As of 1 September 2017, fifty-five Monuments have been designated, including five *Special Natural Monuments.[2][3][4]
| Monument | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
|---|
*Oriental stork
Ciconia boyciana
{{nihongo2|コウノトリ}}
kōnotori | 1.2 | |
*Short-tailed albatross
Phoebastria albatrus
{{nihongo2|アホウドリ}}
ahōdori | 1.2 | |
*Okinawa woodpecker
Dendrocopos noguchii
{{nihongo2|ノグチゲラ}}
noguchigera | 1.1 | |
*Iriomote cat
Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis
{{nihongo2|イリオモテヤマネコ}}
Iriomote yamaneko | 1.1 | |
*Crested serpent eagle
Spilornis cheela
{{nihongo2|カンムリワシ}}
kanmuri-washi | 1.1 | |
Ryukyu robin
Erithacus komadori
{{nihongo2|アカヒケ}}
akahige | 1.1 | |
Concave land hermit crab
Coenobita cavipes
{{nihongo2|オカヤドカリ}}
okayadokari | 1.1, 2 | |
Japanese wood pigeon
Columba janthina
{{nihongo2|カラスバト}}
karasu-bato | 1.2 | |
Dugong
Dugong dugon
{{nihongo2|ジュゴン}}
jugon | 1.2 | |
Ryukyu long-tailed giant rat
Diplothrix legata
{{nihongo2|ケナガネズミ}}
kenaga-nezumi | 1.2 | |
Tokudaia
Diplothrix legata
{{nihongo2|トゲネズミ}}
toge-nezumi | the genus comprises three endemic species of spiny rat | 1.1 | |
Yellow-margined box turtle
Cuora flavomarginata
{{nihongo2|セマルハコガメ}}
semaruhako-game | 1.1 | |
Ryukyuan common emerald dove
Chalcophaps indica yamashinai
{{nihongo2|リュウキュウキンバト}}
Ryūkyū kin-bato | 1.1 | |
Daitō fruit bat
Pteropus dasymallus daitoensis
{{nihongo2|ダイトウオオコウモリ}}
Daitō ookoumori | 1.1 | |
Japanese murrelet
Synthliboramphus wumizusume
{{nihongo2|カンムリウミスズメ}}
kanmuri umisuzume | 1.1 | |
Ijima's leaf warbler
Phylloscopus ijimae
{{nihongo2|イイジマムシクイ}}
Iijima mushikui | 1.1 | |
Kishinoue's giant skink
Plestiodon kishinouyei
{{nihongo2|キシノウエトカケ}}
Kishnoue-togake | 1.1 | |
Ryukyu black-breasted leaf turtle
Geoemyda japonica
{{nihongo2|リュウキュウヤマガメ}}
Ryūkyū yama-game | 1.1 | |
Okinawa rail
Gallirallus okinawae
{{nihongo2|ヤンバルクイナ}}
Yanbaru kuina | 1.1 | |
Yanbaru long-armed scarab beetle
Cheirotonus jambar
{{nihongo2|ヤンバルテナガコガネ}}
Yanbaru tenagakogane | 1.1 | |
Kerama deer and its habitat
Cervus nippon keramae
{{nihongo2|ケラマジカおよびその生息地}}
Kerama-jika oyobi sono seisokuchi | Zamami | 26.2161188|N|127.24449831|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kerama deer and its habitat}} | 1.1 | |
Ubundoru satakentia communities
Satakentia liukiuensis
{{nihongo2|ウブンドルのヤエヤマヤシ群落}}
Ubundoru no yaeyama-yashi gunraku | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.31037333|N|123.84842893|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ubundoru satakentia communities}} | 2.2 | |
Ntanāra looking-glass mangrove communities
Heritiera littoralis
{{nihongo2|ンタナーラのサキシマスオウノキ群落}}
Ntanāra no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku | Ishigaki | 24.33936111|N|124.15383055|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ntanāra looking-glass mangrove communities}} | 2.2 | |
Aha Tanaga-gumui plant communities
{{nihongo2|安波のタナガーグムイの植物群落}}
Aha no Tanagā-gumui shokubutsu gunraku | Kunigami | 26.72421642|N|128.28513075|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Aha Tanaga-gumui plant communities}} | 2.2 | |
Iheya Island Nentō Hiramatsu
Pinus luchuensis
{{nihongo2|伊平屋島の念頭平松}}
Iheya-jima no nentō hiramatsu | Iheya | 27.03930555|N|127.96872472|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Iheya Island Nentō Hiramatsu}} | 2.1 | |
Shio River
{{nihongo2|塩川}}
Shio-gawa | Motobu | 26.61572222|N|127.89505555|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shio River}} | 3.9 | |
Shimojishima Tōri-ike
{{nihongo2|下地島の通り池}}
Shimoji-jima no Tōri-ike | Miyakojima | also a Place of Scenic Beauty | 24.82486382|N|125.13762353|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shimojishima Tōri-ike}} | 3.6, 7, 9 | |
Kiyan Coast and Arasaki Coast
{{nihongo2|喜屋武海岸及び荒崎海岸}}
