List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Hokkaidō) explained

This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Circuit of Hokkaidō.[1]

National Natural Monuments

As of 1 October 2016, forty-seven Natural Monuments have been designated, including six *Special Natural Monuments.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Monumentwidth=150Municipalitywidth=200 class="unsortable" CommentsImageCoordinatesTypeRef.
42.1138°N 143.0319°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/26
43.4532°N 144.1023°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2
42.5426°N 140.8644°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/33
43.551°N 142.8299°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/44
42.9911°N 141.5336°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/4
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3142
Hokkaido
Canis lupus familiaris

Hokkaidō-ken
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3116
Golden eagle
Aquila chrysaetos

Inu-washi
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3140
White-tailed eagle
Haliaeetus albicilla

Ojiro-washi
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3152
Steller's sea eagle
Haliaeetus pelagicus

Ō-washi
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3153
Blakiston's fish owl
Bubo blakistoni blakistoni

Ezo-shimafukurō
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3163
Brent goose
Branta bernicla

Kokugan
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3167
Greater white-fronted goose
Anser albifrons

Magan
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3170
Bean goose
Anser fabalis

Hishikui
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3169
Black woodpecker
Dryocopus martius

Kumagera
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3139
Eversmann's parnassian
Parnassius eversmanni

Usubaki-chō
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3136
Melissa Arctic
Oeneis melissa daizetsuzana

Daisetsu-takanehikage
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3137
Freija fritillary
Clossiana freija

Asahi-hyōmon
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3138
Grizzled skipper
Pyrgus malvae

Hime-chamadara-seseri
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3184
Sakhalin holly blue
Celastrina sachalinensis

Karafuto-rurishijimi
https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3141
Yezosaurus fossil
Taniwhasaurus mikasaensis

Ezo Mikasa Ryū kaseki
43.2613°N 141.9628°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/57
Breeding grounds of the streaked shearwater
Calonectris leucomelas

Ōmizunagidori hanshokuchi
41.5116°N 139.3573°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/12
Onnetō Hot Falls manganese oxide generation area

Onnetō yu-no-taki mangan sankabutsu seiseichi
43.3702°N 143.9775°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3254
Thujopsis and Sakhalin fir habitat
Thujopsis dolabrata var. hondae
Abies sachalinensis var. mayriana


Hinoki-asunaro oyobi ao-todomatsu jiseichi
41.8198°N 140.2085°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/8
Maruyama primeval forest

Maruyama genshi-rin
43.0482°N 141.314°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/5
Utasai northernmost limit of the Japanese beech
Fagus crenata

Utasai buna jisei hokugen chitai
42.6461°N 140.33°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/13
Kushiro-shitsugen

Kushiro-shitsugen
43.1291°N 144.4221°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/40
Mount Shiribeshi alpine plant zone

Shiribeshi-yama no kōzan shokubutsu tai
42.8304°N 140.7937°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3
Nemuro Kuruma-ishi

Nemuro Kuruma-ishi
43.278°N 145.589°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/29
Primeval forest by the headwaters of the Saru River

Sarugawa-genryū genshi-rin
42.9827°N 142.7458°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/43
Lake Harutori common goldfish habitat
Carassius auratus

Harutori-ko hibuna seisokuchi
42.9722°N 144.4035°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/23
Memanbetsu wetland plant communities

Memanbetsu shitsusei shokubutsu gunraku
43.9346°N 144.1801°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/45
Kojima, Matsumae

Matsumae Kojima
41.3596°N 139.8054°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/46
Natural forests of Yagishiri

Yagishiri no shinzen-rin
44.4392°N 141.42°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/67
Moiwa primeval forest

Moiwa genshi-rin
43.0265°N 141.3259°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/6
Daikoku Island seabird breeding grounds

Daikoku-jima kaichō hanshokuchi
42.9503°N 144.8691°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/34
Teuri Island seabird breeding grounds

Teuri-tō kaichō hanshokuchi
44.4193°N 141.2947°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/24
Noboribetsu primeval forest

Noboribetsu genshi-rin
42.4957°N 141.1541°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/10
Shibetsu Marsh

Shibetsu-shitsugen
43.676°N 145.11°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/59
Horoman Japanese white pine habitat
Pinus parviflora

Horoman goyōmatsu jiseichi
42.0999°N 143.059°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/31
Kiritappu peat-forming plant communities

Kiritappu deitan keisei shokubutsu gunraku
43.0938°N 145.0799°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/9
Nayoro loess dolls

