List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Hokkaido)

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.

MonumentMunicipality Comments Image CoordinatesType Ref.*Mount Apoi alpine plant communitiesApoi-dake kōzan shokubutsu gunraku Samani 1.3 *Marimo of Lake AkanAegagropila linnaeiAkan-ko no marimo Akan 2.8, 12 *Shōwa-shinzanShōwa-shinzan Sōbetsu 3.10 *DaisetsuzanDaisetsuzan Kamikawa, Higashikawa, Biei, Shintoku 4 *Nopporo Forest ParkNopporo genshi-rin Kitahiroshima 2.2 *Japanese craneGrus japonensisTanchō 1.2 HokkaidoCanis lupus familiarisHokkaidō-ken 1.4 Golden eagleAquila chrysaetosInu-washi 1.2 White-tailed eagleHaliaeetus albicillaOjiro-washi 1.2 Steller's sea eagleHaliaeetus pelagicusŌ-washi 1.2 Blakiston's fish owlBubo blakistoni blakistoniEzo-shimafukurō 1.1 Brent gooseBranta berniclaKokugan 1.2 Greater white-fronted gooseAnser albifronsMagan 1.2 Bean gooseAnser fabalisHishikui 1.2 Black woodpeckerDryocopus martiusKumagera 1.2 Eversmann's parnassianParnassius eversmanniUsubaki-chō 1.2 Melissa ArcticOeneis melissa daizetsuzanaDaisetsu-takanehikage 1.2 Freija fritillaryClossiana freijaAsahi-hyōmon 1.2 Grizzled skipperPyrgus malvaeHime-chamadara-seseri 1.2 Sakhalin holly blueCelastrina sachalinensisKarafuto-rurishijimi 1.2 Yezosaurus fossilTaniwhasaurus mikasaensisEzo Mikasa Ryū kaseki Mikasa kept at Mikasa City Museum 3.12 Breeding grounds of the streaked shearwaterCalonectris leucomelasŌmizunagidori hanshokuchi Matsumae on Ōshima 1.2 Onnetō Hot Falls manganese oxide generation areaOnnetō yu-no-taki mangan sankabutsu seiseichi Ashoro 2.8; 3.1, 8 Thujopsis and Sakhalin fir habitatThujopsis dolabrata var. hondaeAbies sachalinensis var. mayrianaHinoki-asunaro oyobi ao-todomatsu jiseichi Esashi 2.2, 10 Maruyama primeval forestMaruyama genshi-rin Sapporo 2.2 Utasai northernmost limit of the Japanese beechFagus crenataUtasai buna jisei hokugen chitai Kuromatsunai 2.10 Kushiro-shitsugenKushiro-shitsugen Shibecha, Tsurui, Kushiro see Kushiro-shitsugen National Park, List of Ramsar sites in Japan 4 Mount Shiribeshi alpine plant zoneShiribeshi-yama no kōzan shokubutsu tai Kutchan, Kyōgoku, Kimobetsu, Makkari, Niseko 2.3 Nemuro Kuruma-ishiNemuro Kuruma-ishi Nemuro 3.7 Primeval forest by the headwaters of the Saru RiverSarugawa-genryū genshi-rin Hidaka 4 Lake Harutori common goldfish habitatCarassius auratusHarutori-ko hibuna seisokuchi Kushiro 1.3 Memanbetsu wetland plant communitiesMemanbetsu shitsusei shokubutsu gunraku Ōzora 2.2 Kojima, MatsumaeMatsumae Kojima Matsumae 4 Natural forests of YagishiriYagishiri no shinzen-rin Haboro 2.2 Moiwa primeval forestMoiwa genshi-rin Sapporo 2.2 Daikoku Island seabird breeding groundsDaikoku-jima kaichō hanshokuchi Akkeshi 1.2 Teuri Island seabird breeding groundsTeuri-tō kaichō hanshokuchi Haboro 1.2 Noboribetsu primeval forestNoboribetsu genshi-rin Noboribetsu 2.2 Shibetsu MarshShibetsu-shitsugen Shibetsu 4 Horoman Japanese white pine habitatPinus parvifloraHoroman goyōmatsu jiseichi Samani 2.2 Kiritappu peat-forming plant communitiesKiritappu deitan keisei shokubutsu gunraku Hamanaka 2.6 Nayoro loess dollsNayoro takashi kozō Nayoro 3.1, 4 Nayoro bell stoneNayoro suzu-ishi Nayoro 3.1, 7 Mount Yūbari alpine plant communities and serpentinite mélange zoneYūbari-dake no kōzan shokubutsu gunraku oyobi jamon-gan meranju-tai Yūbari 2.2, 3 Cape Ochiishi Sakai rhododendron habitatRhododendron parvifoliumOchiishi-misaki no sakai-tsutsuji jiseichi Nemuro 2.10 Wakoto Minminzemi zoneHyalessa maculaticollisWakoto minminzemi hassei-chi Teshikaga 1.2 River Uzura northernmost native limit of the Japanese white pinePinus parvifloraUzura-gawa goyōmatsu jisei hokugen chitai Assabu 2.10

