List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Hokkaidō)

This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Circuit of Hokkaidō.

National Natural Monuments

As of 1 October 2016, forty-seven Natural Monuments have been designated, including six *Special Natural Monuments.

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
*Mount Apoi alpine plant communities アポイ岳高山植物群落 Apoi-dake kōzan shokubutsu gunraku	Samani			42°06′50″N 143°01′55″E	1.3	[1]
*Marimo of Lake Akan Aegagropila linnaei 阿寒湖のマリモ Akan-ko no marimo	Akan			43°27′12″N 144°06′08″E	2.8, 12	[2]
*Shōwa-shinzan 昭和新山 Shōwa-shinzan	Sōbetsu			42°32′33″N 140°51′52″E	3.10	[3]
*Daisetsuzan 大雪山 Daisetsuzan	Kamikawa, Higashikawa, Biei, Shintoku			43°33′04″N 142°49′48″E	4	[4]
*Nopporo Forest Park 野幌原始林 Nopporo genshi-rin	Kitahiroshima			42°59′28″N 141°32′01″E	2.2	[5]
*Japanese crane Grus japonensis タンチョウ Tanchō					1.2	[6]
Hokkaido Canis lupus familiaris 北海道犬 Hokkaidō-ken					1.4	[7]
Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos イヌワシ Inu-washi					1.2	[8]
White-tailed eagle Haliaeetus albicilla オジロワシ Ojiro-washi					1.2	[9]
Steller's sea eagle Haliaeetus pelagicus オオワシ Ō-washi					1.2	[10]
Blakiston's fish owl Bubo blakistoni blakistoni エゾシマフクロウ Ezo-shimafukurō					1.1	[11]
Brent goose Branta bernicla コクガン Kokugan					1.2	[12]
Greater white-fronted goose Anser albifrons マガン Magan					1.2	[13]
Bean goose Anser fabalis ヒシクイ Hishikui					1.2	[14]
Black woodpecker Dryocopus martius クマゲラ Kumagera					1.2	[15]
Eversmann's parnassian Parnassius eversmanni ウスバキチョウ Usubaki-chō					1.2	[16]
Melissa Arctic Oeneis melissa daizetsuzana ダイセツタカネヒカゲ Daisetsu-takanehikage					1.2	[17]
Freija fritillary Clossiana freija アサヒヒョウモン Asahi-hyōmon					1.2	[18]
Grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae ヒメチャマダラセセリ Hime-chamadara-seseri					1.2	[19]
Sakhalin holly blue Celastrina sachalinensis カラフトルリシジミ Karafuto-rurishijimi					1.2	[20]
Yezosaurus fossil Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis エゾミカサリュウ化石 Ezo Mikasa Ryū kaseki	Mikasa	kept at Mikasa City Museum		43°15′41″N 141°57′46″E	3.12	[21]
Breeding grounds of the streaked shearwater Calonectris leucomelas オオミズナギドリ繁殖地 Ōmizunagidori hanshokuchi	Matsumae	on Ōshima		41°30′42″N 139°21′26″E	1.2	[22]
Onnetō Hot Falls manganese oxide generation area オンネトー湯の滝マンガン酸化物生成地 Onnetō yu-no-taki mangan sankabutsu seiseichi	Ashoro			43°22′13″N 143°58′39″E	2.8; 3.1, 8	[23]
Thujopsis and Sakhalin fir habitat Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae Abies sachalinensis var. mayriana ヒノキアスナロおよびアオトドマツ自生地 Hinoki-asunaro oyobi ao-todomatsu jiseichi	Esashi			41°49′11″N 140°12′31″E	2.2, 10	[24]
Maruyama primeval forest 円山原始林 Maruyama genshi-rin	Sapporo			43°02′54″N 141°18′50″E	2.2	[25]
