Introducing Japan’s 5 World Natural Heritages

Follow our team of reporters across Japan to discover its 5 World Natural Heritages and learn directly about the importance of each of Japan’s natural regions. Feel inspired to both visit and raise awareness of why we should all do more to protect our planet’s natural habitats.

More: https://en.japantravel.com/article/5-world-natural-heritages/69514

About World Natural Heritages:
Beginning in 1993 with the forested and mountainous region of Shirakami-Sanchi (Aomori and Akita) and Kagoshima’s remote island of Yakushima, the first inscribed sites to the UNESCO Natural World Heritage list were later joined by Shiretoko in Hokkaido (2005), Tokyo’s Ogasawara Islands (2011) and most recently the Amami-Okinawa area (2021), which includes Iriomote and the northern part of Okinawa, as well as Kagoshima’s Amami-Oshima and Tokunoshima.