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 アポイ岳あぽいだけ高山たかやま植物しょくぶつ群落ぐんらく Apoi-dake kōzan shokubutsu gunraku	Samani			42°06′50″N 143°01′55″E	1.3	[1]
*Marimo of Lake Akan Aegagropila linnaei 阿寒湖あかんこのマリモ Akan-ko no marimo	Akan			43°27′12″N 144°06′08″E	2.8, 12	[2]
*Shōwa-shinzan 昭和新山しょうわしんざん Shōwa-shinzan	Sōbetsu			42°32′33″N 140°51′52″E	3.10	[3]
*Daisetsuzan 大雪山たいせつざん Daisetsuzan	Kamikawa, Higashikawa, Biei, Shintoku			43°33′04″N 142°49′48″E	4	[4]
*Nopporo Forest Park 野幌のっぽろ原始げんし林りん 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 北海道ほっかいどう犬いぬ 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かせき 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はんしょく地ち Ōmizunagidori hanshokuchi	Matsumae	on Ōshima		41°30′42″N 139°21′26″E	1.2	[22]
Onnetō Hot Falls manganese oxide generation area オンネトー湯ゆの滝たきマンガン酸化さんか物ぶつ生成せいせい地ち 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じせい地ち Hinoki-asunaro oyobi ao-todomatsu jiseichi	Esashi			41°49′11″N 140°12′31″E	2.2, 10	[24]
Maruyama primeval forest 円山まるやま原始げんし林りん Maruyama genshi-rin	Sapporo			43°02′54″N 141°18′50″E	2.2	[25]
Utasai northernmost limit of the Japanese beech Fagus crenata 歌才うたさいブナ自生じせい北限ほくげん地帯ちたい Utasai buna jisei hokugen chitai	Kuromatsunai			42°38′46″N 140°19′48″E	2.10	[26]
Kushiro-shitsugen 釧路くしろ湿原しつげん 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 後方こうほう羊蹄山ようていざんの高山たかやま植物しょくぶつ帯たい 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 根室ねむろ車しゃ石せき Nemuro Kuruma-ishi	Nemuro			43°16′41″N 145°35′20″E	3.7	[29]
Primeval forest by the headwaters of the Saru River 沙流川さるかわ源流げんりゅう原始げんし林りん Sarugawa-genryū genshi-rin	Hidaka			42°58′58″N 142°44′45″E	4	[30]
Lake Harutori common goldfish habitat Carassius auratus 春採湖はるとりこヒブナ生息せいそく地ち Harutori-ko hibuna seisokuchi	Kushiro			42°58′20″N 144°24′13″E	1.3	[31]
Memanbetsu wetland plant communities 女満別めまんべつ湿生植物しっせいしょくぶつ群落ぐんらく Memanbetsu shitsusei shokubutsu gunraku	Ōzora			43°56′05″N 144°10′48″E	2.2	[32]
Kojima, Matsumae 松前まさき小島こじま Matsumae Kojima	Matsumae			41°21′35″N 139°48′20″E	4	[33]
Natural forests of Yagishiri 焼尻やぎしりの自然しぜん林りん Yagishiri no shinzen-rin	Haboro			44°26′21″N 141°25′12″E	2.2	[34]
Moiwa primeval forest 藻も岩がん原始げんし林りん Moiwa genshi-rin	Sapporo			43°01′36″N 141°19′33″E	2.2	[35]
Daikoku Island seabird breeding grounds 大黒島おおくろしま海鳥うみどり繁殖はんしょく地ち Daikoku-jima kaichō hanshokuchi	Akkeshi			42°57′01″N 144°52′09″E	1.2	[36]
Teuri Island seabird breeding grounds 天売島てうりとう海鳥うみどり繁殖はんしょく地ち Teuri-tō kaichō hanshokuchi	Haboro			44°25′09″N 141°17′41″E	1.2	[37]
Noboribetsu primeval forest 登別のぼりべつ原始げんし林りん Noboribetsu genshi-rin	Noboribetsu			42°29′45″N 141°09′15″E	2.2	[38]
Shibetsu Marsh 標津しべつ湿原しつげん Shibetsu-shitsugen	Shibetsu			43°40′34″N 145°06′36″E	4	[39]
Horoman Japanese white pine habitat Pinus parviflora 幌満ほろまんゴヨウマツ自生じせい地ち Horoman goyōmatsu jiseichi	Samani			42°06′00″N 143°03′32″E	2.2	[40]
