⑮ Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park ⑨ Bandai-Asahi National Park S O Y A S TRAI T ① Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park REBUN Is. T Designation: 1936/02/01 Designation: 1950/09/05 T SOYA B. Designation: 1974/09/20 RAI T This is the northernmost national park in . Mt. Fuji, a World Cultural Heritage site inscribed in This park is composed of many mountains. Mt. RISHIRI Is. STRAI BUNMt.Rishi S ri June 2013, rises high in a vast stretch of forests Dewa-Sanzan is famous for mountain worship, Mt. ⑧ IRI Mt. Rishiri soars majestically above the sea. National Parks of Japan Sanriku Fukko National Park RE H and several lakes. The Hakone area features Asahi, Mt. Iide and Mt. Bandai are also located (Sanriku Reconstruction National Park) RIS Rebun Island has many alpine plants such as 1721 Mt.Horoshiri Rebunsou (Oxytropis megalantha). Sarobetsu several volcanoes, volcanic vents and lakes. Izu within the park boundaries. The view of Urabandai Designation: 1955/05/02 ①RISHIRI-REBUN- Peninsula offers scenic mountains, seashores, and Lake Inawashiro is beautiful. This park is sur- Plain, abundant in marsh plants, and Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment and a chain of characteristic islands in the ocean, rounded by mountains, forests and a lot of lakes. This park extends for 250 km from Kabushima in SAROBETSU N.P.427 Tonbatsu Riv. Wakasakanai' s dunes contribute to the exciting Aomori prefecture to Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi landscape. Izu-shichito. Antelopes and black bears live in this park. Teshio Riv. prefecture. Its northern part is a coastline composed of uninterrupted dynamic cliffs, while ⑯ Chubusangaku National Park ⑩ Nikko National Park its southern part forms a delicately-rugged (Chubu Mountains National Park) Designation: 1934/12/04 coastline. The park offers a breeding place for TEURI Is. black-tailed gulls, petrels, etc. It was reorganized Designation: 1934/12/04 Features various aspects: a histrical architecture, YAGISHIRI Is. on 24 May 2013 as a contribution to the recovery This mountainous park has a series of mountains Nikko Toshogu; a summer retreat on a mountain, of the Sanriku area which was severely damaged Mt.Pittshiri Ministry of the Environment over 3,000m, including Mt. Shirouma, Mt. Tateyama, Chuzenji Lake; and Senjo-gahara gorge such as Mt.Piyashiri by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Mt. Yari, Mt. Hotaka and Mt. Norikura of the Kinugawa and Shiobara, and the foot of Mt.Nasu J A PAN SEA 1032Lake Shumarinai Northern alps. Rivers and streams such as the are very beautiful. The park is close to Tokyo and ( NIHON S EA) 987

easily accessible. . Kurobe River and Azusa River are beautiful. There v i Mt.Utsu-dake R v. OKH O TSK SEA are a number of flower gardens in Mida-gahara, u Ri Hokkaido Regional ry u U s (OHO TSUKU SEA) et Goshiki-gahara, etc. Alpine plants are beautiful in 818 b Environment Office u the summer. This area is an important habitat of Mt.Shokanbetsu-dake Y ⑪ v. ㉕ Daisen-Oki National Park ㉑ Ise-Shima National Park Mt.Teshio-dake L Ri the ptarmigan. a o ke r 1492 Sa ko Designation: 2007/08/30 r o Designation: 1936/02/01 Designation: 1946/11/20 Mt.Yobetsu-dake om T 1558 a Lake Notoro KU The Japan' most prominent mountain wetlands, ISHIKARI B. Mt.Pinneshiri Sorac Mt.Niseikaushuppe This park embraces a mountainous area from Mt. This park contains