Nayoro takashi kozō
44.368°N 142.3804°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/28
Nayoro bell stone

Nayoro suzu-ishi
44.3291°N 142.4783°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/27
Mount Yūbari alpine plant communities and serpentinite mélange zone

Yūbari-dake no kōzan shokubutsu gunraku oyobi jamon-gan meranju-tai
43.103°N 142.2368°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/76
Cape Ochiishi Sakai rhododendron habitat
Rhododendron parvifolium

Ochiishi-misaki no sakai-tsutsuji jiseichi
43.1649°N 145.5065°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/30
Wakoto Minminzemi zone
Hyalessa maculaticollis

Wakoto minminzemi hassei-chi
43.5839°N 144.3131°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/32
River Uzura northernmost native limit of the Japanese white pine
Pinus parviflora

Uzura-gawa goyōmatsu jisei hokugen chitai
41.9902°N 140.426°W https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/11

Prefectural Natural Monuments

As of 21 September 2016, thirty-three Natural Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.[4] [6] [7]

MonumentMunicipalityCommentsImageCoordinatesTypeRef.
Kayabe Chestnut Forest
Castanea crenata

Kayabe no kuri-bayashi
42.1035°N 140.5765°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/165092
Calcareous sinter of Futamata Onsen

Futamata Onsen no sekkaika
42.5768°N 140.2393°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/112867
Andesite columnar jointing of Cape Shibi, Otobe

Otobe Shibi-no-misaki no anzangan chūjō setsuri
42.0366°N 140.0827°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/135178
Japanese yew of Kogane
Taxus cuspidata

Kogane mizumatsu
43.5902°N 142.2206°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/112407
Potholes of Sorachi Ōtaki

Sorachi ōtaki ōketsugun
43.4399°N 142.2828°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/212806
Uryū-numa high moor belt

Uryū-numa kōsō shitsugen-tai
43.6967°N 141.6038°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/190329
Fossil type specimen of the Takikawa sea cow

Takikawa-kaigyū kaseki hyōhon
43.552°N 141.9146°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/135098
Large outcrop of coal at Yūbari

Yūbari no sekitan dai-rotō
43.0684°N 141.9894°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/179233
Tōma Limestone Cave

Tōma shōnyūdō
discovered in 1957; five main chambers stretch a total length of 135 metres 43.8258°N 142.6098°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/146165
Nakatonbetsu Limestone Cave

Nakatonbetsu shōnyūdō
discovered in 1933 44.988°N 142.3358°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/164662
Wakasakanai coastal dune forest

Wakasakanai kaigan sakyū-rin
45.0882°N 141.642°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/112234
Rishiri Island Kurile cherry habitat
Prunus nipponica var. kurilensis

Rishiri-tō no chishima-zakura jiseichi
45.1264°N 141.2505°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/190359
Wild plants around Momo-iwa, Rebun Island

Rebun-tō Momo-iwa fukin ittai no yasei shokubutsu
45.296°N 141.0317°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/175576
Natural habitat of the Rebun lady's slipper orchid
Cypripedium macranthum var. rebunense

Rebun atsumorisō-gun seichi
45.4259°N 141.0031°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/112437
Rhyolitic spherulites at Shirataki

Shirataki no ryūmongan kyūka
43.8867°N 143.1928°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/175576
Grassland communities of the Shari coast

Shari-kaigan no sōgen gunraku
the grasslands stretch for 2.5 km to the west of the 43.9172°N 144.5678°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/164682
Oshunkoshun dolerite columnar joints

Oshunkoshun soryū genbugan chūjō setsuri
44.038°N 144.9349°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/179283
Glasswort communities of Tsuru-numa beside Lake Saroma
Salicornia europaea

Saroma kohan Tsuru-numa no akkeshisō gunraku
44.1328°N 143.8381°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/135148
Onneyu Rhododendron dauricum communities
Rhododendron dauricum

Onneyu Ezo murasaki-tsutsuji gunraku
43.7597°N 143.5159°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/db/heritages/detail/112447
Mount Tarumae lava dome

Tarumae-san yōgan enchōkyū
42.6901°N 141.3761°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/db/heritages/detail/112447
Niikappu mud volcano

Niikappu deikazan
42.3745°N 142.3101°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/184040
Betula ovalifolia of Sarabetsu Marsh
Betula ovalifolia

Sarabetsu-shitsugen no yachikanba
42.5964°N 143.231°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/179333
Lake Shikaribetsu Dolly Varden trout habitat
Salvelinus malma

