This list is of the Natural Monuments of Japan within the Prefecture of Nara.
National Natural Monuments As of 1 April 2021, twenty-four Natural Monuments have been designated, including three *Special Natural Monuments; Dorohatchō spans the prefectural borders with Mie and Wakayama.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.*Japanese serowCapricornis crispusKamoshika designated across twenty-nine prefectures 1.1 *Japanese giant salamanderAndrias japonicusÕsanshōuo designated across eighteen prefectures 1.2 *Kasugayama Primeval ForestKasuga-yama genshi-rin Nara no tree-felling or hunting has been permitted since 841; inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara 2.2 Deer in NaraNara no shika Nara 1.3 Japanese dormouseGlirulus japonicusYamane found in Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū 1.1 Moore's CupidShijimia mooreiGoishitsubame-shijimi 1.1 Arhopala ganesa HabitatRūmisu-shijimi seisokuchi Nara 1.2 Verdure on Mount ImoImo-yama jusō Yoshino 2.1 Siebold's magnolia HabitatMagnolia sieboldii ssp. japonicaōyamarenge jiseichi Tenkawa, Gojō 2.2 Clematis patens HabitatKazaguruma jiseichi Uda 2.11 Asian Bayberry Forest in the Precinct of Kasuga JinjaNageia nagiKasuga Jinja keidai nagi ju-rin Nara 2.2 Sannokō River Japanese Douglas-fir Primeval ForestPseudotsuga japonicaSannokō-gawa togasawara genshi-rin Kawakami 2.2 Lysionotus pauciflorus CommunitiesShishinran gunraku Kamikitayama 2.9 Chisoku-in NaranoyaezakuraPrunus verecunda 'Antiqua'Chisokuin naranoyaezakura Nara 2.1 Niukawakami Jinja Myrsine stolonifera HabitatNiukawakami nakasha no tsurumanryō jiseichi Higashiyoshino 2.2,10 Hayama Lily of the Valley CommunitiesConvallaria keiskeiHayama suzuran gunraku Nara 2.10 Byōbu-iwa, Kabuto-iwa, and Yoroi-iwaByōbu-iwa, Kabuto-iwa oyobi Yoroi-iwa Soni Futami Giant Muku TreeAphananthe asperaFutami no ōmuku Gojō 2.1 Mount Bukkyō Primeval ForestBukkyōgatake genshi-rin Kamikitayama, Tenkawa 2.2 Mukō Lily of the Valley CommunitiesConvallaria keiskeiMukō suzuran gunraku Uda 2.10 Murō Mountain Temperate Fern CommunitiesDiplaziopsis cavaleriana, Diplazium okudairae, Dryopteris maximowicziana, Pteris terminalisMurō-zan danchisei shida gunraku Uda Yatsubusa SugiCryptomeria japonicaYatsubusa-sugi Uda 2.1 Mount Yoki Subtropical ForestYoki-san dantai-rin Sakurai 2.1 DorohatchōÕsanshōuo Totsukawa designation includes areas of Kumano in Mie Prefecture and Shingū in Wakayama Prefecture; also a Special Place of Scenic Beauty
Prefectural Natural Monuments As of 1 May 2020, sixty-one Natural Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Ischikauia in Kagami-ike at Tōdai-jiIschikauia steenackeriTōdaiji Kagami-ike seisoku wataka Nara for all refs see Japanese Chinquapin Forest in the Precinct of Shōryaku-jiCastanopsis cuspidataShōryakuji keidai no kojii-rin Nara Five-coloured Japanese camelliasCamellia japonicaGo-shiki tsubaki Nara in the grounds of Byakugō-ji
Municipal Natural Monuments As of 1 May 2020, forty-two Natural Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.
Monument Municipality Comments Image Coordinates Type Ref.Giant Asian Bayberry in the Precinct of Kasuga TaishaNageia nagiKasuga Taisha keidai no nagi kyōju Nara
See also Cultural Properties of Japan Parks and gardens in Nara Prefecture List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Nara) List of Historic Sites of Japan (Nara)
References
External links Cultural Properties in Nara Prefecture