wiki/Heij%C5%8D_Palace" title="Heijō Palace">Nara Palace</a>, and the surrounding <a href="/wiki/Cultural_landscape" title="Cultural landscape">cultural landscape</a> including the <a href="/wiki/Kasuga-taisha#Kasugayama_Primeval_Forest" title="Kasuga-taisha">Kasugayama Primeval Forest</a>. The monuments demonstrate cultural influences from China and Korea on subsequent stylistic developments.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D" title="Shrines and Temples of Nikkō">Shrines and Temples of Nikkō</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Three_Wise_Monkeys,Tosho-gu_Shrine.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A wooden polychrome carving of three wise monkeys on one of the walls of the temple complex" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG/150px-Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG/225px-Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG/300px-Three_Wise_Monkeys%2CTosho-gu_Shrine.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2229" data-file-height="1308" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tochigi_Prefecture" title="Tochigi Prefecture">Tochigi</a> </td> <td>1999 </td> <td>913; i, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td>The sacred mountains of <a href="/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D" title="Nikkō">Nikkō</a> contain more than a hundred <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> religious buildings. The first were constructed in the 8th century and many date to the 17th century. The layout of the complex follows the Shinto perception of the relationship between men and nature. The buildings are associated with important chapters of Japanese history and feature numerous artworks. The carving of the <a href="/wiki/Three_wise_monkeys" title="Three wise monkeys">three wise monkeys</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Nikk%C5%8D_T%C5%8Dsh%C5%8D-g%C5%AB" title="Nikkō Tōshō-gū">Nikkō Tōshō-gū</a> shrine, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_Ieyasu" title="Tokugawa Ieyasu">Tokugawa Ieyasu</a>, is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Gusuku_Sites_and_Related_Properties_of_the_Kingdom_of_Ryukyu" title="Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu">Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A richly decorated castle painted in red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg/150px-Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg/225px-Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg/300px-Naha_Shuri_Castle16s5s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4592" data-file-height="3056" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a> </td> <td>2000 </td> <td>972; ii, iii, vi (cultural) </td> <td>The group of monuments dates from the <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_Kingdom" title="Ryukyu Kingdom">Ryukyu Kingdom</a> period, spanning 12th to 17th centuries. The characteristic feature of the period are <i><a href="/wiki/Gusuku" title="Gusuku">gusuku</a></i>. fortified castles that evolved from earlier stone enclosures around villages. The islands maintained trade and cultural connections with Japan, China, Korea, and Southeast Asia, which is reflected in the monuments. Five <i>gusuku</i> sites, two related monuments, and two related <a href="/wiki/Cultural_landscape" title="Cultural landscape">cultural landscapes</a> are listed. <a href="/wiki/Shuri_Castle" title="Shuri Castle">Shuri Castle</a> is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Sites_and_Pilgrimage_Routes_in_the_Kii_Mountain_Range" title="Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range">Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A temple with a red-painted two-storey pagoda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg/150px-Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg/225px-Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg/300px-Danjogaran_Koyasan12n3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2133" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wakayama_Prefecture" title="Wakayama Prefecture">Wakayama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mie_Prefecture" title="Mie Prefecture">Mie</a> </td> <td>2004 </td> <td>1142bis; ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td>The mountains of the <a href="/wiki/Kii_Peninsula" title="Kii Peninsula">Kii Peninsula</a> are home to sacred sites for <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> religions with a well-documented tradition of <a href="/wiki/Sacred_mountains" title="Sacred mountains">sacred mountains</a> spanning over 1200 years. A network of pilgrimage routes, shrines, and temples shapes the <a href="/wiki/Cultural_landscape" title="Cultural landscape">cultural landscape</a>. The architecture of the religious sites influenced sites in other parts of the country. A temple on the top of <a href="/wiki/Mount_K%C5%8Dya" title="Mount Kōya">Mount Kōya</a> is pictured. A minor boundary modification took place in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shiretoko_National_Park" title="Shiretoko National Park">Shiretoko</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Haliaeetus_pelagicus_(Rausu,_Japan).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A Steller's sea eagle on snow and ice" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg/150px-Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg/225px-Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg/300px-Haliaeetus_pelagicus_%28Rausu%2C_Japan%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido" title="Hokkaido">Hokkaido</a> </td> <td>2005 </td> <td>1193; ix, x (natural) </td> <td>This site comprises part of the <a href="/wiki/Shiretoko_Peninsula" title="Shiretoko Peninsula">Shiretoko Peninsula</a> and the surrounding marine area. <a href="/wiki/Sea_ice" title="Sea ice">Sea ice</a> occurs in winter at the lowest latitude in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Hemisphere" title="Northern Hemisphere">Northern Hemisphere</a>. Highly productive seas supply the complex food webs and sustain a number of marine and terrestrial species. The area is home to <a href="/wiki/Steller%27s_sea_eagle" title="Steller's sea eagle">Steller's sea eagle</a> (pictured), <a href="/wiki/Blakiston%27s_fish_owl" title="Blakiston's fish owl">Blakiston's fish owl</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japanese_black_bear" title="Japanese black bear">Japanese black bear</a>, as well as several species of <a href="/wiki/Salmonidae" title="Salmonidae">salmonid</a> fish, seals, and cetaceans.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine" title="Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine">Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Several houses under a hill covered by trees" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg/150px-180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg/225px-180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg/300px-180504_Omori_of_Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine_Oda_Shimane_pref_Japan01bs4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shimane_Prefecture" title="Shimane Prefecture">Shimane</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>1246bis; ii, iii, v (cultural) </td> <td>The Iwami Ginzan was a large silver mine that was active between the 16th and 20th centuries. During the <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Discovery" title="Age of Discovery">Age of Discovery</a>, silver contributed to a substantial exchange between Japan and other Eurasian countries, while the political isolation during the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> prevented the introduction of the mining techniques developed in Europe during the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a>. Mining focused on small-scale labour-intense units. The remains of mining settlements (Ōmori Ginzan village pictured), smelting and refining sites, and ports to transport the ore have been preserved. A minor boundary modification of the site took place in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_and_Sites_of_Hiraizumi" title="Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi">Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Landscape