islets and bays such as Toba, hi ⑰ Myoko-Togakushi renzan National Park 1298 Is R 1883 N h i Mt.Asahi-dake Mt.Shiretoko-dake A Oze Mash. Oze-gahara has many moor plants ika v. Hiruzen to Mt. Daisen (1,729m), the highest peak Matoya, Ago and Gokasho. Ise-Jingu Shrine is (Myoko-Togakushi Mountains National Park) ri S Ri ②SHIRETOKO N.P. T HIR v. 1100 Mt.Kitami-fuji Mt.Chacha Mt.Berutarube Lake Tofutsu Mt.Io-zan 1822 in the Chugoku district. The park also features the important religiously, historically and culturally. such as mizu-basho(Lysichiton camtschatcense). Lake Abashiri 1221 2290 1254 RAI I Designation: 2015/03/27 Shirib T STRAI etsu Ri ⑤DAISETSUZAN N.P. Mt.Rausu-dake Oki Archipelago, the Shimane Peninsula and Mt. There are natural forests formed by cedars and Mt.Raiden Mt.Yoichi-dake Mt.Tomuraushi 1562 S v. Mt.Ishika1291ri-dake O Consist of concentrated chain of volcanos such Mt.Tokachi-dake Mt.Nishi-kumaneshiri-dake Mt.Unabetsu-dake 1660 R KUNASHIRI Is. Sanbe. Mt. Daisen has precipitous cliffs, and Oki Japanese red pines behind the shrine. Mt.Nisekoannupuri Mt.Furano-dake Mt.Nipesotu T SAPPORO Mt.Ashibetsu-dake 2141 Mt.Mokoto as Mt. Myoko and Mt. Izuna and non-volcanic Mt.Kariba 1211 1488 2077 Mt.Upepesan1966 ke Mt.Shari-dake 888 Archipelago has bluffs and caves eroded by sea- 1547 Mt.Sapporo-dake 1635 Mt.Kitoushi 1419 NEMU. 1309 1912 2013 iv mountains such as Mt. Amakazari. Lake Nojiri, OKU Mt.Yotei Mt.Shibetsu-dake R water. Mt.Konbu-dake Mt.Yuba1726ri-dake 1000 u ③AKAN N.P.Lake Kussharo tsN Lake Tofutsu 1520 be dammed lake, is famous for fossil excavation of 1898 Mt.Eniwa-dake 1848 Lake Akan hi O 1293 Mt.Oakan-dake S TS Lake Shikotsu 1312 S Mt.Meakan-dake Lake Mashu 1045 1061 UKE Palaeoloxodon naunmanni. The park also has 1668HOKKAIDO K HIRI Mt.Fuppushi-dake Lake Toya u 1320 Mt.Akan-fuji s S ⑫ Joshin'etsukogen National Park 1370 h Mt.Kamui HI SHIKOTAN Is. interesting cultural sites such as Togakushi Mt.Ususan Mt.Showa-shinzan i S ㉒ San'inkaigan National Park Mt.Tarumae 1499 r Mt.Ukotakinupuri T (Joshin'etsu Highland National Park) 1476 o K OKUSHIRI Is. R 1102 R O Shrine famous for Japanese Amanoiwato myth. AI (San'in Coast National Park) S Mt.Yurappu-dake 1041 . T i B ㉖ v 585 Mt.Memuro-dake A T T UCHIURA733 B398. ⑥SHIKOTSU- . O Mt.Nukabira R N Designation: 1949/09/07 747 ④KUSHIRO U RAI SHIBOTSU Is. Designation: 1955/03/16 Designation: 1963/07/15 EM STRAI 1277 Mt.Horoshiri-dake N SUISHO Is. . 1754 This Park consists of a highland and its surrounding TOYA N.P. v Mt.Nukkibetsu-da1350 ke Lake Furen This is a marine park that covers the 75km-long ⑱ Minami Alps National Park T 1318 SHITSUGEN N.P. This park consists of more than 400 islands, large Mt.Otobe-dake Mu Ri T (South Alps National Park) chain of mountains through Gunma, Nagano and Mt.Kamuiekuuchikaushi and small, including Hirado, the Kujukushima seacoast from Amino of Oku-Tango Peninsula to Mt.Komaga-take 2052 Lake Akkeshi Niigata prefectures. This park features a number of HABOMAI ISLANDS Islands, and the Goto (Five Islands) Archipelago, the sand dunes of Tottori. There are beautiful Designation: 1964/06/01 1017 O Marsh volcanoes including Mt. Asama, Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane Mt.1980Petegari-dake 1131 T extending over the northwestern extremity of caves eroded by seawater. One of the main fea- Mt.Yokotsu-dake o This park extends into Yamanashi, Nagano and Mt.Kamui-dake k AKKESHI