This paper concerns the UNESCO World Cultural Registrations of Iwami Ginzan, Hiraizumi, and Kamakura, locations selected for analyses because of their concrete application processes beginning from their registration through to the final recommendations. In my initial analyses, I compared the contents of the recommendations from the applying countries with the contents and examinations from the recommendations by the ICOMOS. Focusing on differences between the characteristic Japanese and international issues that appear to be of elevated concern to the World Heritage Convention of the ICOMOS, my analyses highlighted the problems related to the evaluation and verification of the outstanding universal value. Based on the results from these combined studies, I proceeded to examine the future issues of concern for World Heritage Registration
