Tourist Destination List

Hokkaido

• Shiretoko National Park

Aomori Prefecture

• Shirakami-Sanchi

Akita Prefecture

• Shirakami-Sanchi

Iwate Prefecture

• Historic Monuments and Sites of Hiraizumi

Tochigi Prefecture

• Shrines and Temples of Nikkō

Gunmna Prefecture

• Tomioka Silk Mill

Tokyo

• National Museum of Western Art

Yamanashi Prefecture

• Mount Fuji

Shizuoka Prefecture

• Mount Fuji

Toyama Prefecture

• Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama

Mie Prefecture

• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Kyoto Prefecture

• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities)

Nara Prefecture

• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
• Buddhist Monuments in the Hōryū-ji Area
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Hyogo Prefecture

• Himeji Castle

Osaka Prefecture

• Osaka Castle (大阪城)
• Dotonbori (道頓堀)
• Shinsekai (新世界)
• Tower of the Sun (太陽の塔)

Wakayama Prefecture

• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range

Hiroshima Prefecture

• Hiroshima Peace Memorial
• Itsukushima Shrine

Shimane Prefecture

• Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

Fukuoka Prefecture

• Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region

Nagasaki Prefecture

• Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining

Kagoshima Prefecture

• Yakushima

Okinawa Prefecture

• Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu