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Number of designated national treasures and important cultural properties

Kansai has numerous artworks, crafts and structures that are designated national treasures and important cultural properties. It is a region with the greatest concentration of cultural assets in Japan with around half of all national treasures and important cultural properties, including many historical buildings, artworks and crafts that are also valued by the entire world.


Ranking by number of national treasures
Rank   Arts and Crafts Structures Total
1 Kyoto Prefecture 205 48 253
2 Tokyo Prefecture 235 1 236
3 Nara Prefecture 139 64 203
4 Osaka Prefecture 56 5 61
5 Shiga Prefecture 33 22 55
6 Wakayama Prefecture 29 7 36
7 Hyogo Prefecture 8 11 19
8 Hiroshima Prefecture 12 7 19
9 Kanagawa Prefecture 17 1 18
10 Tochigi Prefecture 10 6 16
  Kansai 470 159 627
  Japan 861 213 1,074

Ranking by number of important cultural properties
Rank   Arts and Crafts Structures Total
1 Tokyo Prefecture 2,254 63  2,317
2 Kyoto Prefecture 1,944 287 2,231
3 Nara Prefecture 1,114 261 1,375
4 Shiga Prefecture 624 179 803
5 Osaka Prefecture 591 96 687
6 Hyogo Prefecture 366 102 468
7 Wakayama Prefecture 305 76 381
8 Kanagawa Prefecture 291 54 345
9 Aichi Prefecture 247 76 323
10 Shizuoka Prefecture 183 32 215
  Kansai 4,944 1,001 5,945
  Japan 10,283 2,317 12,600


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