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World Heritage Sites in Kansai

7 of Japan's 27 World Heritage sites are in the Kansai region (serial properties that span several regions appear in each).

• Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area 中宮寺
  1993 · Cultural · Nara · 1 components
• Himeji-jo 姫路城
  1993 · Cultural · Hyogo
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) 古都京都の文化財
  1994 · Cultural · Kyoto, Shiga · 17 components
• Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara 古都奈良の文化財
  1998 · Cultural · Nara · 7 components
• Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range 紀伊山地の霊場と参詣道
  2004 · Cultural · Wakayama, Nara, Mie · 22 components
• Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan 百舌鳥・古市古墳群
  2019 · Cultural · Osaka · 45 components
• Ancient Capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara 飛鳥・藤原の宮都
  2026 · Cultural · Nara · 2 components