Kiritappu peat-forming plant communities 霧多布きりたっぷ泥炭でいたん形成けいせい植物しょくぶつ群落ぐんらく Kiritappu deitan keisei shokubutsu gunraku	Hamanaka			43°05′38″N 145°04′48″E	2.6	[41]
Nayoro loess dolls 名寄なよろ高師たかし小僧こぞう Nayoro takashi kozō	Nayoro			44°22′05″N 142°22′50″E	3.1, 4	[42]
Nayoro bell stone 名寄なよせ鈴石すずいし 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 夕張岳ゆうばりだけの高山たかやま植物しょくぶつ群落ぐんらくおよび蛇紋じゃもん岩がんメランジュ帯たい 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 落石岬おちいしみさきのサカイツツジ自生じせい地ち Ochiishi-misaki no sakai-tsutsuji jiseichi	Nemuro			43°09′54″N 145°30′23″E	2.10	[45]
Wakoto Minminzemi zone Hyalessa maculaticollis 和琴わごんミンミンゼミ発生はっせい地ち 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 鶉川うずらかわゴヨウマツ自生じせい北限ほくげん地帯ちたい 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 茅部かやべの栗林くりばやし Kayabe no kuri-bayashi	Mori			42°06′13″N 140°34′35″E		[48]
Calcareous sinter of Futamata Onsen 二股ふたまた温泉おんせんの石灰せっかい華はな Futamata Onsen no sekkaika	Oshamambe			42°34′36″N 140°14′22″E		[49]
Andesite columnar jointing of Cape Shibi, Otobe 乙部おとべ鮪ノ岬しびのみさきの安山岩あんざんがん柱状ちゅうじょう節理せつり Otobe Shibi-no-misaki no anzangan chūjō setsuri	Otobe			42°02′12″N 140°04′58″E		[50]
Japanese yew of Kogane Taxus cuspidata 黄金おうごん水松みる Kogane mizumatsu	Ashibetsu			43°35′25″N 142°13′14″E		[51]
Potholes of Sorachi Ōtaki 空知そらち大滝おおたき甌穴群ぐん Sorachi ōtaki ōketsugun	Ashibetsu			43°26′24″N 142°16′58″E		[52]
Uryū-numa high moor belt 雨竜うりゅう沼ぬま高層こうそう湿原しつげん帯おび 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かせき標本ひょうほん 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 夕張ゆうばりの石炭せきたん大だい露頭ろとう Yūbari no sekitan dai-rotō	Yūbari	see Yūbari Coal Mine Museum		43°04′06″N 141°59′22″E		[55]
Tōma Limestone Cave 当麻とうま鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどう 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 中頓別なかとんべつ鍾乳洞しょうにゅうどう Nakatonbetsu shōnyūdō	Nakatonbetsu	discovered in 1933		44°59′17″N 142°20′09″E		[57]
Wakasakanai coastal dune forest 稚咲内わかさかない海岸かいがん砂丘さきゅう林りん 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 利尻島りしりとうのチシマザクラ自生じせい地ち Rishiri-tō no chishima-zakura jiseichi	Rishiri			45°07′35″N 141°15′02″E		[59]
Wild plants around Momo-iwa, Rebun Island 礼文島れぶんとう桃岩ももいわ付近ふきん一帯いったいの野生やせい植物しょくぶつ 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ぐん生地きじ Rebun atsumorisō-gun seichi	Rebun			45°25′33″N 141°00′11″E		[61]
Rhyolitic spherulites at Shirataki 白滝しらたきの流りゅう紋もん岩がん球だま顆 Shirataki no ryūmongan kyūka	Engaru			43°53′12″N 143°11′34″E		[62]
Grassland communities of the Shari coast 斜里しゃり海岸かいがんの草原そうげん群落ぐんらく Shari-kaigan no sōgen gunraku	Shari	the grasslands stretch for 2.5 km to the west of the Shari River (斜里川しゃりがわ)		43°55′02″N 144°34′04″E		[63]
Oshunkoshun dolerite columnar joints オシュンコシュン粗あら粒つぶ玄武岩げんぶがん柱状ちゅうじょう節理せつり 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 佐呂間さろま湖畔こはん鶴沼つるぬまのアッケシソウ群落ぐんらく Saroma kohan Tsuru-numa no akkeshisō gunraku	Yūbetsu			44°07′58″N 143°50′17″E		[65]