Shikaribetsu-ko no oshorokoma seisokuchi
43.2754°N 143.1157°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/164732
Satsunai River basin willow habitat
Salix arbutifolia

Satsunai-gawa ryūiki keshō-yanagi jiseichi
42.5964°N 143.231°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/136691
Taishō Japanese emperor oak forest
Quercus dentata

Taishō no kashiwa-rin
42.8026°N 143.1713°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/184150
"Tokachi-bōzu" patterned ground on the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine farm
Quercus dentata

Obihiro Chikusan Daigaku nōjō no kōzōdo Tokachi-bōzu
42.8664°N 143.1706°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/190419
Ōtsu coast Toitokki beach wild plant communities

Ōtsu-kaigan Toitokki-hama yasei shokubutsu gunraku
42.703°N 143.6636°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/190429
Ōtsu coast Chōbushi lakeside wild plant communities

Ōtsu-kaigan Chōbushi kohan yasei shokubutsu gunraku
42.6597°N 143.6106°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/184160
Akkeshi Tokotan-numa Common goldfish habitat
Carassius auratus

Akkeshi Tokotan-numa no hibuna seisokuchi
43.0031°N 144.868°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/164632
Yururi and Moyururi Island seabird breeding grounds

Yururi・Moyururi-tō kaichō hanshokuchi
43.2269°N 145.6074°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/145925
Betula ovalifolia communities of Nishibetsu Marsh
Betula ovalifolia

Nishibetsu-shitsugen yachikanba gunraku-chi
43.3934°N 145.1125°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/227589
Rausu luminous moss
Schistostega pennata

Rausu no hikarigoke
44.0226°N 145.1987°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/112397
Rausu geyser

Rausu no kanketsusen
44.0335°N 145.1594°W http://bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/135088

Municipal Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2016, one hundred and twenty-nine Natural Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.[8] [9]

MonumentMunicipalityCommentsImageCoordinatesTypeRef.
Ammonite fossils
Ammonoidea

Anmonaito kaseki (4-ten)
43.2613°N 141.9628°W for all refs see http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/bnh/H28shichousonbunkazai.pdf
Ammonite fossil
Ammonoidea

Anmonaito kaseki
43.2613°N 141.9628°W
Mammoth molar fossil
Mammuthus

Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki
kept at 43.0102°N 141.7821°W
Mammoth molar fossil
Mammuthus

Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki
kept at 43.0102°N 141.7821°W
Megaloceros fossil
Megaloceros

Ōtsuno-shika kaseki
kept at 43.0102°N 141.7821°W
Bison fossil
Bison

Baison no kaseki
kept at 42.9874°N 141.573°W
Gome Island, Otoshibe

Otoshibe no Gome-jima
44.7008°N 142.8317°W
Ezo salamander habitat
Hynobius retardatus

Ezo sanshōō seisokuchi
45.0308°N 142.5098°W
Siberian salamander
Salamandrella keyserlingii

Kita-sanshōō

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . . 4 October 2016.
  2. Web site: http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/shitei.html . ja:史跡名勝天然記念物 . Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 October 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (特別天然記念物, 天然記念物 北海道) . Japanese . . 4 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170502003537/http://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html . 2 May 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/bnh/dounai-shiteibunkazai-kenshuuichiran.htm . ja:北海道の指定文化財件数一覧 . Number of Cultural Properties of Hokkaido . Japanese . Hokkaido Government Board of Education . 17 August 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  5. Web site: http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/bnh/bun-hogo-bunkagaiyo.htm . ja:国の指定・選定文化財一覧 . List of National Cultural Properties . Japanese . Hokkaido Government Board of Education . 29 August 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  6. Web site: http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/chiho_shitei/todofuken.html . ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数(都道府県分). Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 May 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  7. Web site: http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/bnh/bun-hogo-do-sitei.htm . ja:北海道指定の文化財一覧 . List of Hokkaido Prefectural Cultural Properties . Japanese . Hokkaido Government Board of Education . 21 September 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  8. Web site: http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/chiho_shitei/shichoson.html . ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数(市町村分). Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture . Japanese . . 1 May 2016 . 4 October 2016.
  9. Web site: http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/bnh/bunka_hogo_toppage.htm . ja:市町村指定文化財一覧 . List of Municipal Cultural Properties . Japanese . Hokkaido Government Board of Education . 1 May 2016 . 4 October 2016.