This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Prefecture of Okinawa.
National Natural Monuments As of 1 May 2021, fifty-six Monuments have been designated, including five *Special Natural Monuments.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.*Oriental storkCiconia boycianakōnotori 1.2 *Short-tailed albatrossPhoebastria albatrusahōdori 1.2 *Okinawa woodpeckerDendrocopos noguchiinoguchigera 1.1 *Iriomote catPrionailurus bengalensis iriomotensisIriomote yamaneko 1.1 *Crested serpent eagleSpilornis cheelakanmuri-washi 1.1 Ryukyu robinErithacus komadoriakahige 1.1 Concave land hermit crabCoenobita cavipesokayadokari 1.1, 2 Japanese wood pigeonColumba janthinakarasu-bato 1.2 DugongDugong dugonjugon 1.2 Ryukyu long-tailed giant ratDiplothrix legatakenaga-nezumi 1.2 TokudaiaDiplothrix legatatoge-nezumi the genus comprises three endemic species of spiny rat 1.1 Yellow-margined box turtleCuora flavomarginatasemaruhako-game 1.1 Ryukyuan common emerald doveChalcophaps indica yamashinaiRyūkyū kin-bato 1.1 Daitō fruit batPteropus dasymallus daitoensisDaitō ookoumori 1.1 Japanese murreletSynthliboramphus wumizusumekanmuri umisuzume 1.1 Ijima's leaf warblerPhylloscopus ijimaeIijima mushikui 1.1 Kishinoue's giant skinkPlestiodon kishinouyeiKishnoue-togake 1.1 Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtleGeoemyda japonicaRyūkyū yama-game 1.1 Okinawa railGallirallus okinawaeYanbaru kuina 1.1 Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetleCheirotonus jambarYanbaru tenagakogane 1.1 Kerama deer and their habitatCervus nippon keramaeKerama-jika oyobi sono seisokuchi Zamami 1.1 Ubundoru Satake palm communitiesSatakentia liukiuensisUbundoru no yaeyama-yashi gunraku Taketomi on Iriomote 2.2 Ntanāra Looking-glass mangrove communitiesHeritiera littoralisNtanāra no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku Ishigaki 2.2 Aha Tanaga-gumui plant communitiesAha no Tanagā-gumui shokubutsu gunraku Kunigami 2.2 Iheya Island Nentō HiramatsuPinus luchuensisIheya-jima no nentō hiramatsu Iheya 2.1 Shio RiverShio-gawa Motobu 3.9 Shimojishima Tōri-ikeShimoji-jima no Tōri-ike Miyakojima also a Place of Scenic Beauty 3.6, 7, 9 Kiyan Coast and Arasaki CoastKiyan kaigan oyobi Arasaki kaigan Itoman also a Place of Scenic Beauty 2.3, 5; 3.9 Kudaka Island coastal plant communitiesKudaka-jima no kaigan shokubutsu gunraku Nanjō 2.2 Kumejima five-branch pineKume no goeda no matsu Kumejima 2.1 Kumejima Ōjima Tatami-ishiKumejima Ōjima tatami ishi Kumejima Miyako-jima limestone terracesMiyakojima hora no sekkai-ka dankyū Miyakojima Miyara River mangrove forestMiyara-gawa no hirgui-rin Ishigaki 2.2 Gesashi Bay mangrove forestGesaji-wan no hirgui-rin Higashi 2.2 Komi Looking-glass mangrove communitiesHeritiera littoralisKomi no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku Taketomi on Iriomote 2.1, 2 Ara River Formosan cherry habitatPrunus campanulataAra-kawa no kanhizakura jiseichi Ishigaki 2.2 Shima-chisujinori in Shikina-enThorea gaudichaudiiShikina-en no shima-chisujinori hassei-chi Naha 2.12 Shurikinjō giant Bishop woodBischofia javanicaShurikinjō no ōakagi Naha 2.1 Shoshi utaki plant communitiesShoshi utaki no shokubutsu gunraku Nakijin 2.1, 2 Hoshitate Natural Protected AreaHoshitate tennen hogo kuiki Taketomi on Iriomote Ishigaki east coast tsunami rocksIshigaki-jima higashi kaigan no tsunami ishi-gun Ishigaki left behind by the 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami Funaura Nipa palm communitiesNypa fruticansFunaura no nippayashi gunraku Taketomi on Iriomote 2.10 Ōike Black mangrove communitiesBruguiera gymnorhizaŌike no ohirugi gunraku Minamidaitō 2.5 Nakanokami Island sea bird breeding