Sites of Tentative List of World Heritage in Japan








World Heritage
Site Name   C/N Year
accepted

by UNESCO
Location
Prefecure City /Town
Temples,Shrines and other structures of
Ancient Kamakura
Cultural 1992 Kanagawa Kamakura
Hikone Castle Cultural 1992 Shiga Hikone
Historic Monuments and Sites of
Hiraizumi
Cultural 2001 Iwate Hiraizumi
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
in the Kii Mountain Range,
and Cultural Landscapes that Surround Them
Cultural 2001 Wakayama                      
Mie                      
Nara                      
Iwami Ginzan Silver mine Cultural 2001 Shimane Ohta
The Tentative List provides a forecast of the cultural and natural properties that Japan may decide to submit for inscription on the World Heritage List in the next five to ten years.
Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity 
Bunraku puppet theater
Kabuki


















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