Site Prefecture Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Ref Herring Fishery Architecture鰊漁場建築 nishin gyoba kenchiku Hokkaidō Ishikari , Obira , Otaru , Rumoi , Suttsu , Tomari , Yoichi seven elements: the Former Hanada Family Banya (旧花田家番屋 ) (ICP dating to 1905,[5] pictured ); Former Rumoi Saga Family Fishery (旧留萌佐賀家漁場 ) (in use from 1844 to 1957, Historic Site ,[6] a collection of 3,745 related tools is an Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property [7] ); Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum (石狩市はまます郷土資料館 ) ; Otaru Nishin Goten (小樽市鰊御殿 ) (Former Tanaka Family Banya (旧田中家番屋 ) ); Former Yoichi Fukuhara Fishery (旧余市福原漁場 ) ; Tomari Nishin Goten (鰊御殿とまり ) (Former Kawamura Family Banya (旧川村家番屋 ) , Former Takei Family Lodge (旧武井邸客殿 ) ); Suttsu Nishin Goten (鰊御殿 ) 44°08′14″N 141°39′19″E / 44.13710644°N 141.65530403°E / 44.13710644; 141.65530403 (Former Hanada Family Banya ) [1] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Former Shimo-Yoichi Unjōya 旧下ヨイチ運上家 kyū-Shimo-Yoichi unjōya Hokkaidō Yoichi built by the Matsumae Domain to facilitate trade and exchange between the Wajin and the Ainu 43°11′52″N 140°47′17″E / 43.197860°N 140.788158°E / 43.197860; 140.788158 (Former Shimo-Yoichi Unjōya ) [2] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Shimamaki Fukuroma 袋澗 fukuroma Hokkaidō Shimamaki temporary herring storage facility 42°44′02″N 140°05′26″E / 42.733971°N 140.090576°E / 42.733971; 140.090576 (Shimamaki Fukuroma ) [3] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Yokoyama House横山家 Yokoyama-ke Hokkaidō Esashi 41°52′01″N 140°07′31″E / 41.866896°N 140.125187°E / 41.866896; 140.125187 (Yokoyama House ) [4] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Ishizaki Fishing Port Tunnel石崎漁港トンネル航路 Ishizaki gyokō tonneru kōro Hokkaidō Kaminokuni 41°42′19″N 140°01′19″E / 41.705150°N 140.022042°E / 41.705150; 140.022042 (Ishizaki Fishing Port Tunnel ) [5] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Hakodate Fishing Port Entrance Breakwater函館漁港船入澗防波堤 Hakodate gyokō funairima bōhatei Hokkaidō Hakodate 41°46′24″N 140°42′00″E / 41.773343°N 140.699872°E / 41.773343; 140.699872 (Hakodate Fishing Port Entrance Breakwater ) [6] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Collection of 67 mudamahagi -type Fishing Boats from the Tsugaru Strait and Surrounding Areas津軽海峡及び周辺地域のムダマハギ型漁船コレクション67隻 Tsugaru-kaikyō oyobi shūhen chiiki no mudamahagi-gata gyosen korekushon 67-seki Aomori Aomori Important Tangible Folk Cultural Property ;[8] at the Aomori Museum of History 40°50′15″N 140°43′32″E / 40.837497°N 140.725477°E / 40.837497; 140.725477 (Collection of 67 mudamahagi -type Fishing Boats from the Tsugaru Strait and Surrounding Areas ) [7] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Fishing Gear and Beach Hut漁撈用具と浜小屋 gyorō-yō gu to hama-goya Aomori Hachinohe 40°29′42″N 141°37′47″E / 40.495051°N 141.629637°E / 40.495051; 141.629637 (Fishing Gear and Beach Hut ) [8] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Tsukuehama Fishing Village Banya机浜漁村番屋群 Tsukuehama gyoson banya-gun Iwate Tanohata 39°58′27″N 141°56′30″E / 39.974127°N 141.941541°E / 39.974127; 141.941541 (Tsukuehama Fishing Village Banya ) [9] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Sanriku Tsunami Facilities三陸津波伝承施設 Sanriku tsunami denshō shisetsu Iwate Kamaishi , Miyako two elements: the Tarō Sea Wall (田老防潮堤 ) and Ryōishi Tsunami Memorials (両石津波記念碑 ) 39°44′06″N 141°58′26″E / 39.734883°N 141.973920°E / 39.734883; 141.973920 (Sanriku Tsunami Facilities ) [10] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Cape Ne Tiger-Ladder Dance and Kurosaki Jinja根岬はしご虎舞と黒崎神社 Ne-saki hashi go-tora-mai to Kurosaki Jinja Iwate Rikuzentakata the shrine was founded in 1172; the festival takes place every four years on the tenth day of the ninth month of the old lunar calendar, using ladders twenty metres long 38°57′16″N 141°43′24″E / 38.954424°N 141.723295°E / 38.954424; 141.723295 (Sanriku Tsunami Facilities ) [11] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Shiogama Minato Matsuri and Parade Boat みなと祭り と御座船Minato matsuri to go-zasen Miyagi Shiogama 38°19′09″N 141°01′44″E / 38.319244°N 141.028951°E / 38.319244; 141.028951 (Minato Matsuri and Parade Boat ) [12] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Yuri Coast Sea Wall 由利海岸波除石垣 Yuri-kaigan nami-yoke ishigaki Akita Nikaho 39°16′51″N 139°55′18″E / 39.28091418°N 139.92169181°E / 39.28091418; 139.92169181 (Yuri Coast Sea Wall ) [13] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Jūroku Rakan Iwa 十六羅漢岩 Jūroku Rakan iwa Yamagata Yuza 39°04′24″N 139°52′05″E / 39.073342°N 139.868193°E / 39.073342; 139.868193 (Jūroku Rakan Iwa ) [14] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Matsukawa Bay Entrance松川浦 の浦口Matsukawa-ura no ura-guchi Fukushima Sōma 37°49′34″N 140°58′32″E / 37.826007°N 140.975507°E / 37.826007; 140.975507 (Matsukawa Bay Entrance ) [15] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Hitachi Ōtsu Ofuna-matsuri and Festival Boats常陸大津の御船祭 と祭事船Hitachi Ōtsu no ofuna-matsuri to saiji-sen Ibaraki Kitaibaraki 36°49′39″N 140°47′02″E / 36.827603°N 140.783757°E / 36.827603; 140.783757 (Yamamoto Family Residence ) [16] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Hobiki-bune 帆びき船 Hobiki-bune Ibaraki Itako , Kasumigaura , Namegata , Tsuchiura 36°04′40″N 140°12′31″E / 36.077893°N 140.208673°E / 36.077893; 140.208673 (Hobiki-bune ) [17] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Yamamoto Family Residence山本家住宅 Yamamoto-ke jūtaku Ibaraki Kamisu 35°53′06″N 140°40′42″E / 35.884890°N 140.678438°E / 35.884890; 140.678438 (Yamamoto Family Residence ) [18] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine History of the Development of the Fishing Industry in Chōshi 銚子漁業開拓の歴史 Chōshi gyogyō kaitaku no rekishi Chiba Chōshi three elements: Kawaguchi Jinja (川口神社 ) , Senninzuka (千人塚 ) , and Tokawa Fishing Village (外川漁村 ) 35°44′18″N 140°51′20″E / 35.738266°N 140.855421°E / 35.738266; 140.855421 (Kawaguchi Jinja ) [19] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Iwafune Jizō岩船地蔵尊 Iwafune Jizō-son Chiba Isumi 35°12′27″N 140°23′35″E / 35.207611°N 140.392998°E / 35.207611; 140.392998 (Iwafune Jizō ) [20] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Minamibōsō Whaling Tradition Facilities南房総捕鯨伝承施設 Minamibōsō hogei denshō shisetsu Chiba Kyonan , Minamibōsō three elements: the Wada Bay Whale Body Treatment Area (和田浦鯨体処理場 ) , Chōshō-ji (長性寺ほか ) , and Daigo Shinbee Graves and Whale Mound (醍醐新兵衛 墓所、鯨塚ほか ) 35°02′09″N 140°00′54″E / 35.035757°N 140.014923°E / 35.035757; 140.014923 (Wada Bay Whale Body Treatment Area ) [21] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Funabashi Daijingū Lighthouse 船橋大神宮灯明台 Funabashi Daijingū tōmyō-dai Chiba Funabashi built in 1880 in the grounds of Ōhi Jinja 35°12′27″N 140°23′35″E / 35.207611°N 140.392998°E / 35.207611; 140.392998 (Funabashi Daijingū Lighthouse ) [22] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Sites Related to the Fishing Industry of Edo-Tōkyō: Tsukuda-jima , Nihonbashi , Tsukiji 江戸東京漁業ゆかりの地佃島 ・日本橋・築地 Edo Tōkyō gyogyō yukari no chi Tōkyō Chūō 35°41′03″N 139°46′37″E / 35.684271°N 139.777002°E / 35.684271; 139.777002 (Nihonbashi ) [23] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Takamori Lighthouse高森灯台 Takamori tōdai Tōkyō Niijima 34°19′56″N 139°13′13″E / 34.332262°N 139.220292°E / 34.332262; 139.220292 (Takamori Lighthouse ) [24] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Five Wasen 和船 5艘wasen go-sō Kanagawa Yokosuka 35°16′28″N 139°40′25″E / 35.274536°N 139.673634°E / 35.274536; 139.673634 (Five Wasen ) [25] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Fishing Tradition of Manazuru真鶴の漁業伝統 Manazuru no gyogyō dentō Kanagawa Manazuru two elements: the Kibune Festival Kobaya-bune (貴船まつりの小早船 ) and Uotsuki Protected Forest (魚つき保安林 ) (in 1672, concerned by deforestation, the Odawara Domain gave 150,000 pine saplings