groundsNakanokami-shima kaichō hanshokuchi Taketomi 1.3 Nakama River Natural Protected AreaNakama-gawa tennen hogo kuiki Taketomi on Iriomote Nagahagu cliff and scree special plant communitiesNagahagu gaiheki oyobi gaisui no tokushu shokubutsu gunraku Kitadaitō 2.3, 12 Takō Gogan plant communitiesTakō gogan no shokubutsu gunraku Ōgimi 2.1, 2 Minamidaitō east coast plant communitiesŌike no ohirugi gunraku Minamidaitō 2.5, 12 YabijiYabiji Miyakojima also a Place of Scenic Beauty Hirakubo Yaeyama rosewoodPterocarpus vidalianusHirakubo no Yaeyama shitan Ishigaki 2.1 Hirakubo Yasura Lantern tree communitiesHernandia nymphaeaefoliaHirakubo Yasura no hasunohagiri gunraku Ishigaki Yonehara Satake palm communitiesSatakentia liukiuensisYonehara no yaeyama-yashi gunraku Ishigaki 2.2 Nago "Hinpun Gajumaru"Ficus microcarpaNago no hinpun gajumaru Nago 2.1 Nago City Kayō foldsNago-shi kayō-sō no shūkyoku Nago 3.1, 2, 3 Mount Yonaha Natural Protected AreaYonaha-dake tennen hogo kuiki Kunigami Iheya Island Ubame oak communitiesQuercus phillyraeoidesIheya-jima no ubamegashi gunraku Iheya
Prefectural Natural Monuments As of 1 May 2021, fifty Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Great nawabPolyura eudamippusFutao-chō for all refs see Orange oakleafKallima inachusKonoha-chō Ochlodes asahinaiAsahinakimadara-seseri skipper butterfly found on Ishigaki and Iriomote Anderson's crocodile newtEchinotriton andersoniIboimori Kuroiwa's ground geckoGoniurosaurus kuroiwaeKuroiwa tokagemodoki designation includes the subspecies Atlas mothAttacus atlas ryukyuensisYonagunisan Kikuzato's brook snakeOpisthotropis kikuzatoiKikuzato sawahebi Holst's frogBabina holstiHorusuto-gaeru Okinawa wart frogLimnonectes namiyeiNamie-gaeru Ishikawa's frogOdorrana ishikawaeIshikawa-gaeru Yonaguni Mount Urabu Atlas moth habitatAttacus atlas ryukyuensisYonaguni-jima Urabu-dake yonagunisan seisokuchi Yonaguni Miyako ponyMiyako uma Miyako Chaan chickenChaan Uruma Amami woodcockScolopax miraAmami yamashigi Kumejima fireflyLuciola owadaiKumejima botaru Ryukyu InuRyūkyū inu Miyako freshwater crabGeothelphusa miyakoensisMiyako sawagani Miyako grass lizardTakydromus toyamaiMiyako kana-hebi Amesoko Shima-chisujinoriAmesoko no shimachisujinori Nakijin Imadomari tropical almondTerminalia catappaImadomari no kobateishi Nakijin Mount KubaDana no Kuba-yama Iheya Izena Castle Site Selaginella tamariscina communitiesIzena-jō ato no iwahiba gunraku Izena Funauki Yaeyama hamagoVitex trifolia var. bicolorFunauki no Yaeyama hamago Taketomi Miyatori-on Ehretia dichotomaMiyatori-on no Ryūkyū chishanoki Ishigaki Une Sago palmCycas revolutaUne no ōsotetsu Kumejima Aha Looking-glass mangroveHeritiera littoralisAha no Sakishima suōnoki Kunigami Sashiki Fusozaki coast Myoporum bontioides communitiesSashiki-chō Fusozaki kaigan no hamajinchō gunraku Nanjō Maja Garcinia subellipticaMaja no chura fukugi Kumejima Cape Manza limestone plant communitiesManza-mō sekkaigan shokubutsu gunraku Onna Nakasuji Nebaru-utaki subtropical coastal forestNakasuji-mura Nebaru-utaki no anettai kaigan rin Ishigaki Miyazatomae-utaki Angiosperm forestHernandia nymphaeaefolia KubizkiMiyazatomae no utaki no hasunohagiri rin Nago Nago guard-house site Fukugi treesGarcinia subellipticaNago bansho ato no fukugi-gun Nago Ōgimi-utaki Fountain palm communitiesLivistona chinensisŌgimi-utaki no birō gunraku Ōgimi Kuninaka-utaki plant communitiesKuninaka-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku Miyakojima Shiokawa-utaki plant communities and Fukugi treesShiokawa-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku narabini fukugi namiki Tarama Ungusuku-utaki Fukugi tree communitiesUngusuku-utaki no fukugi gunraku