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The Natural Parks Law is the legal basis for Japan's Natural Parks.
The Law has three main goals: to conserve scenic areas and their ecosystems; to promote the utilization of those scenic areas; and to provide for the health, recreation, and environmental education of the people.
Under the Natural Parks Law, natural parks are organized into three categories:
  • National Parks, which are areas with the greatest natural scenic beauty and ecosystems at the national level and are worthy of being national scenic and outstanding ecosystem sites in Japan
  • Quasi-National Parks, which are areas of great natural scenic beauty at the district-level and adjacent to the National Parks;
  • and Prefectural Natural Parks, which are areas of prefectural-level importance and are designated by the prefectural governor.

The Ministry of the Environment manages the National Parks system in Japan in close cooperation with prefectural governments, municipal authorities, landowners, and the private sectors. Quasi-National Parks and Prefectural Natural Parks are managed by the prefectural governor. In accordance with the Natural Parks Law, law enforcement in national parks is the responsibility of National Park rangers and other staff members and local government officials in collaboration with landowners and the private sector.


The Nature Conservation Law, the basic framework for nature conservation, protects and manages natural resources and natural ecosystems aided by other related laws.
The Nature Conservation Law makes provisions for the establishment of the following areas:

  • Wilderness Areas are areas that preserve and maintain the original ecosystem and that are free of human influence
  • Nature Conservation Areas are natural areas that preserve and maintain specific natural ecosystems
  • Prefectural Nature Conservation Areas are areas other than marine areas that preserve and maintain valuable natural environment at the prefectural level.


Source: Ministry of the Environment - Government of Japan


Hokkaido


Hokkaido

National Parks

  • Akan
  • Daisetsuzan
  • Kushiro Shitsugen
  • Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu
  • Shikotsu-Toya
  • Shiretoko

Quasi-national Parks

  • Abashiri
  • Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo
  • Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan
  • Onuma
  • Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri

Wilderness Areas

  • Head of River Tokachi
  • Onnebetsudake

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Ohirayama


Tohoku


Aomori

National Parks

  • Towada-Hachimantai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Shimokita Hanto
  • Tsugaru

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Shirakami sanchi


Akita

National Parks

  • Towada-Hachimantai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Chokai
  • Kurikorna
  • Oga

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Shirakami sanchi


Iwate

National Parks

  • Rikuchu Kaigan
  • Towada-Hachimantai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hayachine
  • Kurikorna

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Hayachine
  • Wagadake


Yamagata

National Parks

  • Bandai-Asahi

Quasi-national Parks

  • Chokai
  • Kurikorna
  • Zao


Miyagi

National Parks

  • Rikuchu Kaigan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Kurikorna
  • Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan
  • Zao


Fukushima

National Parks

  • Bandai-Asahi
  • Nikko

Quasi-national Parks

  • Echigo Sanzan-Tadami


Chubu


Niigata

National Parks

  • Bandai-Asahi
  • Chubu Sangaku
  • Joshinetsu Kogen
  • Nikko

Quasi-national Parks

  • Echigo Sanzan-Tadami
  • Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama


Toyama

National Parks

  • Chubu Sangaku
  • Hakusan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Noto Hanto


Ishikawa

National Parks

  • Hakusan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Echizen-Kaga Kaigan
  • Noto Hanto


Fukui

National Parks

  • Hakusan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Echizen-Kaga Kaigan
  • Wakasa Wan


Gifu

National Parks

  • Chubu Sangaku
  • Hakusan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hida-Krso Gawa
  • Ibi-Sekigahara-Yoro


Nagano

National Parks

  • Chichibu-Tama
  • Chubu Sangaku
  • Joshinetsu Kogen
  • Minami Alps

Quasi-national Parks

  • Myogi-Arafune-Saku Kogen
  • Tenryu-Okumikawa
  • Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen


