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Here you can experience nature’s beauty, view superior architecture, and attain a feeling of ancient times. Buildings where the history, culture and nature of Japan are most evident are registered as 13 world heritage sites. Now, people from all over the world can share in these experiences at Japan 's world heritage sites.

	Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area Dec 1993 Horyu-ji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Ikaruga, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Its full name is Hōryū Gakumonji, or Learning Temple of the Flourishing Law...more		Himeji-jo Dec 1993 The appearance of the Himeji-castle is a beautiful white that is to be heavenward the white heron and to fly away.　 Himeji-castle that is...more
	Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities: Dec 1994 People tend to go to Kyoto when they would like to release from changeless everyday's life also try to be calm. It touches the history, the chest is stabbed to...more		Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Dec 1995 Amazed Beauty of Japanese traditional buildings are arisen from natural history of Japan. The technology constructed...more
	Hiroshima Peace Memorial Dec 1996 We are told never to repeat the war. Appearance of the Genbaku Dome tell you people's anger, mortification, sadness, hopeless... No more Genbaku, No more war...more		Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Dec 1996 Atmosphere that the stately appearance is enshrined to creek in the Inland Sea, and distinctive character of the Heian era is felt. It excelled also...more
	Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara Dec 1998 Nara was the capital of Japan from 710 to 784. During this period the framework of national government was consolidated and...more		Shrines and Temples of Nikko Dec 1999 The shrines and temples of Nikko, together with their natural surroundings, have for centuries been a sacred site known for its architectural...more
	Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu Dec 2000 Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history (12th-17th century) are represented by this group of sites and monuments. The ruins of the castles...more		Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range Jul 2004 Set in the dense forests of the Kii Mountains overlooking the Pacific Ocean, three sacred sites – Yoshino and Omine, Kumano Sanzan, Koyasan – linked by...more
	Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine Jul 2007 It orbited in the local production of silver by taking cupellation (Blew yep) that was a traditional refinement technology of east Asia, and a large amount of good quality...more

	Yakushima Dec 1993 The blessing of rain is making, and a lot of lives keep living in the forest of the kite, and the ecosystem being kept. The memory at ancient times stays in the big trees...more		Shirakami-Sanchi Dec 1993 Human work hardly influences a beechen natural forest of these mountains from the mountain from which the blessing of the sea and...more
	Shiretoko Jul 2005 The drift ice appears to the other side of the coastline. Lives that were born in the natural environmental are chain in each other. You might be able to feel yourself how...more

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