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Itsukushima Shrine

Bonin Islands

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Nachi Falls

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Tomioka Silk Mill

Hagi Castle

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Mount Kōya

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Gokayama

Shirakami-Sanchi

Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

Itsukushima Shrine

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Bonin Islands

Mount Kōya

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Nachi Falls

Gokayama

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Shirakami-Sanchi

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Tomioka Silk Mill

Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Hagi Castle

Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

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Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island

Bonin Islands

Gokayama

Hagi Castle

Hashino iron mining and smelting site

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Itsukushima Shrine

Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

Nachi Falls

Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Takayama-sha

Arafune-Azumaya Cold Storage Facilities

Ebisugahana Shipyard

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Hagi Reverberatory Furnace

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Mount Kōya

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Shirakami-Sanchi

Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Tomioka Silk Mill

Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island

Arafune-Azumaya Cold Storage Facilities

Bonin Islands

Ebisugahana Shipyard

Gokayama

Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu

Hagi Castle

Hagi Reverberatory Furnace

Hashino iron mining and smelting site

Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region

Hiroshima Peace Memorial

Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

Itsukushima Shrine

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Jōmon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan

Mount Kōya

Nachi Falls

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace

Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works

Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Shirakami-Sanchi

Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Takayama-sha

Tomioka Silk Mill