World Heritage Sites in Japan

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
World Heritage Sites in Japan canonical	6
UNESCO World Heritage in Japan	1
World Heritage in Japan	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4621824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Heritage Sites in Japan
Context triple: [National Treasures of Japan, relatedConcept, World Heritage Sites in Japan]

A. Special Historic Site of Japan
The Special Historic Site of Japan is a prestigious national designation granted to culturally and historically significant locations of exceptional value, offering them the highest level of legal protection and preservation.
B. National Historic Site of Japan
A National Historic Site of Japan is a culturally and historically significant location officially protected by the Japanese government for its heritage value.
C. Registered Monuments of Japan
Registered Monuments of Japan are officially recognized natural or historic sites, scenic places, and monuments designated by the Japanese government for preservation under its cultural property protection system.
D. Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.
E. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
The Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto are a group of temples, shrines, and historic sites in Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu that collectively showcase the cultural, religious, and architectural legacy of Japan’s former imperial capital.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Heritage Sites in Japan
Target entity description: World Heritage Sites in Japan are culturally and naturally significant locations across the country that have been inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List for their outstanding universal value.

A. Special Historic Site of Japan
The Special Historic Site of Japan is a prestigious national designation granted to culturally and historically significant locations of exceptional value, offering them the highest level of legal protection and preservation.
B. National Historic Site of Japan
A National Historic Site of Japan is a culturally and historically significant location officially protected by the Japanese government for its heritage value.
C. Registered Monuments of Japan
Registered Monuments of Japan are officially recognized natural or historic sites, scenic places, and monuments designated by the Japanese government for preservation under its cultural property protection system.
D. Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island)
Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) is a UNESCO World Heritage ensemble of late 19th- and early 20th-century industrial facilities that illustrate Japan’s rapid transformation into a modern industrialized nation.
E. Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto
The Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto are a group of temples, shrines, and historic sites in Kyoto, Uji, and Otsu that collectively showcase the cultural, religious, and architectural legacy of Japan’s former imperial capital.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage listing ⓘ
administeredBy	Agency for Cultural Affairs of Japan ⓘ Ministry of the Environment of Japan ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
designatedBy	UNESCO ⓘ
governedBy	World Heritage Convention ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Convention
hasPart	Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island ⓘ Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area ⓘ Cultural World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration ⓘ Gusuku Sites and Related Properties of the Kingdom of Ryukyu ⓘ Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region ⓘ linked to: World Heritage cultural landscape (Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region) Himeji-jo ⓘ linked to: Himeji Castle Hiraizumi – Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land ⓘ Hiroshima Peace Memorial (Genbaku Dome) ⓘ linked to: A-Bomb Dome Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto (Kyoto, Uji and Otsu Cities) ⓘ linked to: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara ⓘ Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama ⓘ linked to: Shirakawa-go region Hokkaido, Northern Tohoku, and other Jomon archaeological sites ⓘ Itsukushima Shinto Shrine ⓘ linked to: Itsukushima Shrine Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape ⓘ Jomon Prehistoric Sites in Northern Japan ⓘ linked to: Sannai-Maruyama archaeological site Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group: Mounded Tombs of Ancient Japan ⓘ linked to: Sakai Mozu Kofun Group Natural World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ Ogasawara Islands ⓘ Sacred Island of Okinoshima and Associated Sites in the Munakata Region ⓘ Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range ⓘ Shirakami-Sanchi ⓘ Shiretoko ⓘ linked to: Shiretoko National Park Shrines and Temples of Nikko ⓘ linked to: Shrines and Temples of Nikkō Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining ⓘ linked to: Sites of Japan’s Meiji Industrial Revolution (including Hashima Island) The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo component) ⓘ linked to: The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites ⓘ Yakushima ⓘ
includesType	cultural heritage ⓘ mixed heritage ⓘ natural heritage ⓘ
languageOfOfficialDocumentation	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	East Asia ⓘ
partOf	World Heritage Sites by country ⓘ
recognizedFor	outstanding universal value ⓘ
relatedList	Tentative World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ
seeAlso	Cultural Properties of Japan ⓘ National Parks of Japan ⓘ linked to: Japanese national parks system UNESCO World Heritage Sites ⓘ linked to: UNESCO World Heritage Site
selectionCriteria	UNESCO cultural criteria (i–vi) ⓘ UNESCO natural criteria (vii–x) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Treasures of Japan → relatedConcept → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range → partOf → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon → category → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

Japan Heritage program → relatedTo → World Heritage in Japan ⓘ

linked to: World Heritage Sites in Japan

Yumedono → hasCategory → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

subject linked to: Yumedono (Hall of Dreams)

Konda Gobyōyama Kofun → category → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

Quasi-National Parks of Japan → relatedTo → World Heritage Sites in Japan ⓘ

Cultural Properties of Japan → relatedTo → UNESCO World Heritage in Japan ⓘ