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This is the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Japan, twenty-two cultural and five natural. The ones I have visited are striked off.

My idea is to experience and enjoy all the sites in Japan. My count in September 2026 is 4 of 27. The South to North ride would take in seven of them.

Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima, Northern Okinawa and Iriomote
Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara
Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area
Fujisan
Gusuku Sites of the Kingdom of Ryukyu
Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
Himeji-jo (Himeji Castle)
Hiraizumi
Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome)
Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara
Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama
Itsukushima Shinto Shrine
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan
Le Corbusier's National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group
Ogasawara Islands
Sacred Island of Okinoshima
Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range
Sado Island Gold Mines
Shirakami-Sanchi
Shiretoko
Shrines and Temples of Nikko
Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
Tomioka Silk Mill
Yakushima
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