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Shirakami-Sanchi 白神山地

Inscribed 1993NaturalAomori, Akita

One of the last and largest remaining stands of primeval Japanese beech forest, a landscape that once covered the mountains of northern Japan after the last Ice Age. The roadless mountains shelter Japanese black bears, macaques, serows and black woodpeckers.

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Inscribed	1993 (UNESCO World Heritage List)
Criteria	(ix) — Natural
Prefectures	Aomori, Akita
UNESCO listing	whc.unesco.org — ref. 663
Coordinates	40.47000, 140.13000 · Open in Google Maps

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Opening hours, admission and the best access routes are managed by each site's local operators and change over time. Start with the official UNESCO listing and the local official tourism pages linked from Wikipedia below, and check the current information before you go.

UNESCO World Heritage Centre: Shirakami-Sanchi
Wikipedia (English): Shirakami-Sanchi
Wikipedia (Japanese): 白神山地
Wikidata: Q501638

Basic data from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Wikidata (CC0).

Shirakami-Sanchi 白神山地

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