with pond and temples" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg/150px-230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg/225px-230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg/300px-230728_Motsuji_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan13s3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>1277rev; ii, vi (cultural) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiraizumi" title="Hiraizumi">Hiraizumi</a> was the administrative centre of the realm of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Fujiwara" title="Northern Fujiwara">Northern Fujiwara</a> clan in the 11th and 12th centuries. The realm rivaled <a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a> commercially and politically, but much of the area was destroyed in 1189 after Hiraizumi lost its political status. The site comprises four gardens and the area of <a href="/wiki/Kinkeizan" title="Kinkeizan">Mount Kinkeizan</a>. The gardens follow the concepts of <a href="/wiki/Pure_Land_Buddhism" title="Pure Land Buddhism">Pure Land Buddhism</a>, representing the <a href="/wiki/Pure_land" class="mw-redirect" title="Pure land">pure land</a> of <a href="/wiki/The_Buddha" title="The Buddha">Buddha</a>. The design was also influenced by the native <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> religion and in turn influenced temples in other parts of Japan. <a href="/wiki/M%C5%8Dts%C5%AB-ji" title="Mōtsū-ji">Mōtsū-ji</a> is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Ogasawara Islands</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minamijima.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Island with some low vegetation" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Minamijima.jpg/150px-Minamijima.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Minamijima.jpg/225px-Minamijima.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Minamijima.jpg/300px-Minamijima.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="960" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td>2011 </td> <td>1362; ix (natural) </td> <td>The Ogasawara Archipelago is a group of around 30 islands located in the north-western <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a> around 1,000 km (620 mi) off the Japanese mainland. Because of its isolation, the islands have a high number of endemic species and are important for studies of ongoing evolutionary processes and <a href="/wiki/Speciation" title="Speciation">speciation</a>. The islands are home to 195 endangered bird species, the critically endangered <a href="/wiki/Bonin_flying_fox" title="Bonin flying fox">Bonin flying fox</a>, and over four hundred native plant taxa. The surrounding waters support numerous species of fish, cetaceans, and corals.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Mount Fuji, a snow-capped volcanic cone" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg/150px-Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg/225px-Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg/300px-Views_of_Mount_Fuji_from_%C5%8Cwakudani_20211202.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yamanashi_Prefecture" title="Yamanashi Prefecture">Yamanashi</a> </td> <td>2013 </td> <td>1418; iii, vi (cultural) </td> <td>Mount Fuji is a solitary <a href="/wiki/Stratovolcano" title="Stratovolcano">stratovolcano</a> with a height of 3,776 m (12,388 ft). The scenic beauty of the often snow-capped mountain has served as an inspiration for artists through centuries, especially for the <a href="/wiki/Woodblock_printing_in_Japan" title="Woodblock printing in Japan">woodblock prints</a> of <a href="/wiki/Katsushika_Hokusai" class="mw-redirect" title="Katsushika Hokusai">Hokusai</a>, which had a profound influence on Western art. The mountain is also sacred in the <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shinto" title="Shinto">Shinto</a> traditions and there are numerous pilgrimage paths and shrines on the mountain slopes.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tomioka_Silk_Mill" title="Tomioka Silk Mill">Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Interior of a historical silk factory" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg/150px-%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg/225px-%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg/300px-%E5%AF%8C%E5%B2%A1%E8%A3%BD%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4%E3%83%BB%E7%B9%B0%E7%B3%B8%E5%A0%B4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2144" data-file-height="1424" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gunma_Prefecture" title="Gunma Prefecture">Gunma</a> </td> <td>2014 </td> <td>1449; ii, iv (cultural) </td> <td>Tomioka Silk Mill illustrates the transition of Japan into a modern industrialized nation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. During the early <a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji era</a>, the government brought French machinery and expertise to a region with traditional ties to <a href="/wiki/Silk" title="Silk">silk</a> production in order to start industrial production. This made Japan a major world exporter of raw silk. It also made Tomioka a centre of technological innovation.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sites_of_Japan%27s_Meiji_Industrial_Revolution:_Iron_and_Steel,_Shipbuilding_and_Coal_Mining" title="Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining">Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Miyaharakou.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coal mining shaft and a brick building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Miyaharakou.JPG/150px-Miyaharakou.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Miyaharakou.JPG/225px-Miyaharakou.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Miyaharakou.JPG/300px-Miyaharakou.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></a></span> </td> <td>several sites </td> <td>2015 </td> <td>1484; ii, iv (cultural) </td> <td>During the <a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji era</a> of the second half of the 19th century, Japan developed industry, such as iron and steel production, shipbuilding, and coal mining, with technology transfer from Europe and America. This made Japan the first example of a successful transfer of Western industrialization to a non-Western nation and turned Japan into a world-level industrial power, as well as profoundly changing its society. This site comprises 23 components in eight areas, six of which are in the south-eastern part of the country. <a href="/wiki/Miike_coal_mine" title="Miike coal mine">Miike coal mine</a> is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background:#D0E7FF;"><a href="/wiki/The_Architectural_Work_of_Le_Corbusier" title="The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier">The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement</a>* </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A modernist concrete building with some sculptures in front" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg/150px-National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg/225px-National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg/300px-National_museum_of_western_art05s3200.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td>2016 </td> <td>1321rev; i, ii, vi (cultural) </td> <td>This transnational site (shared with Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland, and India) encompasses 17 works of Franco-Swiss architect <a href="/wiki/Le_Corbusier" title="Le Corbusier">Le Corbusier</a>. Le Corbusier was an important representative of the 20th-century <a href="/wiki/Modernism" title="Modernism">Modernist movement</a>, which introduced new architectural techniques to meet the needs of the changing society. The <a href="/wiki/National_Museum_of_Western_Art" title="National Museum of Western Art">National Museum of Western Art</a> (pictured) is listed in Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-Corbusier_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Corbusier-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Island_of_Okinoshima_and_Associated_Sites_in_the_Munakata_Region" title="Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region">Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Munakata-taisha,_shaden.