List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Okinawa) explained

This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Prefecture of Okinawa.^[1]

National Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2021, fifty-six Monuments have been designated, including five *Special Natural Monuments.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Oriental stork Ciconia boyciana kōnotori						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3131
Short-tailed albatross Phoebastria albatrus ahōdori						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3134
Okinawa woodpecker Dendrocopos noguchii noguchigera						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3174
Iriomote cat Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis Iriomote yamaneko						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3175
Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela kanmuri-washi						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3179
Ryukyu robin Erithacus komadori akahige						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3154
Concave land hermit crab Coenobita cavipes okayadokari						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3161
Japanese wood pigeon Columba janthina karasu-bato						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3166
Dugong Dugong dugon jugon						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3178
Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat Diplothrix legata kenaga-nezumi						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3172
Tokudaia Diplothrix legata toge-nezumi		the genus comprises three endemic species of spiny rat				https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3173
Yellow-margined box turtle Cuora flavomarginata semaruhako-game						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3176
Ryukyuan common emerald dove Chalcophaps indica yamashinai Ryūkyū kin-bato						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3177
Daitō fruit bat Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis Daitō ookoumori						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3181
Japanese murrelet Synthliboramphus wumizusume kanmuri umisuzume						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3189
Ijima's leaf warbler Phylloscopus ijimae Iijima mushikui						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3190
Kishinoue's giant skink Plestiodon kishinouyei Kishnoue-togake						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3191
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle Geoemyda japonica Ryūkyū yama-game						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3192
Okinawa rail Gallirallus okinawae Yanbaru kuina						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3195
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle Cheirotonus jambar Yanbaru tenagakogane						https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3196
Kerama deer and their habitat Cervus nippon keramae Kerama-jika oyobi sono seisokuchi				26.2161°N 127.2445°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3043
Ubundoru Satake palm communities Satakentia liukiuensis Ubundoru no yaeyama-yashi gunraku				24.3104°N 123.8484°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3052
Ntanāra Looking-glass mangrove communities Heritiera littoralis Ntanāra no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku				24.3394°N 124.1538°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003939
Aha Tanaga-gumui plant communities Aha no Tanagā-gumui shokubutsu gunraku				26.7242°N 128.2851°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3035
Iheya Island Nentō Hiramatsu Pinus luchuensis Iheya-jima no nentō hiramatsu				27.0393°N 127.9687°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003940
Shio River Shio-gawa				26.6157°N 127.8951°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3040
Shimojishima Tōri-ike Shimoji-jima no Tōri-ike				24.8249°N 125.1376°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003511
Kiyan Coast and Arasaki Coast Kiyan kaigan oyobi Arasaki kaigan				26.1299°N 127.6652°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003766