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 ForestCastanea crenataKayabe no kuri-bayashi Mori Calcareous sinter of Futamata OnsenFutamata Onsen no sekkaika Oshamambe Andesite columnar jointing of Cape Shibi, OtobeOtobe Shibi-no-misaki no anzangan chūjō setsuri Otobe Japanese yew of KoganeTaxus cuspidataKogane mizumatsu Ashibetsu Potholes of Sorachi ŌtakiSorachi ōtaki ōketsugun Ashibetsu Uryū-numa high moor beltUryū-numa kōsō shitsugen-tai Uryū see Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park, List of Ramsar sites in Japan Fossil type specimen of the Takikawa sea cowTakikawa-kaigyū kaseki hyōhon Takikawa kept at the Takikawa Museum of Art and Natural History Large outcrop of coal at YūbariYūbari no sekitan dai-rotō Yūbari see Yūbari Coal Mine Museum Tōma Limestone CaveTōma shōnyūdō Tōma discovered in 1957; five main chambers stretch a total length of 135 metres Nakatonbetsu Limestone CaveNakatonbetsu shōnyūdō Nakatonbetsu discovered in 1933 Wakasakanai coastal dune forestWakasakanai 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 Rishiri Island Kurile cherry habitatPrunus nipponica var. kurilensisRishiri-tō no chishima-zakura jiseichi Rishiri Wild plants around Momo-iwa, Rebun IslandRebun-tō Momo-iwa fukin ittai no yasei shokubutsu Rebun Natural habitat of the Rebun lady's slipper orchidCypripedium macranthum var. rebunenseRebun atsumorisō-gun seichi Rebun Rhyolitic spherulites at ShiratakiShirataki no ryūmongan kyūka Engaru Grassland communities of the Shari coastShari-kaigan no sōgen gunraku Shari the grasslands stretch for 2.5 km to the west of the Oshunkoshun dolerite columnar jointsOshunkoshun soryū genbugan chūjō setsuri Shari Glasswort communities of Tsuru-numa beside Lake SaromaSalicornia europaeaSaroma kohan Tsuru-numa no akkeshisō gunraku Yūbetsu Onneyu Rhododendron dauricum communitiesRhododendron dauricumOnneyu Ezo murasaki-tsutsuji gunraku Kitami Mount Tarumae lava domeTarumae-san yōgan enchōkyū Tomakomai Niikappu mud volcanoNiikappu deikazan Niikappu Betula ovalifolia of Sarabetsu MarshBetula ovalifoliaSarabetsu-shitsugen no yachikanba Sarabetsu Lake Shikaribetsu Dolly Varden trout habitatSalvelinus malmaShikaribetsu-ko no oshorokoma seisokuchi Shikaoi, Kamishihoro Satsunai River basin willow habitatSalix arbutifoliaSatsunai-gawa ryūiki keshō-yanagi jiseichi Obihiro Taishō Japanese emperor oak forestQuercus dentataTaishō no kashiwa-rin Obihiro "Tokachi-bōzu" patterned ground on the Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine farmQuercus dentataObihiro Chikusan Daigaku nōjō no kōzōdo Tokachi-bōzu Obihiro Ōtsu coast Toitokki beach wild plant communitiesŌtsu-kaigan Toitokki-hama yasei shokubutsu gunraku Toyokoro Ōtsu coast Chōbushi lakeside wild plant communitiesŌtsu-kaigan Chōbushi kohan yasei shokubutsu gunraku Toyokoro Akkeshi Tokotan-numa Common goldfish habitatCarassius auratusAkkeshi Tokotan-numa no hibuna seisokuchi Akkeshi Yururi and Moyururi Island seabird breeding groundsYururi・Moyururi-tō kaichō hanshokuchi Nemuro Betula ovalifolia communities of Nishibetsu MarshBetula ovalifoliaNishibetsu-shitsugen yachikanba gunraku-chi Betsukai Rausu luminous mossSchistostega pennataRausu no hikarigoke Rausu Rausu geyserRausu no kanketsusen Rausu

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 fossilsAmmonoideaAnmonaito kaseki (4-ten) Mikasa four fossils; kept at Mikasa City Museum for all refs see Ammonite fossilAmmonoideaAnmonaito kaseki Mikasa kept at Mikasa City Museum Mammoth molar fossilMammuthusManmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki Yuni kept at Mammoth molar fossilMammuthusManmosu-zō kyūshi kaseki Yuni kept at Megaloceros fossilMegalocerosŌtsuno-shika kaseki Yuni kept at Bison fossilBisonBaison no kaseki Kitahiroshima kept at Gome Island, OtoshibeOtoshibe no Gome-jima Esashi Ezo salamander habitatHynobius retardatusEzo sanshōō seisokuchi Esashi Siberian salamanderSalamandrella keyserlingiiKita-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)

References

External links Cultural Properties in Hokkaido