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A temple building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG/150px-Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG/225px-Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG/300px-Munakata-taisha%2C_shaden.JPG 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka</a> </td> <td>2017 </td> <td>1535; ii, iii (cultural) </td> <td>The island of <a href="/wiki/Okinoshima_(Fukuoka)" title="Okinoshima (Fukuoka)">Okinoshima</a>, located 60 km (37 mi) off the north-western coast of <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>, is worshiped as a sacred island and was a place of rituals associated with maritime safety between the 4th and 9th centuries by people from Japan, Korea, and the Asian continent, during the period of formation of Japanese identity. <a href="/wiki/Votive_offering" title="Votive offering">Votive objects</a> deposited on the island provide insight into how these rituals were changing through time and how the cultural exchange was taking place. The site also comprises properties on Kyushu, where "distant worship" takes place. The <a href="/wiki/Munakata_Taisha" title="Munakata Taisha">Munakata Taisha</a> shrine is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hidden_Christian_Sites_in_the_Nagasaki_Region" title="Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region">Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A church with white facade and blue windows" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg/150px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg/225px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg/300px-Nh%C3%A0_th%E1%BB%9D_ch%C3%ADnh_t%C3%B2a_Oura.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5000" data-file-height="3333" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagasaki_Prefecture" title="Nagasaki Prefecture">Nagasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kumamoto_Prefecture" title="Kumamoto Prefecture">Kumamoto</a> </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>1495; iii (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises 12 components related to <a href="/wiki/Christianity_in_Japan" title="Christianity in Japan">Christianity in Japan</a>. Although the religion was banned during the <a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> between the 17th and 19th centuries, hidden Christian communities survived in small villages in the northwestern part of <a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a>. They gave rise to a specific tradition that appeared vernacular but kept the ideas of the Christian faith. When the ban was lifted in 1873, Christian communities saw revitalization. The <a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cura_Church" class="mw-redirect" title="Ōura Church">Ōura Church</a> is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Mozu_Tombs" title="Mozu Tombs">Mozu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Furuichi_Kofun_Cluster" title="Furuichi Kofun Cluster">Furuichi</a> Kofungun, Ancient Tumulus Clusters </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Aerial photo of a keyhole-shaped tumulus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/150px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/225px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg/300px-NintokuTomb_Aerial_photograph_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="982" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a> </td> <td>2019 </td> <td>1593bis; iii, iv (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises 49 burial mounds, called <i><a href="/wiki/Kofun" title="Kofun">kofun</a></i>. There are over 160,000 such tombs in Japan and the selected ones are the most representative. They date to the <a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a> from the 3rd to the 6th centuries. These mounds have geometric shapes, such as keyhole, square, or circle. Some have moats around them and several contained grave goods and clay figure decorations. Daisen-Kofun in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> is pictured. A minor boundary modification of the site took place in 2023.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Amami-%C5%8Cshima_Island,_Tokunoshima_Island,_northern_part_of_Okinawa_Island,_and_Iriomote_Island" title="Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island">Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A flightless bird with red legs and red beak" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg/150px-Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg/225px-Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg/300px-Okinawa_Rail_imported_from_iNaturalist_photo_388492786_on_12_June_2024.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kagoshima_Prefecture" title="Kagoshima Prefecture">Kagoshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>1574; x (natural) </td> <td>This site comprises protected areas in four islands, <a href="/wiki/Amami_%C5%8Cshima" title="Amami Ōshima">Amami Ōshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iriomote_Island" title="Iriomote Island">Iriomote</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokunoshima" title="Tokunoshima">Tokunoshima</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Yambaru" title="Yambaru">northern part</a> of <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Island" title="Okinawa Island">Okinawa Island</a>. The islands became separated from the mainland in the late <a href="/wiki/Miocene" title="Miocene">Miocene</a> epoch, resulting in isolation of terrestrial species that have since formed a unique biota, rich in biodiversity. Endemic species include the <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_rail" title="Okinawa rail">Okinawa rail</a> (pictured), <a href="/wiki/Iriomote_cat" title="Iriomote cat">Iriomote cat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Amami_rabbit" title="Amami rabbit">Amami rabbit</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ryukyu_long-tailed_giant_rat" title="Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat">Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_Prehistoric_Sites_in_Northern_Japan" title="Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan">Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Reconstruction of a wooden structure and houses" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg/150px-140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg/225px-140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg/300px-140913_Sannai-Maruyama_site_Aomori_Japan01bs6bs6.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aomori_Prefecture" title="Aomori Prefecture">Aomori</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Akita_Prefecture" title="Akita Prefecture">Akita</a> </td> <td>2021 </td> <td>1632; iii, v (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises 17 archaeological sites from the <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a>, spanning roughly from 13,000 BCE to 400 BCE. The <a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_people" title="Jōmon people">Jōmon people</a> were a sedentary society that practiced <a href="/wiki/Hunter-gatherer" title="Hunter-gatherer">hunter-gathering</a> and fishing in a resource-rich environment. They developed <a href="/wiki/Pottery" title="Pottery">pottery</a> and created particular ceramic figures called <i><a href="/wiki/Dog%C5%AB" title="Dogū">dogū</a></i>. Archaeological remains include earthen mounds, stone circles, and ritual deposits. A reconstruction of a settlement at the <a href="/wiki/Sannai-Maruyama_Site" title="Sannai-Maruyama Site">Sannai-Maruyama Site</a> is pictured.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sado_mine" title="Sado mine">Sado Island Gold Mines</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A board with text in Japanese, a hill covered with trees in the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG/150px-Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG/225px-Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG/300px-Sadokinzan-doyunowareto_01.