Kudaka Island coastal plant communities Kudaka-jima no kaigan shokubutsu gunraku				26.1608°N 127.8868°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003887
Kumejima five-branch pine Kume no goeda no matsu				26.3587°N 126.7425°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3069
Kumejima Ōjima Tatami-ishi Kumejima Ōjima tatami ishi				26.3402°N 126.8052°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003847
Miyako-jima limestone terraces Miyakojima hora no sekkai-ka dankyū				24.806°N 125.2807°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003959
Miyara River mangrove forest Miyara-gawa no hirgui-rin				24.3603°N 124.2098°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3047
Gesashi Bay mangrove forest Gesaji-wan no hirgui-rin				26.6053°N 128.1427°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3038
Komi Looking-glass mangrove communities Heritiera littoralis Komi no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku				24.3126°N 123.9048°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3060
Ara River Formosan cherry habitat Prunus campanulata Ara-kawa no kanhizakura jiseichi				24.4394°N 124.1848°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3046
Shima-chisujinori in Shikina-en Thorea gaudichaudii Shikina-en no shima-chisujinori hassei-chi				26.2039°N 127.7155°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3041
Shurikinjō giant Bishop wood Bischofia javanica Shurikinjō no ōakagi				26.2159°N 127.7161°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3042
Shoshi utaki plant communities Shoshi utaki no shokubutsu gunraku				26.6943°N 127.9462°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3039
Hoshitate Natural Protected Area Hoshitate tennen hogo kuiki				24.3962°N 123.7649°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3048
Ishigaki east coast tsunami rocks Ishigaki-jima higashi kaigan no tsunami ishi-gun				24.3459°N 124.2002°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003794
Funaura Nipa palm communities Nypa fruticans Funaura no nippayashi gunraku				24.3969°N 123.8111°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3049
Ōike Black mangrove communities Bruguiera gymnorhiza Ōike no ohirugi gunraku				25.8571°N 131.2385°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3055
Nakanokami Island sea bird breeding grounds Nakanokami-shima kaichō hanshokuchi				24.1944°N 123.5627°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3051
Nakama River Natural Protected Area Nakama-gawa tennen hogo kuiki				24.2869°N 123.8694°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3050
Nagahagu cliff and scree special plant communities Nagahagu gaiheki oyobi gaisui no tokushu shokubutsu gunraku				25.9365°N 131.3012°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3053
Takō Gogan plant communities Takō gogan no shokubutsu gunraku				26.668°N 128.1258°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3037
Minamidaitō east coast plant communities Ōike no ohirugi gunraku				25.8328°N 131.2661°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3054
Yabiji Yabiji				24.9989°N 125.2647°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003790
Hirakubo Yaeyama rosewood Pterocarpus vidalianus Hirakubo no Yaeyama shitan				24.5846°N 124.3226°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3044
Hirakubo Yasura Lantern tree communities Hernandia nymphaeaefolia Hirakubo Yasura no hasunohagiri gunraku				24.3394°N 124.1538°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003831
Yonehara Satake palm communities Satakentia liukiuensis Yonehara no yaeyama-yashi gunraku				24.4449°N 124.1937°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3045
Nago "Hinpun Gajumaru" Ficus microcarpa Nago no hinpun gajumaru				26.5873°N 127.9859°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3070
Nago City Kayō folds Nago-shi kayō-sō no shūkyoku				26.5918°N 127.9776°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00003770
Mount Yonaha Natural Protected Area Yonaha-dake tennen hogo kuiki				26.7118°N 128.2235°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/3036
Iheya Island Ubame oak communities Quercus phillyraeoides Iheya-jima no ubamegashi gunraku				27.0399°N 127.9678°W		https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/00004127

