Japan accepted the
UNESCOWorld Heritage Convention on 30 June 1992.[1] As of July 2021, twenty-five properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List: twenty
cultural sites and five
natural sites.[1] A further five sites and one site extension have been submitted for future inscription and are currently on the
Tentative List as of 2017.[1]
Yunotsu, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Yunotsu-Okidomaridō, Site of
Daikansho, Okidomari, Ginzan Sakunouchi, Site of Yataki-jō, Ōmori Ginzan, Miya-no-mae, Iwami Ginzan Kaidō Tomogauradō, Site of Yahazu-jō, Site of Iwami-jō, Kumagaika residence, Rakan-ji
Gohyakurakan, Tomogaura
Mount Fuji,
Fuji Five Lakes,
Fujisan Hongū Sengen Shrine, Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Yamamiya Sengen Shrine, Murayama Sengen Shrine, Suyama Sengen Shrine, Higashiguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Shrine, Kawaguchi Sengen Shrine, Fuji Omuro Sengen Shrine, Oshino Hakkai,
Miho no Matsubara