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="712" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a> </td> <td>2024 </td> <td>1698; iv (cultural) </td> <td>This site comprises a heritage of gold and silver mines on the <a href="/wiki/Sado_Island" title="Sado Island">Sado Island</a> over 250 years during the <a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a>. The island is of a volcanic origin and has gold and silver either in <a href="/wiki/Vein_(geology)" title="Vein (geology)">veins</a> or in <a href="/wiki/Placer_deposit" title="Placer deposit">placer deposits</a>. They were extracted using non-mechanized traditional techniques. People working in the mines came from all parts of Japan and formed their unique culture.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tentative_list">Tentative list</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Japan&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Tentative list"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In addition to sites inscribed on the World Heritage List, member states can maintain a list of tentative sites that they may consider for nomination. Nominations for the World Heritage List are only accepted if the site was previously listed on the tentative list.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Japan maintains four properties on its tentative list.<sup id="cite_ref-Japan_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Japan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1152813436"><span class="sr-only">Tentative sites </span> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th style="width:100px;" scope="col">Site </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:150px;" scope="col">Image </th> <th style="width:80px;" scope="col">Location (<a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">prefecture</a>) </th> <th style="width:50px;" scope="col">Year listed </th> <th style="width:60px;" scope="col">UNESCO criteria </th> <th scope="col" class="unsortable">Description </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kamakura%27s_proposed_World_Heritage_sites" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamakura's proposed World Heritage sites">Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A large Buddha statue in bronze with visitors in front" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg/150px-KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg/225px-KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg/300px-KamakuraDaibutsu3947.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="567" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>i, ii, iii, iv, vi (cultural) </td> <td>During the <a href="/wiki/Samurai" title="Samurai">samurai</a> rule of Japan, from 1192 to 1868, <a href="/wiki/Kamakura" title="Kamakura">Kamakura</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edo" title="Edo">Edo</a> served as administrative centres of the country. Today, only Kamakura preserves the monument ensembles reminiscent of samurai culture. Monuments include temples and shrines, such as <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dtoku-in" title="Kōtoku-in">Kōtoku-in</a> (The Great Buddha of Kamakura pictured), <a href="/wiki/Tsurugaoka_Hachimang%C5%AB" title="Tsurugaoka Hachimangū">Tsurugaoka Hachimangū</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jufuku-ji" title="Jufuku-ji">Jufuku-ji</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kench%C5%8D-ji" title="Kenchō-ji">Kenchō-ji</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hikone_Castle" title="Hikone Castle">Hikone-jō</a> (castle) </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hikone_castle5537.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A Japanese castle with many roofs" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Hikone_castle5537.JPG/150px-Hikone_castle5537.JPG" decoding="async" width="150" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Hikone_castle5537.JPG/225px-Hikone_castle5537.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Hikone_castle5537.JPG/300px-Hikone_castle5537.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiga_Prefecture" title="Shiga Prefecture">Shiga</a> </td> <td>1992 </td> <td>i, ii, iii, iv (castle) </td> <td>The castle is an example of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_castle" title="Japanese castle">Japanese castle</a> architecture from the early 17th century with several components well preserved. It retains the central castle tower (pictured), defensive structures, residential parts, and surrounding defensive moats. Parts of the complex are now used as museums.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Asuka-Fujiwara" title="Asuka-Fujiwara">Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties</a> </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Takamat1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="An eroded mural showing four women" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Takamat1.jpg/150px-Takamat1.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="158" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Takamat1.jpg/225px-Takamat1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Takamat1.jpg/300px-Takamat1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1140" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nara_Prefecture" title="Nara Prefecture">Nara</a> </td> <td>2007 </td> <td>ii, iii, iv, v, vi (cultural) </td> <td>This nomination comprises historical sites from the <a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a>, centred around the city of <a href="/wiki/Asuka,_Yamato" title="Asuka, Yamato">Asuka</a> which served as the <a href="/wiki/Capital_of_Japan" title="Capital of Japan">capital of Japan</a> before being moved to <a href="/wiki/Nara_(city)" title="Nara (city)">Nara</a> in 710. Tombs, temples, and the remains of palaces and residential buildings illustrate the culture and life of the period. A mural from the <a href="/wiki/Takamatsuzuka_Tomb" title="Takamatsuzuka Tomb">Takamatsuzuka Tomb</a> is pictured. Other sites include the <a href="/wiki/Ishibutai_Kofun" title="Ishibutai Kofun">Ishibutai Kofun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kitora_Tomb" title="Kitora Tomb">Kitora Tomb</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kawara-dera" title="Kawara-dera">Kawara-dera</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Yamato_Sanzan" title="Yamato Sanzan">Yamato Sanzan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hiraizumi" title="Hiraizumi">Hiraizumi</a> - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A Buddhist temple in red" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg/150px-230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg/225px-230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg/300px-230728_Takkoku-no-iwaya_Bishamondo_Hiraizumi_Iwate_pref_Japan02s3.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5472" data-file-height="3648" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Iwate_Prefecture" title="Iwate Prefecture">Iwate</a> </td> <td>2012 </td> <td>ii, iii, vi (cultural) </td> <td>This is a proposed extension to the already listed site of Hiraizumi. 