Tarama Tarama Island Ntabaru-utaki plant communitiesTarama-jima no Ntabaru-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku Tarama Tarama Island Minebaru plant communitiesTarama-jima no Minebaru no shokubutsu gunraku Tarama Tarama Island Hōgo forestTarama-jima no hōgo rin Tarama Akara-utaki Quercus phillyraeoides and Okinawa pine plant communitiesPinus luchuensisAkara-utaki no ubamegashi oyobi Ryūkyū-matsu tō no shokubutsu gunraku Izena Higashi-hennazaki raised coral coast and plant communitiesHigashi-hennazaki no ryūki sangoshō kaigan fūshō shokubutsu gunraku Miyakojima Aguni Nishi-no-Ugan plant communitiesAguni-son aza nishi no ugan no shokubutsu gunraku Aguni Hiji Kodama Forest plant communitiesHiji no Kodama-mori no shokubutsu gunraku Kunigami Kumaya CaveKumaya dōkutsu Iheya Nakashima giant stoneNakashima no ōishi Naha also a Prefectural Historic Site Kijoka Itajiki coast itabishiKijoka Itajiki kaigan no itabishi Ōgimi Motobu Ōishibaru Ammonite fossilsMotobu-chō Ōishibaru no anmonaito kaseki Motobu Kitadaitō Nakano Hokusendō CaveKitadaitō-son aza Nakano no Hokusen-dō Kitadaitō Mount Katsuu, Mount Awa, and Mount Yae Nature ReserveKatsuu-dake Awa-dake Yae-dake shizen hogoku Nago, Motobu Yonaguni Mount Kubura Natural Protected AreaYonaguni-jima Kubura-dake tennen hogo kuiki Yonaguni
Municipal Natural Monuments As of 1 May 2021, one hundred and twenty-three Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Ada Planchonella obovata Forest ReserveAda no akatetsu hoan-rin Kunigami for all refs see Shioya-ufuncha Lantern treesHernandia nymphaeifoliaShioya-ufuncha no hasunohagiri Ōgimi Looking-glass mangroveHeritiera littoralisSakishima suōnoki Higashi Magnolia compressaOgatamanoki Higashi Nakasone Kakihatahara Nahakihagi communitiesDendrolobium umbellatumNakasone Kakihatahara no nahakihagi gunraku Nakijin Ōhama foraminiferal limestoneŌhama no yūkōchū sekkaigan Motobu Okinawa Little Japanese horseshoe batRhinolophus pumilus pumilusOkinawa kokikugashira kōmori Nago Sumuide sea figFicus superbaSumuide no akō Nago Ōshittai Quercus miyagiiŌshittai no Okinawa urajirogashi Nago Agarie sea mangoCerbera manghasAgarie no mifukuragi Nago Kyoda Ubame oaksQuercus phillyraeoidesKyoda no ubamegashi Nago Sokoniya Okami-matsuSokoniya okamimatsu Nago Yabu Elementary School deigoErythrina variegataYabu shōgakkō no deigo Nago Yagaji Elementary School sea figFicus superbaYagaji shōgakkō no akō Nago Ōura mangrovesŌura no mangurōbu-rin Nago Makiya powder-puff treesBarringtonia racemosaMakiya no sagaribana Nago Gyokusendō CaveGyokusendō Nanjō Ishigaki niiniiPlatypleura albivannataIshigaki niinii Ishigaki Fukidō River Rhizophoraceae communitiesFukidō-gawa no hirugi gunraku Ishigaki Obama-utaki Ehretia dichotomaObama-utaki no Ryūkyū chishanoki Ishigaki Old mulberry treekuwa no rōki Taketomi on Kuroshima Island Beach rosewood communitiesHama shitan gunraku Taketomi on Hateruma Hatoma NakamuiHatoma Nakamui Taketomi on Hatoma Old tabu treeMachilus thunbergiitabu no rōki Taketomi on Iriomote Kamadoma kubadesaKamadoma no kubadesaa Taketomi on Iriomote Kōkihara gajumaru communitiesFicus microcarpaKōkihara no gajumaru gunraku Taketomi on Kohama Island AsabishibanaAsabishibana (asobi-iwa) Taketomi on Kuroshima Island Yonaguni horseYonaguni uma Yonaguni Irimaka large deigoErythrina variegataIrimaka ō-deigo Yonaguni Kubura Mittō wetlandsKubura mittō shitchitai Yonaguni Aragabana zoneAragabana ittai Yonaguni Angaimidōchi zoneAngaimidōchi ittai Yonaguni
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
References
External links Nature in Okinawa Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture List of Cultural Properties in Okinawa Prefecture