Japanese national parks

National parks of Japan are listed here by region from north to south.

Hokkaido

Lakes in Shiretoko National Park

🌍 Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park – national park comprised of the volcanic islands of Rishiri and Rebun and the Sarobetsu Wetland, a popular bird watching spot

🌍 Shiretoko National Park – located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido. It is home to a variety of wildlife and home to some of the most beautiful unspoiled scenery in Japan. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

🌍 Akan-Mashu National Park – designated a national park on December 4, 1934, together with Daisetsuzan National Park, it is the oldest national park in Japan. The park is separated into two separate areas, the Akan area centered around the Akan caldera, and the Kawayu area, centered around the caldera lake of Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo.

🌍 Kushiro-shitsugen National Park – home to Japan's largest wetland and the only place where the endangered Japanese crane can be found

🌍 Daisetsuzan National Park – Japan's largest park, home to many onsen towns and unspoilt wilderness. It is also home to Hokkaido's tallest mountain, Mount Asashi.

🌍 Shikotsu-Tōya National Park – centered around Lake Toya and Lake Shikotsu, which are both volcanic caldera lakes, it also includes the hot-spring town of Noboribetsu and a Jomon site that is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Tohoku

Blue Pond of Goshikinuma in Bandai-Asahi National Park

🌍 Towada-Hachimantai National Park
🌍 Sanriku Fukkō National Park – a park created in 2013, after the Great Tohoku Earthquake devastated the Sanriku Coast, to help reconstruct and revitalize the area.
🌍 Bandai-Asahi National Park – consists of the Iide and Asahi Mountains in Niigata Prefecture, the Bandai area of Fukushima Prefecture, and Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture.

Kanto

🌍 Nikkō National Park
🌍 Oze National Park
🌍 Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park – A park that spans Tokyo, Saitama, Yamanashi, and Nagano Prefectures.
🌍 Ogasawara National Park

Chubu

Kamikochi in Chubu Sangaku National Park

Joshin'etsukogen National Park

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park

Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park – the amalgamation of Mount Fuji and its surrounding area, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and the Izu Islands.

Chubu Sangaku National Park

Hakusan National Park

Minami Alps National Park – a park encompassing the Akaishi Mountains.

Kansai

Ise-Shima National Park

All of Mie Prefecture from Ise on down.

Yoshino-Kumano National Park

This park encompasses the entirety of the Kansai region from Yoshino on down.

Chugoku

View from Washuzan in Setonaikai National Park

San-in Kaigan National Park

A coastal park, spanning the region around the Sea of Japan from Tottori to Kyoto Prefecture.

Daisen-Oki National Park

A park centered around Mount Daisen and the Oki Islands, and also including the Hiruzen Highlands in Maniwa and the Izumo Plains in Izumo.

Setonaikai National Park

The first and largest national park in Japan. Any place in or around the Seto Inland Sea is considered to be part of the park.

Shikoku

Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park

A park made up of locations on the southwestern corner of Shikoku in Ehime and Kochi, including Cape Ashizuri.

Kyushu

Wilson Stump heart in Yakushima

Saikai National Park

Unzen-Amakusa National Park

Aso-Kuju National Park

Originally established strictly around Mount Aso, the park was later expanded to include the Kuju Mountains.