Utasai northernmost limit of the Japanese beech Fagus crenata 歌才ブナ自生北限地帯 Utasai buna jisei hokugen chitai	Kuromatsunai			42°38′46″N 140°19′48″E	2.10	[26]
Kushiro-shitsugen 釧路湿原 Kushiro-shitsugen	Shibecha, Tsurui, Kushiro	see Kushiro-shitsugen National Park, List of Ramsar sites in Japan		43°07′45″N 144°25′20″E	4	[27]
Mount Shiribeshi alpine plant zone 後方羊蹄山の高山植物帯 Shiribeshi-yama no kōzan shokubutsu tai	Kutchan, Kyōgoku, Kimobetsu, Makkari, Niseko			42°49′49″N 140°47′37″E	2.3	[28]
Nemuro Kuruma-ishi 根室車石 Nemuro Kuruma-ishi	Nemuro			43°16′41″N 145°35′20″E	3.7	[29]
Primeval forest by the headwaters of the Saru River 沙流川源流原始林 Sarugawa-genryū genshi-rin	Hidaka			42°58′58″N 142°44′45″E	4	[30]
Lake Harutori common goldfish habitat Carassius auratus 春採湖ヒブナ生息地 Harutori-ko hibuna seisokuchi	Kushiro			42°58′20″N 144°24′13″E	1.3	[31]
Memanbetsu wetland plant communities 女満別湿生植物群落 Memanbetsu shitsusei shokubutsu gunraku	Ōzora			43°56′05″N 144°10′48″E	2.2	[32]
Kojima, Matsumae 松前小島 Matsumae Kojima	Matsumae			41°21′35″N 139°48′20″E	4	[33]
Natural forests of Yagishiri 焼尻の自然林 Yagishiri no shinzen-rin	Haboro			44°26′21″N 141°25′12″E	2.2	[34]
Moiwa primeval forest 藻岩原始林 Moiwa genshi-rin	Sapporo			43°01′36″N 141°19′33″E	2.2	[35]
Daikoku Island seabird breeding grounds 大黒島海鳥繁殖地 Daikoku-jima kaichō hanshokuchi	Akkeshi			42°57′01″N 144°52′09″E	1.2	[36]
Teuri Island seabird breeding grounds 天売島海鳥繁殖地 Teuri-tō kaichō hanshokuchi	Haboro			44°25′09″N 141°17′41″E	1.2	[37]
Noboribetsu primeval forest 登別原始林 Noboribetsu genshi-rin	Noboribetsu			42°29′45″N 141°09′15″E	2.2	[38]
Shibetsu Marsh 標津湿原 Shibetsu-shitsugen	Shibetsu			43°40′34″N 145°06′36″E	4	[39]
Horoman Japanese white pine habitat Pinus parviflora 幌満ゴヨウマツ自生地 Horoman goyōmatsu jiseichi	Samani			42°06′00″N 143°03′32″E	2.2	[40]
Kiritappu peat-forming plant communities 霧多布泥炭形成植物群落 Kiritappu deitan keisei shokubutsu gunraku	Hamanaka			43°05′38″N 145°04′48″E	2.6	[41]
Nayoro loess dolls 名寄高師小僧 Nayoro takashi kozō	Nayoro			44°22′05″N 142°22′50″E	3.1, 4	[42]
Nayoro bell stone 名寄鈴石 Nayoro suzu-ishi	Nayoro			44°19′45″N 142°28′42″E	3.1, 7	[43]
Mount Yūbari alpine plant communities and serpentinite mélange zone 夕張岳の高山植物群落および蛇紋岩メランジュ帯 Yūbari-dake no kōzan shokubutsu gunraku oyobi jamon-gan meranju-tai	Yūbari			43°06′11″N 142°14′12″E	2.2, 3	[44]
Cape Ochiishi Sakai rhododendron habitat Rhododendron parvifolium 落石岬のサカイツツジ自生地 Ochiishi-misaki no sakai-tsutsuji jiseichi	Nemuro			43°09′54″N 145°30′23″E	2.10	[45]
Wakoto Minminzemi zone Hyalessa maculaticollis 和琴ミンミンゼミ発生地 Wakoto minminzemi hassei-chi	Teshikaga			43°35′02″N 144°18′47″E	1.2	[46]
River Uzura northernmost native limit of the Japanese white pine Pinus parviflora 鶉川ゴヨウマツ自生北限地帯 Uzura-gawa goyōmatsu jisei hokugen chitai	Assabu			41°59′25″N 140°25′34″E	2.10	[47]