Prefectural Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2021, fifty Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.^{[4] [5]}

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Great nawab Polyura eudamippus Futao-chō						for all refs see https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/bunkazai/bunkazaikayouran/documents/10-1r3.pdf
Orange oakleaf Kallima inachus Konoha-chō
Ochlodes asahinai Asahinakimadara-seseri
Anderson's crocodile newt Echinotriton andersoni Iboimori
Kuroiwa's ground gecko Goniurosaurus kuroiwae Kuroiwa tokagemodoki		designation includes the subspecies
Atlas moth Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Yonagunisan
Kikuzato's brook snake Opisthotropis kikuzatoi Kikuzato sawahebi
Holst's frog Babina holsti Horusuto-gaeru
Okinawa wart frog Limnonectes namiyei Namie-gaeru
Ishikawa's frog Odorrana ishikawae Ishikawa-gaeru
Yonaguni Mount Urabu Atlas moth habitat Attacus atlas ryukyuensis Yonaguni-jima Urabu-dake yonagunisan seisokuchi				24.4514°N 123.0035°W
Miyako pony Miyako uma
Chaan chicken Chaan
Amami woodcock Scolopax mira Amami yamashigi
Kumejima firefly Luciola owadai Kumejima botaru
Ryukyu Inu Ryūkyū inu
Miyako freshwater crab Geothelphusa miyakoensis Miyako sawagani
Miyako grass lizard Takydromus toyamai Miyako kana-hebi
Amesoko Shima-chisujinori Amesoko no shimachisujinori				26.6791°N 127.9785°W
Imadomari tropical almond Terminalia catappa Imadomari no kobateishi				26.7028°N 127.9296°W
Mount Kuba Dana no Kuba-yama				27.091°N 128.0203°W
Izena Castle Site Selaginella tamariscina communities Izena-jō ato no iwahiba gunraku				26.9147°N 127.9524°W
Funauki Yaeyama hamago Vitex trifolia var. bicolor Funauki no Yaeyama hamago				24.3381°N 123.7286°W
Miyatori-on Ehretia dichotoma Miyatori-on no Ryūkyū chishanoki				24.3381°N 123.7286°W
Une Sago palm Cycas revoluta Une no ōsotetsu				26.3497°N 126.8118°W
Aha Looking-glass mangrove Heritiera littoralis Aha no Sakishima suōnoki				26.7158°N 128.2863°W
Sashiki Fusozaki coast Myoporum bontioides communities Sashiki-chō Fusozaki kaigan no hamajinchō gunraku				26.1783°N 127.7914°W
Maja Garcinia subelliptica Maja no chura fukugi				26.3517°N 126.8098°W
Cape Manza limestone plant communities Manza-mō sekkaigan shokubutsu gunraku				26.5045°N 127.8505°W
Nakasuji Nebaru-utaki subtropical coastal forest Nakasuji-mura Nebaru-utaki no anettai kaigan rin				24.4478°N 124.156°W
Miyazatomae-utaki Angiosperm forest Hernandia nymphaeaefolia Kubizki Miyazatomae no utaki no hasunohagiri rin				26.5942°N 127.9721°W
Nago guard-house site Fukugi trees Garcinia subelliptica Nago bansho ato no fukugi-gun				26.5861°N 127.9866°W
Ōgimi-utaki Fountain palm communities Livistona chinensis Ōgimi-utaki no birō gunraku				26.7006°N 128.1201°W
Kuninaka-utaki plant communities Kuninaka-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku				24.8268°N 125.1743°W
Shiokawa-utaki plant communities and Fukugi trees Shiokawa-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku narabini fukugi namiki				24.6653°N 124.7111°W
Ungusuku-utaki Fukugi tree communities Ungusuku-utaki no fukugi gunraku				24.6724°N 124.7023°W
Tarama Island Ntabaru-utaki plant communities Tarama-jima no Ntabaru-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku				24.6684°N 124.7004°W
Tarama Island Minebaru plant communities Tarama-jima no Minebaru no shokubutsu gunraku				24.6684°N 124.7004°W
Tarama Island Hōgo forest Tarama-jima no hōgo rin				24.6542°N 124.7262°W
Akara-utaki Quercus phillyraeoides and Okinawa pine plant communities Pinus luchuensis Akara-utaki no ubamegashi oyobi Ryūkyū-matsu tō no shokubutsu gunraku				26.9187°N 127.9583°W
Higashi-hennazaki raised coral coast and plant communities Higashi-hennazaki no ryūki sangoshō kaigan fūshō shokubutsu gunraku				24.7189°N 125.4693°W
Aguni Nishi-no-Ugan plant communities Aguni-son aza nishi no ugan no shokubutsu gunraku				26.5819°N 127.2237°W
Hiji Kodama Forest plant communities Hiji no Kodama-mori no shokubutsu gunraku				26.7276°N 128.1784°W
Kumaya Cave Kumaya dōkutsu				27.0917°N 128.0166°W
Nakashima giant stone Nakashima no ōishi				26.2113°N 127.677°W
Kijoka Itajiki coast itabishi Kijoka Itajiki kaigan no itabishi				26.7054°N 128.1352°W
Motobu Ōishibaru Ammonite fossils Motobu-chō Ōishibaru no anmonaito kaseki				26.6931°N 127.8749°W
Kitadaitō Nakano Hokusendō Cave Kitadaitō-son aza Nakano no Hokusen-dō				25.9496°N 131.3078°W
Mount Katsuu, Mount Awa, and Mount Yae Nature Reserve Katsuu-dake Awa-dake Yae-dake shizen hogoku				26.631°N 127.935°W
Yonaguni Mount Kubura Natural Protected Area Yonaguni-jima Kubura-dake tennen hogo kuiki				24.455°N 122.9581°W