B. and Mt. Tanigawa, which are 2,000m class. On the a v. ch Kyushu. The Goto Islands have high cliffs, and tures of this park are the sand dunes of Tottori, ai Ri 1736 Shizuoka prefectures. There are many mountains n i Ri other hand, spacious highlands such as Shiga Kogen 1167 Shizu Fukue Island has rare volcanic formations (aspite- some of which reach the height of 100m. There are 1600 v over 3,000m such as Mt. Kitadake (3,193m), the and Sugadaira are found in everywhere. Mt.Daisengen-dake . plants such as Hamabohu (Glehnia) which are Mt.Esan Mt.Rakko-dake homate, or cinder-cone) second highest peak in Japan. Alpine plants live in Kushiro Nature Conservation Office peculiar to the sand dunes and the severe environ- 1072 Mt. Kitadake and Mt. Senjogatake, and indigenous ⑬ Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park 618 Mt.Apoi-da1471 ke ment of this area. plants can also be seen in this area. T Designation: 1950/07/10 T RAI Mt.Toyoni-dake R U S 810 There are many coniferous and broadleaf trees and TSUGA ㉗ Unzen-Amakusa National Park ㉓ Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park 1105 Designation: 1934/03/16 (Ashizuri-Uwa Sea National Park) old stratum mountains such as Mt. Kumotori and Mt.Osore ② ⑲ Mt. Mitake. Near Tokyo, this park provides the This park is located in the middle of the Shimabara Designation: 1972/11/10 (Mt Hakusan National Park ) Lake Jusan 828 Designation: 1964/06/01 headwaters for the Arakawa, Chikuma and Tama Ak Peninsula, and the islands of Amakusa. The Unzen This marine park at the southernmost tip of Designation: 1962/11/12 rivers. Natural forests and gorges offer good recre- aish MUTSU B. This park is highly primeval.Sea eagles,Blakiston's i Ri area lies in the hillside of Mt. Fugen, which is v . Shikoku Island extends into Ehime and Kochi pre- ational sites. Mt. Mitake and Mt. Mitsumine are . v AO- NOHEJI B. fish-owls and blown bears live in the district. The Hakusan has been regarded as one of the three i famous for the volcanic activity which occurred in R MORI B. fectures, and gives the visitor the illusion of being in ancient places of mountain worship. i view of the Shiretoko mountain chain from the five most sacred mountains in Japan, along with Mt. k Mt.Iwaki a AOMORI 1990. The Unzen area has many hot springs, and w lakes is splemdid. The west side of the Shiretoko the subtropics. The Ashizuri Promontory offers a Fuji and Mt. Tateyama, and has long been the I is a summer resort. The Amakusa area has 120 Mt.Shirakami-dake magnificent view, with many tall and steep cliffs, object of religious worship. This park is rich in AOMORI Peninsula is covered with drift ice during the winter. 1625 Mt.Hakkoda islands, large and small, in the Ariake and and Uwakai has a Rias coastline and islands. Lake Ogawara Inscribed on the World Heritage on July 2005. alpine plants. Many plants have been named after 1235 Yatsushiro Seas. Mt.Kushiga-mine O Tatsukushi, a marine park, offers various views of Hakusan. This area is famous as a habitat for black 1584 ira se Ri Mt.Tashiro-dake 1516 v. coral and tropical fish. bears and antelopes. Yoneshiro Riv. 1178 Lake Towada ⑭ ⑦TOWADA- Mabechi Riv. ③ Akan National Park ㉘ Aso-Kuju National Park ㉔ ⑳ Yoshino-Kumano National Park Designation: 1972/10/16 Mt.Hashikami- Mt.Kanpu dake Designation: 1934/12/04 Designation: 1934/12/04 (Setonaikai Sea National Park) This park is composed of over 30 islands, including HACHIMANTAI N.P. Designation: 1936/02/01 This is a volcanic park, featuring such volcanoes as 740 Designation: 1934/03/16 the two main islands of Chichijima and Hahajima. 