National Land Numerical Information: World Cultural Heritage Data
国土数値情報 世界文化遺産データ
Questions this data can answer
Q.What are the exact boundaries of World Heritage properties and buffer zones in Nara?
Q.Now that Asuka-Fujiwara is inscribed, how can itineraries link it with the existing three sites?
Overview
GIS polygons of World Heritage property areas and buffer zones in Japan, including three of Nara’s four inscribed sites — the base data for analyzing tourism circuits now that Asuka-Fujiwara has joined them.
Notes: 全国一括ファイルのみの提供のため奈良県分はGISで抽出する。商用利用不可。飛鳥・藤原は2026年7月に登録されたが本データへの反映は未確認（2026-07時点）。次回更新をウォッチ。
- License
- 国土数値情報利用規約（非商用限定）
- Update frequency
- Irregular
- Link last verified
- 2026-07-26
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Nara City Designated Cultural Properties and World Heritage Zone Data
City-designated cultural properties as CSV, plus shapefiles of the property areas, buffer zones and harmonization areas of the World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” — rare GIS-ready data for tourism mapping.
Questions this data can answer
Where exactly are the property areas and buffer zones of Ancient Nara?
CSVSHPUpdated2026-07-26 - 世界遺産世界遺産「飛鳥・藤原」登録推進協議会
Component Parts of the World Heritage “Asuka-Fujiwara”
The official list of all 19 component parts of “Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties”, inscribed on July 26, 2026, at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea — including the Asuka Palace Site, Fujiwara Palace Site, Ishibutai Kofun and Kitora Kofun, each with name, location and designation date.
Questions this data can answer
What are the 19 component parts of Asuka-Fujiwara and where is each located?
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Articles using this data
- Q.Asuka-Fujiwara is now World Heritage — what was decided, and when?
- Q.Where was the capital at Asuka? The palaces that kept moving
- Q.Kitora and Takamatsuzuka murals: what makes them so special?
- Q.Is the highest mountain in the Kinki region really in Nara?
- Q.How do you get from Nara City's World Heritage to Asuka's?
- Q.Is Nara really an ancient capital? When was the capital there?
- Q.What's the difference between Nara and Kyoto?
- Q.How many World Heritage sites does Nara have, and where are they?
- Q.What is Nara actually famous for?
- Q.Asuka's tombs: how do Ishibutai, Takamatsuzuka and Kitora differ?
- Q.How does Asuka-Fujiwara differ from Nara's other World Heritage sites?
- Q.Asuka — what makes it so remarkable?