UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan
Japan has 27 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Most are not one place but several: Ancient Kyoto alone is 17 temples, shrines and a castle across three cities. Here every place we cover is listed under the inscription it belongs to.
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape
Cultural site, inscribed 2007 · 3 places · UNESCO listing
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
A UNESCO World Heritage Silver Mine in a Forest Setting
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this historic silver mine once produced a third of the world's silv...
Rakan-ji Gohyaku Rakan
Five Hundred Stone Arhats in Rock-Cut Caves, Carved for the Silver Miners of Iwami Ginzan
Two caves cut into a rock face across the stream from Rakan-ji in Omori, each holding 250 small s...
Yunotsu
Yunotsu, the Old Silver Port of Iwami Ginzan Where Two Public Baths Face Each Other Across One Street
A one-street onsen town running down a narrow valley to a small Sea of Japan harbour, once the po...