355 Mt.Moriyoshi This mountainous park has many volcanoes and The central mountainous area of the Kii Peninsula Mt.Nanashigure ⑥ Shikotsu-Toya National Park Mt. Meakan. There are many rare plants such as The Ogasawara archipelago is located 1,000-1,200 Mt.Yake the world's largest caldera basin, whose circumfer- Mt.Taihe This park contains about 3,000 islets. The park fea- and meandering rivers and seashore in the south- 1454 Kuji Riv. Marimo (Cladophora aegagropila) in the Lake Akan Omono Riv. Designation: 1949/05/16 km south of Tokyo. It is the smallest subtropical Mt.Hachimantai1063 ence is about 100km. The Aso area has a magnifi- tures scenery of the calm inland sea and many eastern part of the peninsula form this park. Mt. AKITA 1366 area. Lake Mashu is known for one of the world's national park in Japan. The main feature of this park 1170 1614 Lake Shikotsu and Lake Toya, along with active cent view of Aso-Gogaku Five Mountains, including islands. One such view is of the Bisan Archipelago Yoshino is noted for its cherry blossoms, and Mt. Mt.Komaga-take clearest lakes. Lake Kussharo, which is surrounded is its many indigenous plants and animals. Inscribed Mt.Iwate volcanoes such as Mt. Yotei, Mt. Usu, Mt. Showa- meadows and the active volcano, Mt. Naka-Dake. from Mt. Washu. The white beach sand and green Omine is worshipped by ascetic devotees. There Lake Tazawa 2038 ⑧SANRIKU FUKKO by hot springs, commands splendid views. AKITA 1637 The Kuju Range and Mt. Yufu-Dake offer great on the World Natural Heritage List on June 2011. shinzan and the newly formed Mt. Tarumae pro- pines, such as those found on along the are many cliffs along the coast from Owase to the Koyoshi Riv. Mt.Waga-take MORIOKA (reconstraction) vide many characteristic views. Lake Toya is views of the Kuju area. The region is famous for its Shibukawa coast and Keino-Matsuno, as well as Shiono Promontory. Various kinds of scenery can TOBI Is. Mt.Mahiru-dake famous as the northernmost ice-free lake in Japan. wild azaleas. cultivated land present scenery of harmonious be seen in this area. 1440 Mt.Hayachine ④ Kushiroshitsugen National Park beauty. 1060 MIYAKO B. (Kushiro Marsh National Park) 1914 Mt.Chokai IWATE

Mogami Riv. 2230 Designation: 1987/07/31 Mt.Yakeishi-dake This park covers Kushiro marsh, the largest in the 1548 Mt.Goyo-zan country. The meandering Kushiro River and the HEGURA Is. Mt.Kamuro Mt.Kurikoma KAMAISHI B. AWA Is. vast moor are visible from observatories in the SADO Is. 1365 Mt.Arao-dake YAMAGATA 1627 1351 park. Sacred cranes (Grus japonensis) breed in the Mt.Kinpoku Mt.Gassn RYOTSU B. T 984 marsh. There are lakes and marshes such as Lake Mt.Yudono Mt.Ha 1172 Taro and Shirarutoro marsh in the eastern part of 1500 1984 . . DOGO Is. B v NO Mt.Ito-dake i the park. OKI ISLANDS A 1462 R M STRAI Mt.Asahi-dake Mt.Funagata i Mt.Daimanji m NISHINO Is. 1771 a L E G E N D k KESENNUMA B. ⑤ a Daisetsuzan National Park t MIYAGI i ⑦ Towada-Hachimantai National Park 608 NIIGATA 1870 1500 ADO K (Daisetsu Mountains National Park)