This list is complete and up to date as of October 2016.

Prefectural Natural Monuments

As of 21 September 2016, thirty-three Natural Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Kayabe Chestnut Forest Castanea crenata 茅部の栗林 Kayabe no kuri-bayashi	Mori			42°06′13″N 140°34′35″E		[48]
Calcareous sinter of Futamata Onsen 二股温泉の石灰華 Futamata Onsen no sekkaika	Oshamambe			42°34′36″N 140°14′22″E		[49]
Andesite columnar jointing of Cape Shibi, Otobe 乙部鮪ノ岬の安山岩柱状節理 Otobe Shibi-no-misaki no anzangan chūjō setsuri	Otobe			42°02′12″N 140°04′58″E		[50]
Japanese yew of Kogane Taxus cuspidata 黄金水松 Kogane mizumatsu	Ashibetsu			43°35′25″N 142°13′14″E		[51]
Potholes of Sorachi Ōtaki 空知大滝甌穴群 Sorachi ōtaki ōketsugun	Ashibetsu			43°26′24″N 142°16′58″E		[52]
Uryū-numa high moor belt 雨竜沼高層湿原帯 Uryū-numa kōsō shitsugen-tai	Uryū	see Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park, List of Ramsar sites in Japan		43°41′48″N 141°36′14″E		[53]
Fossil type specimen of the Takikawa sea cow タキカワカイギュウ化石標本 Takikawa-kaigyū kaseki hyōhon	Takikawa	kept at the Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History		43°33′07″N 141°54′53″E		[54]
Large outcrop of coal at Yūbari 夕張の石炭大露頭 Yūbari no sekitan dai-rotō	Yūbari	see Yūbari Coal Mine Museum		43°04′06″N 141°59′22″E		[55]
Tōma Limestone Cave 当麻鍾乳洞 Tōma shōnyūdō	Tōma	discovered in 1957; five main chambers stretch a total length of 135 metres		43°49′33″N 142°36′35″E		[56]
Nakatonbetsu Limestone Cave 中頓別鍾乳洞 Nakatonbetsu shōnyūdō	Nakatonbetsu	discovered in 1933		44°59′17″N 142°20′09″E		[57]
Wakasakanai coastal dune forest 稚咲内海岸砂丘林 Wakasakanai kaigan sakyū-rin	Toyotomi	a twenty kilometre stretch of forest bordering the Sarobetsu plain and some one hundred lakes; tree species include the Yezo spruce, Japanese emperor oak, Mongolian oak, painted maple, prickly castor oil tree, and Japanese lime; the Siberian rubythroat, yellow-breasted bunting, Japanese snipe, smew, Japanese robin, and willow tit may be found within the Wildlife Protection Area		45°05′17″N 141°38′31″E		[58]
Rishiri Island Kurile cherry habitat Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis 利尻島のチシマザクラ自生地 Rishiri-tō no chishima-zakura jiseichi	Rishiri			45°07′35″N 141°15′02″E		[59]
Wild plants around Momo-iwa, Rebun Island 礼文島桃岩付近一帯の野生植物 Rebun-tō Momo-iwa fukin ittai no yasei shokubutsu	Rebun			45°17′46″N 141°01′54″E		[60]
Natural habitat of the Rebun lady's slipper orchid Cypripedium macranthum var. rebunense レブンアツモリソウ群生地 Rebun atsumorisō-gun seichi	Rebun			45°25′33″N 141°00′11″E		[61]
Rhyolitic spherulites at Shirataki 白滝の流紋岩球顆 Shirataki no ryūmongan kyūka	Engaru			43°53′12″N 143°11′34″E		[62]
Grassland communities of the Shari coast 斜里海岸の草原群落 Shari-kaigan no sōgen gunraku	Shari	the grasslands stretch for 2.5 km to the west of the Shari River (斜里川)		43°55′02″N 144°34′04″E		[63]
Oshunkoshun dolerite columnar joints オシュンコシュン粗粒玄武岩柱状節理 Oshunkoshun soryū genbugan chūjō setsuri	Shari			44°02′17″N 144°56′06″E		[64]
Glasswort communities of Tsuru-numa beside Lake Saroma Salicornia europaea 佐呂間湖畔鶴沼のアッケシソウ群落 Saroma kohan Tsuru-numa no akkeshisō gunraku	Yūbetsu			44°07′58″N 143°50′17″E		[65]
Onneyu Rhododendron dauricum communities Rhododendron dauricum 温根湯エゾムラサキツツジ群落 Onneyu Ezo murasaki-tsutsuji gunraku	Kitami			43°45′35″N 143°30′57″E		[66]
Mount Tarumae lava dome 樽前山熔岩円頂丘 Tarumae-san yōgan enchōkyū	Tomakomai			42°41′24″N 141°22′34″E		[67]
Niikappu mud volcano 新冠泥火山 Niikappu deikazan	Niikappu			42°22′28″N 142°18′36″E		[68]
Betula ovalifolia of Sarabetsu Marsh Betula ovalifolia 更別湿原のヤチカンバ Sarabetsu-shitsugen no yachikanba	Sarabetsu			42°35′47″N 143°13′52″E		[69]
Lake Shikaribetsu Dolly Varden trout habitat Salvelinus malma 然別湖のオショロコマ生息地 Shikaribetsu-ko no oshorokoma seisokuchi	Shikaoi, Kamishihoro			43°16′31″N 143°06′56″E		[70]
Satsunai River basin Chosenia habitat Salix arbutifolia 札内川流域化粧柳自生地 Satsunai-gawa ryūiki keshō-yanagi jiseichi	Obihiro			42°35′47″N 143°13′52″E		[71]
Taishō Japanese emperor oak forest Quercus dentata 大正のカシワ林 Taishō no kashiwa-rin	Obihiro			42°48′09″N 143°10′17″E		[72]
"Tokachi-bōzu" patterned ground on the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine farm Quercus dentata 帯広畜産大学農場の構造土十勝坊主 Obihiro Chikusan Daigaku nōjō no kōzōdo Tokachi-bōzu	Obihiro			42°51′59″N 143°10′14″E		[73]
Ōtsu coast Toitokki beach wild plant communities 大津海岸トイトツキ浜野生植物群落 Ōtsu-kaigan Toitokki-hama yasei shokubutsu gunraku	Toyokoro			42°42′11″N 143°39′49″E		[74]
Ōtsu coast Chōbushi lakeside wild plant communities 大津海岸長節湖畔野生植物群落 Ōtsu-kaigan Chōbushi kohan yasei shokubutsu gunraku	Toyokoro			42°39′35″N 143°36′38″E		[75]
Akkeshi Tokotan-numa Common goldfish habitat Carassius auratus 厚岸床潭沼の緋鮒生息地 Akkeshi Tokotan-numa no hibuna seisokuchi	Akkeshi			43°00′11″N 144°52′05″E		[76]
Yururi and Moyururi Island seabird breeding grounds ユルリ・モユルリ島海鳥繁殖地 Yururi・Moyururi-tō kaichō hanshokuchi	Nemuro			43°13′37″N 145°36′27″E		[77]
Betula ovalifolia communities of Nishibetsu Marsh Betula ovalifolia 西別湿原ヤチカンバ群落地 Nishibetsu-shitsugen yachikanba gunraku-chi	Betsukai			43°23′36″N 145°06′45″E		[78]
Rausu luminous moss Schistostega pennata 羅臼のひかりごけ Rausu no hikarigoke	Rausu			44°01′21″N 145°11′55″E		[79]
Rausu geyser 羅臼の間歇泉 Rausu no kanketsusen	Rausu			44°02′01″N 145°09′34″E		[80]

