Cultural, Natural and Intangible Heritage in Japan
The World Heritage List of UNESCO includes 14 cultural and natural properties of Japan, considered by the World Heritage Committee as having outstanding universal value. 3 cultural expressions of Japan have also been proclaimed Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The UNESCO World Heritage sites in Japan are, in alphabetical order:
The Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area (1993), the Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu (2000), Himeji-jo (1993), the Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) (1996), the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) (1994), the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara (1998), the Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama (1995), Itsukushima Shinto Shrine (1996), Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape (2007), the Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range (2004), Shirakami-Sanchi (1993), Shiretoko (2005), the Shrines and Temples of Nikko (1999), Yakushima (1993)
The Japanese Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity proclaimed by UNESCO are: Bunraku, Kabuki and Nogaku (Noh and Kyogen)
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