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UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231202082505/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/660">Archived</a> from the original on 2 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Buddhist+Monuments+in+the+Horyu-ji+Area&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F660&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/661">"Himeji-jo"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Himeji-jo&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F661&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/662">"Yakushima"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Yakushima&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F662&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/663">"Shirakami-Sanchi"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190903223406/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/663">Archived</a> from the original on 3 September 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shirakami-Sanchi&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F663&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/688">"Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231202173309/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/688/">Archived</a> from the original on 2 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historic+Monuments+of+Ancient+Kyoto+%28Kyoto%2C+Uji+and+Otsu+Cities%29&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F688&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/734">"Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231209130610/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/734">Archived</a> from the original on 9 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historic+Villages+of+Shirakawa-go+and+Gokayama&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F734&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775">"Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231221043916/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/775">Archived</a> from the original on 21 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hiroshima+Peace+Memorial+%28Genbaku+Dome%29&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F775&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/776">"Itsukushima Shinto Shrine"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240111041155/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/776/">Archived</a> from the original on 11 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Itsukushima+Shinto+Shrine&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F776&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/870">"Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231204200742/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/870/">Archived</a> from the original on 4 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Historic+Monuments+of+Ancient+Nara&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F870&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913">"Shrines and Temples of Nikko"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171225212804/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/913/">Archived</a> from the original on 25 December 2017<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shrines+and+Temples+of+Nikko&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F913&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972">"Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220613163112/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/972">Archived</a> from the original on 13 June 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Gusuku+Sites+and+Related+Properties+of+the+Kingdom+of+Ryukyu&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F972&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1142">"Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191222135051/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1142/">Archived</a> from the original on 22 December 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Sacred+Sites+and+Pilgrimage+Routes+in+the+Kii+Mountain+Range&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1142&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1193">"Shiretoko"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180727181208/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1193">Archived</a> from the original on 27 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Shiretoko&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1193&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1246">"Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191453/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1246">Archived</a> from the original on 6 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Iwami+Ginzan+Silver+Mine+and+its+Cultural+Landscape&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1246&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1277">"Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20231213232428/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1277/">Archived</a> from the original on 13 December 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hiraizumi+%E2%80%93+Temples%2C+Gardens+and+Archaeological+Sites+Representing+the+Buddhist+Pure+Land&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1277&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1362">"Ogasawara Islands"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180706190609/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1362">Archived</a> from the original on 6 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ogasawara+Islands&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1362&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1418">"Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200709092826/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1418">Archived</a> from the original on 9 July 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Fujisan%2C+sacred+place+and+source+of+artistic+inspiration&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1418&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1449">"Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites"</a>. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191337/https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1449">Archived</a> from the original on 6 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 December</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Tomioka+Silk+Mill+and+Related+Sites&rft.pub=UNESCO+World+Heritage+Centre&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwhc.unesco.org%2Fen%2Flist%2F1449&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+World+Heritage+Sites+in+Japan" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1484">"Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining"</a>. 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Japan.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Japan"><img alt="Flag of Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/50px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="33" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/75px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/100px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Flag of Japan</figcaption></figure></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_region" title="Tōhoku region">Tōhoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_and_Sites_of_Hiraizumi" title="Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi">Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirakami-Sanchi" title="Shirakami-Sanchi">Shirakami-Sanchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sites_of_Japan%27s_Meiji_Industrial_Revolution:_Iron_and_Steel,_Shipbuilding_and_Coal_Mining" title="Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining">Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: <span style="font-size:85%;">Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_Prehistoric_Sites_in_Northern_Japan" title="Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan">Jōmon Prehistoric Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kant%C5%8D_region" title="Kantō region">Kantō</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Architectural_Work_of_Le_Corbusier" title="The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier">The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shrines_and_Temples_of_Nikk%C5%8D" title="Shrines and Temples of Nikkō">Shrines and Temples of Nikkō</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonin_Islands" title="Bonin Islands">Ogasawara Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tomioka_Silk_Mill" title="Tomioka Silk Mill">Tomioka Silk Mill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABbu_region" title="Chūbu region">Chūbu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Villages_of_Shirakawa-g%C5%8D_and_Gokayama" title="Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama">Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Fuji" title="Mount Fuji">Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sites_of_Japan%27s_Meiji_Industrial_Revolution:_Iron_and_Steel,_Shipbuilding_and_Coal_Mining" title="Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining">Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: <span style="font-size:85%;">Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kansai_region" title="Kansai region">Kansai</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_Monuments_in_the_H%C5%8Dry%C5%AB-ji_Area" title="Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area">Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himeji_Castle" title="Himeji Castle">Himeji Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Kyoto_(Kyoto,_Uji_and_Otsu_Cities)" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)">Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_Monuments_of_Ancient_Nara" title="Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara">Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mozu_Tombs" title="Mozu Tombs">Mozu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Furuichi_Kofun_Cluster" title="Furuichi Kofun Cluster">Furuichi</a> <a href="/wiki/Kofun" title="Kofun">Kofun</a> Group</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sacred_Sites_and_Pilgrimage_Routes_in_the_Kii_Mountain_Range" title="Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range">Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ch%C5%ABgoku_region" title="Chūgoku region">Chūgoku</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Peace_Memorial" title="Hiroshima Peace Memorial">Hiroshima Peace Memorial</a> <small>(Genbaku Dome)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itsukushima_Shrine" title="Itsukushima Shrine">Itsukushima Shinto Shrine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iwami_Ginzan_Silver_Mine" title="Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine">Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sites_of_Japan%27s_Meiji_Industrial_Revolution:_Iron_and_Steel,_Shipbuilding_and_Coal_Mining" title="Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining">Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: <span style="font-size:85%;">Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Kyushu" title="Kyushu">Kyushu</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Region">Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amami-%C5%8Cshima_Island,_Tokunoshima_Island,_northern_part_of_Okinawa_Island,_and_Iriomote_Island" title="Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island">Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Lists_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Asia458" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Azerbaijan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Bahrain" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Bahrain">Bahrain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Cyprus" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Cyprus">Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Georgia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Georgia">Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Iran" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Iran">Iran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Iraq" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Iraq">Iraq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Israel_and_Jerusalem" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Israel and Jerusalem">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Jordan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Jordan">Jordan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Lebanon" class="mw-redirect" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Oman" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Oman">Oman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_State_of_Palestine" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the State of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Qatar" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Saudi_Arabia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Saudi Arabia">Saudi Arabia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Syria" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Syria">Syria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Turkey" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a 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title="List of World Heritage Sites in Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Pakistan" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Sri_Lanka" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Southeast_Asia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Cambodia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Indonesia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Indonesia">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Laos" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Laos">Laos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Malaysia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Myanmar" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Philippines" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Southeast_Asia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Southeast Asia">Singapore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Thailand" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Vietnam" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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topics"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Japan_articles530" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> <a href="/wiki/Index_of_Japan-related_articles" title="Index of Japan-related articles">articles</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Index_of_Japan-related_articles" title="Index of Japan-related articles">Index</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outline_of_Japan" title="Outline of Japan">Outline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Japan" title="History of Japan">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Overviews</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Lists <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_era_name" title="Japanese era name">Eras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_clans" title="Japanese clans">Clans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_shoguns" title="List of shoguns">Shoguns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Japan" title="List of wars involving Japan">Wars</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economic_history_of_Japan" title="Economic history of Japan">Economic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_education_in_Japan" title="History of education in Japan">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Japanese_foreign_relations" title="History of Japanese foreign relations">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Japan" title="Military history of Japan">Military</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Naval_history_of_Japan" title="Naval history of Japan">Naval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Navy</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Ancient</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Paleolithic" title="Japanese Paleolithic">Paleolithic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period" title="Jōmon period">Jōmon period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yayoi_period" title="Yayoi period">Yayoi period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kofun_period" title="Kofun period">Kofun period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asuka_period" title="Asuka period">Asuka period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_Code" title="Taihō Code">Taihō Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asuka_Kiyomihara_Code" title="Asuka Kiyomihara Code">Asuka Kiyomihara Code</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakuh%C5%8D_period" title="Hakuhō period">Hakuhō period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taika_Reform" title="Taika Reform">Taika Reform</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Monmu_period" title="Monmu period">Monmu period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nara_period" title="Nara period">Nara period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heian_period" title="Heian period">Heian