There are 12 cultural heritage and 4 natural heritage sites in Japan

UNESCO is a program that catalogs, names and conserves sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humanity. Japan has currently 12 cultural heritage and 4 natural heritage sites.
This is the list of UNESCO world heritage sites in Japan.
Mt.Fuji will be added to the list of world heritage in 2013.
■Cultural heritage■
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Mt.Fuji(Fuji san, Fuji yama)

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Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land

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Shrines and Temples of Nikko

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Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama

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Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto

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Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area
Midori Nakazawa
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Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara

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Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

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Himeji-jo castle
from （公社）姫路観光コンベンションビューロー
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
from 広島県
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Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
from 広島県
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Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape

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Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
from 沖縄観光コンベンションビューロー
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■natural heritage■
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Shiretoko

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Shirakami-Sanchi

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Ogasawara Islands

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Yakushima
from 鹿児島県観光連盟
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by Naoaki