This list is complete and up to date as of October 2016.

Municipal Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2016, one hundred and twenty-nine Natural Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ammonite fossils Ammonoidea アンモナイト化石(4点) Anmonaito kaseki (4-ten)	Mikasa	four fossils; kept at Mikasa City Museum		43°15′41″N 141°57′46″E		for all refs see [81]
Ammonite fossil Ammonoidea アンモナイト化石 Anmonaito kaseki	Mikasa	kept at Mikasa City Museum		43°15′41″N 141°57′46″E
Mammoth molar fossil Mammuthus マンモスゾウ臼歯化石 Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Mammoth molar fossil Mammuthus マンモスゾウ臼歯化石 Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Megaloceros fossil Megaloceros オオツノシカ化石 Ōtsuno-shika kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Bison fossil Bison バイソン(Bison.sp)の化石 Baison no kaseki	Kitahiroshima	kept at Kitahiroshima East Memorial Hall (北広島東記念館)		42°59′15″N 141°34′23″E
Gome Island, Otoshibe 音標のゴメ島 Otoshibe no Gome-jima	Esashi			44°42′03″N 142°49′54″E
Ezo salamander habitat Hynobius retardatus エゾサンショーウオ生息地 Ezo sanshōō seisokuchi	Esashi			45°01′51″N 142°30′35″E
Siberian salamander Salamandrella keyserlingii キタサンショウウオ Kita-sanshōō	Shibecha

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of parks and gardens of Hokkaido
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Hokkaido)
• List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Okinawa)

External links

• (in Japanese) Cultural Properties in Hokkaido