to each village) 35°08′43″N 139°09′10″E / 35.145150°N 139.152678°E / 35.145150; 139.152678 (Uotsuki Protected Forest ) [26] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Ado-ike安戸池 Ado-ike Kagawa Higashikagawa popular for mullet -fishing until the Meiji period 34°14′31″N 134°23′45″E / 34.241816°N 134.395721°E / 34.241816; 134.395721 (Ado-ike ) [27] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Minoura Fishing Port箕浦漁港 Minoura gyokō Kagawa Kan'onji 34°14′31″N 134°23′45″E / 34.241816°N 134.395721°E / 34.241816; 134.395721 (Minoura Fishing Port ) [28] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Monument to Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker ドゥルー女史記念碑 Dōrū-jo shi kinen-hi Kumamoto Uto 32°42′31″N 130°35′25″E / 32.708745°N 130.590176°E / 32.708745; 130.590176 (Monument to Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker ) [29] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Utase-bune うたせ船 ofuna-yori Kumamoto Ashikita 32°18′05″N 130°28′52″E / 32.301440°N 130.481037°E / 32.301440; 130.481037 (Utase-bune ) [30] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Sakitsu Church 﨑津天主堂 Sakitsu tenshūdō Kumamoto Amakusa Sakitsu Village (崎津集落 ) is inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region [9] 32°18′45″N 130°01′33″E / 32.312408°N 130.025790°E / 32.312408; 130.025790 (Sakitsu Church ) [31] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Ofuna-yori 御船寄 ofuna-yori Ōita Nakatsu 33°36′41″N 131°11′34″E / 33.611447°N 131.192882°E / 33.611447; 131.192882 (Ofuna-yori ) [32] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Seven Wonders of Hime-shima 姫島七不思議 Hime-shima nana fushigi Ōita Kunisaki two elements: Ukisu (浮洲 ) and Sennindō (千人堂 ) 33°44′06″N 131°39′10″E / 33.735021°N 131.652682°E / 33.735021; 131.652682 [33] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Hoto-jima Village保戸島 集落Hoto-jima shūraku Ōita Tsukumi 33°06′18″N 132°00′25″E / 33.104895°N 132.006820°E / 33.104895; 132.006820 (Ofuna-yori ) [34] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Story of Abaratsu Port 油津の港 物語Abaratsu no minato monogatari Miyazaki Nichinan three elements: the Horikawa Canal (堀川運河 ) ; Sugimura Hardware Store Main Building and Storehouse (杉村金物本店主家・倉庫 ) ; Choro-bune (チョロ船 ) 31°35′05″N 131°24′07″E / 31.584606°N 131.401858°E / 31.584606; 131.401858 (Horikawa Canal ) [35] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Outrigger Utase-bune 桁打瀬船 keta-utase-bune Kagoshima Izumi by 2005 their number had dwindled to 5 32°06′56″N 130°17′40″E / 32.115688°N 130.294360°E / 32.115688; 130.294360 (Outrigger Fishing Boats ) [36] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Kashima Island Resident Life Centre鹿島離島住民生活センター Kashima ritō jūmin seikatsu sentā Kagoshima Satsumasendai former headquarters of the local fishing cooperative 31°46′38″N 129°47′35″E / 31.777128°N 129.793174°E / 31.777128; 129.793174 (Kashima Island Resident Life Centre ) [37] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Hashima Fishing Port羽島漁港 Hashima gyokō Kagoshima Ichikikushikino 31°45′12″N 130°11′53″E / 31.753451°N 130.198081°E / 31.753451; 130.198081 (Hashima Fishing Port ) [38] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Statues of Hara Kō , Developer of the Southern Fisheries南方漁場の開拓者原耕 の像 nanpō gyojō no kaitaku-sha Hara Kō no zō Kagoshima Makurazaki , Minamisatsuma 31°16′14″N 130°17′21″E / 31.270666°N 130.289256°E / 31.270666; 130.289256 (Statues of Hara Kō, Developer of the Southern Fisheries ) [39] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Santinmō - Hakugindō山巓毛 と白銀堂Santinmō to Hakugindō Okinawa Itoman 26°07′48″N 127°40′13″E / 26.130001°N 127.670258°E / 26.130001; 127.670258 (Santinmō - Hakugindō ) [40] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine Fish Wall 魚垣 nagaki Okinawa Miyakojima 24°50′09″N 125°08′43″E / 24.835837°N 125.145184°E / 24.835837; 125.145184 (Ishikari City Hamamasu Folk Museum ) [41] Archived 2020-08-19 at the Wayback Machine