

Through technical assistance, financial contributions and exchanges.

NGOs cooperate in a wide range of areas to protect overseas cultural heritage International cooperation institutions such as JICA, the private sector and Within Japan, the Agency for Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (Expansion) (2012)Īmami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (2016)įor the criteria, nomination process and other details. The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (2010) Jômon Archaeological Sites in Hokkaidô, Northern Tôhoku, and other regions (2010) Temples, Shrines and Other Structures of Ancient Kamakura (1992)Īsuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (2007) Ogasawara Islands (2011) Properties submitted on the Tentative List Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan (2019) Natural Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region (2018) Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region (2017) The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (1999) Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (2015) Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (2014) Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (2011)įujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (2013) Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004) Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994)

Japanese properties inscribed on the World Heritage List Cultural These include 869 cultural, 213 natural and 39 mixed properties in 194 States Parties around the world. Japan ratified the Convention in 1992 and has been promoting internationalĬooperation and support for the preservation of our common treasures: culturalĪs of October 2020, 1121 properties have been inscribed on the World Heritage List. 1.World Heritage Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage Of cultural and /or natural heritage as well as through creativity and development. Level and contribute to protecting cultural diversity in the world through preservation In order to incorporate policies for cultural diversity at the national or international Japan cooperates through participation in conferences and the like
