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.
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Cultural site, inscribed 1995 · 2 places · UNESCO listing
Historic Site
World Heritage
Toyama
Gokayama
UNESCO Thatched-Roof Mountain Village
Secluded UNESCO World Heritage village with traditional gassho-zukuri thatched-roof farmhouses, a...
Nanto, Toyama, Japan
Historic Site
World Heritage
Gifu
Shirakawa-go
UNESCO Thatched-Roof Village
UNESCO World Heritage village with traditional gassho-zukuri thatched-roof farmhouses in a remote...
Shirakawa, Gifu, Japan