period</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Post-Classical</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Genpei_War" title="Genpei War">Genpei War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_period" title="Kamakura period">Kamakura period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kamakura_shogunate" title="Kamakura shogunate">Kamakura shogunate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mongol_invasions_of_Japan" title="Mongol invasions of Japan">Mongol invasions of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genk%C5%8D_War" title="Genkō War">Genkō War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenmu_Restoration" title="Kenmu Restoration">Kenmu Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muromachi_period" title="Muromachi period">Muromachi period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashikaga_shogunate" title="Ashikaga shogunate">Ashikaga shogunate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nanboku-ch%C5%8D_period" title="Nanboku-chō period">Nanboku-chō period</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%8Cnin_War" title="Ōnin War">Ōnin War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sengoku_period" title="Sengoku period">Sengoku period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azuchi%E2%80%93Momoyama_period" title="Azuchi–Momoyama period">Azuchi–Momoyama period</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Five_Elders" title="Council of Five Elders">Council of Five Elders</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imjin_War" title="Imjin War">Imjin War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Early Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edo_period" title="Edo period">Edo period</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate" title="Tokugawa shogunate">Tokugawa shogunate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakumatsu" title="Bakumatsu">Bakumatsu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Empire of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_era" title="Meiji era">Meiji era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Constitution" title="Meiji Constitution">Imperial Constitution (1890–1947)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Meiji_Japan" title="Government of Meiji Japan">Government</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_oligarchy" title="Meiji oligarchy">Meiji oligarchy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Restoration" title="Meiji Restoration">Meiji Restoration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abolition_of_the_han_system" title="Abolition of the han system">Abolition of the han system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boshin_War" title="Boshin War">Boshin War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satsuma_Rebellion" title="Satsuma Rebellion">Satsuma Rebellion</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazoku" title="Kazoku">Kazoku</a> (noble)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russo-Japanese_War" title="Russo-Japanese War">Russo-Japanese War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Late Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taish%C5%8D_era" title="Taishō era">Taishō era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_I" title="Japan during World War I">Japan during World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1923_Great_Kant%C5%8D_earthquake" title="1923 Great Kantō earthquake">1923 Great Kantō earthquake</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dwa_era" title="Shōwa era">Shōwa era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_during_World_War_II" title="Japan during World War II">Japan during World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukden_Incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Mukden Incident">Mukden Incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_War" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Japan" title="Occupation of Japan">Occupation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Postwar_Japan" title="Postwar Japan">Postwar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_economic_miracle" title="Japanese economic miracle">Economic miracle</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heisei_era" title="Heisei era">Heisei era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake" title="Great Hanshin earthquake">Great Hanshin earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" title="2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;">Contemporary</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Reiwa_era" title="Reiwa era">Reiwa era</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japanese_imperial_transition" title="2019 Japanese imperial transition">2019 imperial transition</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_Japan" title="COVID-19 pandemic in Japan">COVID-19 pandemic</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Japan" title="Geography of Japan">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system" title="Japanese addressing system">Addresses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" title="Japanese archipelago">Archipelago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cities_of_Japan" title="Cities of Japan">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Japan" title="Districts of Japan">Districts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Japan" title="List of earthquakes in Japan">Earthquakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Environmental_issues_in_Japan" title="Environmental issues in Japan">Environment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Japan" title="List of extreme points of Japan">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Japan" title="List of islands of Japan">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_lakes_of_Japan" title="List of lakes of Japan">Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan" title="Prefectures of Japan">Prefectures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_regions_of_Japan" title="List of regions of Japan">Regions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Japan" title="List of rivers of Japan">Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Japan" title="List of towns in Japan">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_villages_in_Japan" title="List of villages in Japan">Villages</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">World Heritage Sites</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Japan" title="Politics of Japan">Politics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Japan" title="Constitution of Japan">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Japan" title="Elections in Japan">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emperor_of_Japan" title="Emperor of Japan">Emperor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_emperors_of_Japan" title="List of emperors of Japan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imperial_House_of_Japan" title="Imperial House of Japan">Imperial House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Japan" title="Foreign relations of Japan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human_rights_in_Japan" title="Human rights in Japan">Human rights</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Japan" title="LGBTQ rights in Japan">LGBTQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judicial_system_of_Japan" title="Judicial system of Japan">Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Japan" title="Supreme Court of Japan">Supreme Court</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_Japan" title="Law of Japan">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_enforcement_in_Japan" title="Law enforcement in Japan">Law enforcement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Diet" title="National Diet">National Diet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives_(Japan)" title="House of Representatives (Japan)">House of Representatives</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/House_of_Councillors" title="House of Councillors">House of Councillors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_Diet_of_Japan" title="List of members