Yamanashi

National Parks

  • Chichibu-Tama
  • Fuji-Hakone-Izu
  • Minami Alps

Quasi-national Parks

  • Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen


Aichi

Quasi-national Parks

  • Aichi Kogen
  • Hida-Krso Gawa
  • Mikawa Wan
  • Tenryu-Okumikawa


Shizuoka

National Parks

  • Fuji-Hakone-Izu
  • Minami Alps

Quasi-national Parks

  • Tenryu-Okumikawa

Wilderness Areas

  • Head of River Ooi


Kanto


Gunma

National Parks

  • Joshinetsu Kogen
  • Nikko

Quasi-national Parks

  • Myogi-Arafune-Saku Kogen

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Head of River Tone


Tochigi

National Parks

  • Nikko

Nature Conservation Areas

  • 0sabiyama


Ibaraki

Quasi-national Parks

  • Suigo-Tsukuba


Saitama

National Parks

  • Chichibu-Tama


Tokyo

National Parks

  • Chichibu-Tama
  • Fuji-Hakone-Izu
  • Ogasawara

Quasi-national Parks

  • Meiji Memorial Forest Takao

Wilderness Areas

  • Minami Iwojima (Island)


Kanagawa

National Parks

  • Fuji-Hakone-Izu

Quasi-national Parks

  • Tanzawa-Oyama


Chiba

Quasi-national Parks

  • Minami Boso
  • Suigo-Tsukuba


Kinki


Shiga

Quasi-national Parks

  • Biwako
  • Suzuka


Kyoto

National Parks

  • Sanin Kaigan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Biwako
  • Wakasa Wan


Hyogo

National Parks

  • Sanin Kaigan
  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan


Osaka

Quasi-national Parks

  • Kongo-Ikoma
  • Meiji Memorial Forest Minoo


Nara

National Parks

  • Yoshino-Kumano

Quasi-national Parks

  • Kongo-Ikoma
  • Koya-Ryujin
  • Muroo-Akame-Aoyama
  • Yamato-Aogaki


Mie

National Parks

  • Ise-Shima
  • Yoshino-Kumano

Quasi-national Parks

  • Suzuka


Wakayama

National Parks

  • Setonaikai
  • Yoshino-Kumano

Quasi-national Parks

  • Koya-Ryujin


Chugoku


Tottori

National Parks

  • Daisen-Oki
  • Sanin Kaigan

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku
  • Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan


Okayama

National Parks

  • Daisen-Oki
  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hyonosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan


Shimane

National Parks

  • Daisen-Oki

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku
  • Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi


Hiroshima

National Parks

  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku
  • Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi


Yamaguchi

National Parks

  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Akiyoshidai
  • Kita-Nagato Kaigan
  • Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi


Shikoku


Kagawa

National Parks

  • Setonaikai


Tokushima

National Parks

  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Muroto-Anan Kaigan
  • Tsurugisan


Ehime

National Parks

  • Ashizuri-Uwakai
  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Ishizuchi

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Sasagamine


Kochi

National Parks

  • Ashizuri-Uwakai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Ishizuchi
  • Muroto-Anan Kaigan
  • Tsurugisan

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Sasagamine


Kyushu


Fukuoka

National Parks

  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Genkai
  • Kita-Kyushu
  • Yaba-Hita-Hikosan


Saga

Quasi-national Parks

  • Genkai


Nagasaki

National Parks

  • Saikai
  • Unzen-Amakusa

Quasi-national Parks

  • Genkai
  • Iki-Tsushima


Oita

National Parks

  • Aso-Kuju
  • Setonaikai

Quasi-national Parks

  • Nippo Kaigan
  • Yaba-Hita-Hikosan


Kumamoto

National Parks

  • Aso-Kuju
  • Unzen-Amakusa

Quasi-national Parks

  • Kyushu-Chuo Sanchi
  • Yaba-Hita-Hikosan

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Shiragadake


Miyazaki

National Parks

  • Kirishima-Yaku

Quasi-national Parks

  • Kyushu-Chuo Sanchi
  • Nichinan Kaigan
  • Sobo-Katamuki


Kagoshima

National Parks

  • Kirishima-Yaku
  • Unzen-Amakusa

Quasi-national Parks

  • Amami Gunto
  • Nichinan Kaigan

Wilderness Areas

  • Yakushima (Island)

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Inaodake


Okinawa


Okinawa

National Parks

  • Iriomote

Quasi-national Parks

  • Okinawa Kaigan
  • Okinawa Senseki

Nature Conservation Areas

  • Sakiyamawan (Bay)