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.
Sado Island Gold Mines
Cultural site, inscribed 2024 · 2 places · UNESCO listing
Sado Island Gold Mine
Once Japan's largest gold mine producing gold for the Tokugawa shogunate, the Sado Island Gold Mi...
Nishimikawa Placer Gold Mine
Nishimikawa, the Gold Field Sado City Calls the Island's Oldest: Red Hillsides Washed Away for Gold and the Farming Hamlet of Sasagawa
The placer gold field around the hamlet of Sasagawa in south-west Sado, which Sado City calls the...