of the Diet of Japan">List of members</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Japan" title="List of political parties in Japan">Political parties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Self-Defense_Forces" title="Japan Self-Defense Forces">Self-Defense Forces</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Ground Self-Defense Force">Ground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Maritime_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force">Maritime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Air_Self-Defense_Force" title="Japan Air Self-Defense Force">Air</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Japan" title="Government of Japan">Government</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_Japan" title="Cabinet of Japan">Cabinet</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_cabinets" title="List of Japanese cabinets">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monetary_and_fiscal_policy_of_Japan" title="Monetary and fiscal policy of Japan">Fiscal policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_policy_of_Japan" title="Foreign policy of Japan">Foreign policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministries_of_Japan" title="Ministries of Japan">Ministries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Japan" title="List of prime ministers of Japan">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Japan">Deputy Prime Minister</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_Japan" title="Economy of Japan">Economy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agriculture,_forestry,_and_fishing_in_Japan" title="Agriculture, forestry, and fishing in Japan">Agriculture, forestry, fishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bank_of_Japan" title="Bank of Japan">Central bank</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Labor_market_of_Japan" title="Labor market of Japan">Labor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manufacturing_in_Japan" title="Manufacturing in Japan">Manufacturing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_in_Japan" title="Energy in Japan">Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Science_and_technology_in_Japan" title="Science and technology in Japan">Science and technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Communications_in_Japan" title="Communications in Japan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Japan" title="Transport in Japan">Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">Yen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Society_of_Japan" title="Category:Society of Japan">Society</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-monarchism_in_Japan" title="Anti-monarchism in Japan">Anti-monarchism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_Japan" title="Censorship in Japan">Censorship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crime_in_Japan" title="Crime in Japan">Crime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Japan" title="Demographics of Japan">Demographics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Japan" title="Education in Japan">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etiquette_in_Japan" title="Etiquette in Japan">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gambling_in_Japan" title="Gambling in Japan">Gambling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Health_in_Japan" title="Health in Japan">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Housing_in_Japan" title="Housing in Japan">Housing</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Homelessness_in_Japan" title="Homelessness in Japan">Homelessness</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Japan" title="Languages of Japan">Languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Japanese_prefectures_by_life_expectancy" title="List of Japanese prefectures by life expectancy">Life expectancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people">People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pornography_in_Japan" title="Pornography in Japan">Pornography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prostitution_in_Japan" title="Prostitution in Japan">Prostitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Japan" title="Religion in Japan">Religion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_Japan" title="Sex trafficking in Japan">Sex trafficking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexual_minorities_in_Japan" title="Sexual minorities in Japan">Sexual minorities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sexuality_in_Japan" title="Sexuality in Japan">Sexuality</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smoking_in_Japan" title="Smoking in Japan">Smoking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women_in_Japan" title="Women in Japan">Women</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Japan" title="Culture of Japan">Culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_aesthetics" title="Japanese aesthetics">Aesthetics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anime" title="Anime">Anime</a> / <a href="/wiki/Manga" title="Manga">Manga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_architecture" title="Japanese architecture">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_art" title="Japanese art">Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonsai" title="Bonsai">Bonsai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cinema_of_Japan" title="Cinema of Japan">Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Class_S_(genre)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class S (genre)">Class S (genre)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_cuisine" title="Japanese cuisine">Cuisine</a> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_wine" title="Japanese wine">wine</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_festivals" title="Japanese festivals">Festivals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Japan" title="Flag of Japan">Flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_folklore" title="Japanese folklore">Folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_traditional_Japanese_games" title="List of traditional Japanese games">Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_garden" title="Japanese garden">Gardens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geisha" title="Geisha">Geisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Genderless_fashion_in_Japan" title="Genderless fashion in Japan">Genderless fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikikomori" title="Hikikomori">Hikikomori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hanami" title="Hanami">Hanami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henohenomoheji" title="Henohenomoheji">Henohenomoheji</a></li> <li>Icons</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ikebana" title="Ikebana">Ikebana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irezumi" title="Irezumi">Irezumi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawaii" title="Kawaii">Kawaii</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_culture_in_Japan" title="LGBTQ culture in Japan">LGBTQ culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_literature" title="Japanese literature">Literature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_martial_arts" title="Japanese martial arts">Martial arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mass_media_in_Japan" title="Mass media in Japan">Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Japan" title="Music of Japan">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_mythology" title="Japanese mythology">Mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_name" title="Japanese name">Names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_symbols_of_Japan" title="National symbols of Japan">National symbols</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No-pan_kissa" title="No-pan kissa">No-pan kissa</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Onsen" title="Onsen">Onsen</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sent%C5%8D" title="Sentō">Sentō</a></li> <li><i><a 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