Onneyu Rhododendron dauricum communities Rhododendron dauricum 温根湯おんねゆエゾムラサキツツジ群落ぐんらく Onneyu Ezo murasaki-tsutsuji gunraku	Kitami			43°45′35″N 143°30′57″E		[66]
Mount Tarumae lava dome 樽前山たるまえやま熔岩ようがん円えん頂いただき丘おか Tarumae-san yōgan enchōkyū	Tomakomai			42°41′24″N 141°22′34″E		[67]
Niikappu mud volcano 新冠にいかっぷ泥火山でいかざん Niikappu deikazan	Niikappu			42°22′28″N 142°18′36″E		[68]
Betula ovalifolia of Sarabetsu Marsh Betula ovalifolia 更別さらべつ湿原しつげんのヤチカンバ Sarabetsu-shitsugen no yachikanba	Sarabetsu			42°35′47″N 143°13′52″E		[69]
Lake Shikaribetsu Dolly Varden trout habitat Salvelinus malma 然別湖しかりべつこのオショロコマ生息せいそく地ち Shikaribetsu-ko no oshorokoma seisokuchi	Shikaoi, Kamishihoro			43°16′31″N 143°06′56″E		[70]
Satsunai River basin willow habitat Salix arbutifolia 札内川さつないがわ流域りゅういき化粧けしょう柳やなぎ自生じせい地ち Satsunai-gawa ryūiki keshō-yanagi jiseichi	Obihiro			42°35′47″N 143°13′52″E		[71]
Taishō Japanese emperor oak forest Quercus dentata 大正たいしょうのカシワ林りん 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 帯広畜産大学おびひろちくさんだいがく農場のうじょうの構造こうぞう土ど十勝とかち坊主ぼうず 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 大津おおつ海岸かいがんトイトツキ浜はま野生やせい植物しょくぶつ群落ぐんらく Ōtsu-kaigan Toitokki-hama yasei shokubutsu gunraku	Toyokoro			42°42′11″N 143°39′49″E		[74]
Ōtsu coast Chōbushi lakeside wild plant communities 大津おおつ海岸かいがん長節ちょうぶし湖畔こはん野生やせい植物しょくぶつ群落ぐんらく 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 厚岸あっけし床潭とこたん沼ぬまの緋ひ鮒ぶな生息せいそく地ち 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・モユルリ島もゆるりとう海鳥うみどり繁殖はんしょく地ち Yururi・Moyururi-tō kaichō hanshokuchi	Nemuro			43°13′37″N 145°36′27″E		[77]
Betula ovalifolia communities of Nishibetsu Marsh Betula ovalifolia 西にし別べつ湿原しつげんヤチカンバ群ぐん落地おろち Nishibetsu-shitsugen yachikanba gunraku-chi	Betsukai			43°23′36″N 145°06′45″E		[78]
Rausu luminous moss Schistostega pennata 羅臼らうすのひかりごけ Rausu no hikarigoke	Rausu			44°01′21″N 145°11′55″E		[79]
Rausu geyser 羅臼らうすの間歇泉かんけつせん 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 アンモナイト化石かせき(4点てん) 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 アンモナイト化石かせき Anmonaito kaseki	Mikasa	kept at Mikasa City Museum		43°15′41″N 141°57′46″E
Mammoth molar fossil Mammuthus マンモスゾウ臼歯きゅうし化石かせき Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館かん)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Mammoth molar fossil Mammuthus マンモスゾウ臼歯きゅうし化石かせき Manmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館かん)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Megaloceros fossil Megaloceros オオツノシカ化石かせき Ōtsuno-shika kaseki	Yuni	kept at Yumekukan (ゆめっく館かん)		43°00′37″N 141°46′56″E
Bison fossil Bison バイソン(Bison.sp)の化石かせき Baison no kaseki	Kitahiroshima	kept at Kitahiroshima East Memorial Hall (北広島きたひろしま東ひがし記念きねん館かん)		42°59′15″N 141°34′23″E
Gome Island, Otoshibe 音標おとしべのゴメ島ごめしま 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せいそく地ち 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