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A than 30 small and large islands and a number of rock reefs. The blue of the KUSAGAKI ISLANDS KINKOWAN N.P. NII Is. M ㉛Amamigunto N.P. I sea is renowned as "Kerama Blue", and the contrast between the bright blue Mt.Kaimon-dake H SHIKINE Is. S S Mt.Yuwan HI ocean and the white of the sand beach is fascinating. The rich ecosystems O B UGA OPEN G U Y MIYAKE Is. 922 A S show various coral reefs in the shoals, and humpback whales breeding in the K HI H SENKAKU ISLANDS Amami-Oshima Is. 694 B surrounding waters. Kerama Islands was the first national park that the area KIKAI Is. . ㉙ Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park ㉛ Amamigunto National Park 32 Yambaru National Park TOKYO was designated as long as 7 km away from the shores for the reason that T (Kirishima-Kinko Bay National Park) (Amami Islands National Park) Designation: 2016/09/15 humpback whales are commonly observed in a wide range of the surrounding STRAI TOKUNO Is. O S UMI Designation: 1934/03/16 Designation: 2017/03/07 ocean. AMAMI ISLANDS Yambaru means an area filled with numerous MIKURA Is. 34 Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park OSUMI ISLANDS In the Kirishima area, there are over 20 volcanoes This national park consists of eight inhabited islands mountains and large forests. This region is covered Designation: 1972/05/15 EASTER N CHI N A S E A T ANEGASHIMA STRAIT such as Mt. Karakuni, and natural forests formed between Kyushu and Okinawa. Its subtropical laurel ( H IGASHI-S HIN A S EA) KUCHINOERABU Is. with subtropical laurel forestland, its terrain defined by IZU ISLANDS This park contains Iriomote Island , Ishigaki Island and other Islands. Roughly 80% of KAGOSHIMA by oaks, Japanese red pines, etc. at the foot of the forests are home to concentrated populations of the geological history of the Ryukyu island chain and TANEGA Is. PA CIFIC OCEAN Iriomote Islands is covered with subtropical trees . There are many rare animals on Mt.Miyanoura-dake mountains. An active volcano and Sakurajima various unique, endangered plants and animals OKINOERABU Is. YAKU Is. ( T AIHEI-Y O ) related formation processes. Okinawa rail and other Iriomote Island such as the Iriomote wildcat. There is a coral reef stretching between 1935 Island are located in the Kinko Bay area. including the Amami rabbit. Furthermore, the islands unique, endangered plants and animals live and YORON Is. Taketomi Island and Ishigaki Island creating the largest coral in Japan. RYUKYU ISLANDS are bordered by the world's northernmost coral reefs breed here. KUME Is. ㉚ and host mangroves, tidelands and a diverse range Mt.Nishi TONAKI Is. OKINAWA ISLANDS of other natural environments. YONAGUNI Is. Mt.Yonaha-dake TOKARA ISLANDS N.P. ㉚ HACHIJO Is. NAGO B. 32Yambaru N.P. (Yakushima Islands Nationa Park) 854Mt.Higashi YAEYAMA ISLANDS OKINAWA ZAMAMI Is. OKINAWA503 Is. 701 Designation: 2012/03/16 TOKASHIKI Is. This park is known for the vertical distribution of NAHA NAKAGUSUKU B. vegetation from seashore to Mt. Miyanoura (1,936m), SAKISHIMA ISLANDS 33KERAMASHOTO N.P. TARAMA Is. the highest peak in Kyushu. There are variety of plant IRIOMOTE Is. Mt.Omoto MIYAKO ISLANDS PA C IFI C OCE A N species more than 1,900 species such as primeval ISHIGAKI Is. MIYAKO Is. 1：2,500,000 TAKETOMI Is. ( T A I HEI- Y O ) natural forests (containing the forest of over 1,000 526 Naha Nature Conservation Office years-old Yaku ceders), endemic species and the HATERUMA Is. 0 50 100 150 200km southern limited species. Inscribed on the World 34IRIOMOTE-ISHIGAKI N.P. Natural Heritage List on December 1993.