Municipal Natural Monuments

As of 1 May 2021, one hundred and twenty-three Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.^{[4] [6]}

Monument	Municipality	Comments	Image	Coordinates	Type	Ref.
Ada Planchonella obovata Forest Reserve Ada no akatetsu hoan-rin				26.7449°N 128.3169°W		for all refs see https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/bunkazai/bunkazaikayouran/documents/10-1r3.pdf
Shioya-ufuncha Lantern trees Hernandia nymphaeifolia Shioya-ufuncha no hasunohagiri				26.6717°N 128.1062°W
Looking-glass mangrove Heritiera littoralis Sakishima suōnoki
Magnolia compressa Ogatamanoki				26.6041°N 128.1207°W
Nakasone Kakihatahara Nahakihagi communities Dendrolobium umbellatum Nakasone Kakihatahara no nahakihagi gunraku
Ōhama foraminiferal limestone Ōhama no yūkōchū sekkaigan				26.6571°N 127.8827°W
Okinawa Little Japanese horseshoe bat Rhinolophus pumilus pumilus Okinawa kokikugashira kōmori
Sumuide sea fig Ficus superba Sumuide no akō				26.6684°N 128.0206°W
Ōshittai Quercus miyagii Ōshittai no Okinawa urajirogashi				26.6301°N 128.0777°W
Agarie sea mango Cerbera manghas Agarie no mifukuragi				26.5825°N 127.9875°W
Kyoda Ubame oaks Quercus phillyraeoides Kyoda no ubamegashi				26.5421°N 127.9722°W
Sokoniya Okami-matsu Sokoniya okamimatsu				26.573°N 128.1222°W
Yabu Elementary School deigo Erythrina variegata Yabu shōgakkō no deigo				26.6013°N 127.9535°W
Yagaji Elementary School sea fig Ficus superba Yagaji shōgakkō no akō				26.6555°N 128.0083°W
Ōura mangroves Ōura no mangurōbu-rin				26.5591°N 128.0425°W
Makiya powder-puff trees Barringtonia racemosa Makiya no sagaribana				26.6248°N 128.0399°W
Gyokusendō Cave Gyokusendō				26.1373°N 127.7518°W
Ishigaki niinii Platypleura albivannata Ishigaki niinii
Fukidō River Rhizophoraceae communities Fukidō-gawa no hirugi gunraku
Obama-utaki Ehretia dichotoma Obama-utaki no Ryūkyū chishanoki
Old mulberry tree kuwa no rōki
Beach rosewood communities Hama shitan gunraku
Hatoma Nakamui Hatoma Nakamui				24.4705°N 123.8212°W
Old tabu tree Machilus thunbergii tabu no rōki				24.3909°N 123.745°W
Kamadoma kubadesa Kamadoma no kubadesaa
Kōkihara gajumaru communities Ficus microcarpa Kōkihara no gajumaru gunraku
Asabishibana Asabishibana (asobi-iwa)
Yonaguni horse Yonaguni uma
Irimaka large deigo Erythrina variegata Irimaka ō-deigo
Kubura Mittō wetlands Kubura mittō shitchitai
Aragabana zone Aragabana ittai
Angaimidōchi zone Angaimidōchi ittai

See also

• Cultural Properties of Japan
• List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Okinawa)
• List of Historic Sites of Japan (Okinawa)
• List of parks and gardens of Okinawa Prefecture

External links

• Nature in Okinawa
• Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture
• List of Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cultural Properties for Future Generations . . 28 April 2022.
2. Web site: https://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 April 2022 . 28 April 2022.
3. Web site: Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (天然記念物, 特別天然記念物 沖縄県 定めず) . Japanese . . 28 April 2022.
4. Web site: https://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/bunkazai/bunkazaikayouran/bunkazaikayouran.html . ja:国・県・市町村指定文化財 . National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Properties . Japanese . . 1 May 2021 . 28 April 2022.
5. Web site: https://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 2021 . 28 April 2022.
6. Web site: https://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 2021 . 28 April 2022.