Kiyan kaigan oyobi Arasaki kaigan | Itoman | also a Place of Scenic Beauty | 26.129925|N|127.66518027|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kiyan Coast and Arasaki Coast}} | 2.3, 5; 3.9 | |
Kudaka Island coastal plant communities
{{nihongo2|久高島の海岸植物群落}}
Kudaka-jima no kaigan shokubutsu gunraku | Nanjō | 26.160816|N|127.886792|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kudaka Island coastal plant communities}} | 2.2 | |
Kumejima five-branch pine
{{nihongo2|久米の五枝のマツ}}
Kume no goeda no matsu | Kumejima | 26.35869184|N|126.74251145|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kumejima five-branch pine}} | 2.1 | |
Kumejima Ōjima Tatami-ishi
{{nihongo2|久米島町奥武島の畳石}}
Kumejima Ōjima tatami ishi | Kumejima | 26.34016666|N|126.80518583|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kumejima Ōjima Tatami-ishi}} | |
Miyako-jima limestone terraces
{{nihongo2|宮古島保良の石灰華段丘}}
Miyakojima hora no sekkai-ka dankyū | Miyakojima | 24.80596944|N|125.28068888|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyakojima limestone terraces}} | |
Miyara River mangrove forest
{{nihongo2|宮良川のヒルギ林}}
Miyara-gawa no hirgui-rin | Ishigaki | 24.36029208|N|124.20979159|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyara River mangrove forest}} | 2.2 | |
Gesashi Bay mangrove forest
{{nihongo2|慶佐次湾のヒルギ林}}
Gesaji-wan no hirgui-rin | Higashi | 26.60531168|N|128.14272502|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Gesashi Bay mangrove forest}} | 2.2 | |
Komi looking-glass mangrove communities
Heritiera littoralis
{{nihongo2|古見のサキシマスオウノキ群落}}
Komi no Sakishima suōnoki gunraku | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.31255555|N|123.90480555|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Komi looking-glass mangrove communities}} | 2.1, 2 | |
Ara River Formosan cherry habitat
Prunus campanulata
{{nihongo2|荒川のカンヒザクラ自生地}}
Ara-kawa no kanhizakura jiseichi | Ishigaki | 24.43938873|N|124.18475301|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ara River Formosan cherry habitat}} | 2.2 | |
Shima-chisujinori in Shikina-en
Thorea gaudichaudii
{{nihongo2|識名園のシマチスジノリ発生地}}
Shikina-en no shima-chisujinori hassei-chi | Naha | 26.203854|N|127.715462|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shima-chisujinori in Shikina-en}} | 2.12 | |
Shurikinjō giant Bishop wood
Bischofia javanica
{{nihongo2|首里金城の大アカギ}}
Shurikinjō no ōakagi | Naha | 26.21588888|N|127.71605555|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shurikinjō giant Bishop wood}} | 2.1 | |
Shoshi utaki plant communities
{{nihongo2|諸志御嶽の植物群落}}
Shoshi utaki no shokubutsu gunraku | Nakijin | 26.69433065|N|127.94622011|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shoshi utaki plant communities}} | 2.1, 2 | |
Hoshitate Natural Protected Area
{{nihongo2|星立天然保護区域}}
Hoshitate tennen hogo kuiki | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.39623198|N|123.76488461|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hoshitate Natural Protected Area}} | |
Ishigaki east coast tsunami rocks
{{nihongo2|石垣島東海岸の津波石群}}
Ishigaki-jima higashi kaigan no tsunami ishi-gun | Ishigaki | left behind by the 1771 Great Yaeyama Tsunami | 24.345933|N|124.200241|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ishigaki east coast tsunami rocks}} | |
Funaura Nipa palm communities
Nypa fruticans
{{nihongo2|船浦のニッパヤシ群落}}
Funaura no nippayashi gunraku | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.39693938|N|123.81108701|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Funaura Nipa palm communities}} | 2.10 | |
Ōike Black mangrove communities
Bruguiera gymnorhiza
{{nihongo2|大池のオヒルギ群落}}
Ōike no ohirugi gunraku | Minamidaitō | 25.85714038|N|131.23850183|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōike Black mangrove communities}} | 2.5 | |
Nakanokami Island sea bird breeding grounds
{{nihongo2|仲の神島海鳥繁殖地}}
Nakanokami-shima kaichō hanshokuchi | Taketomi | 24.19436508|N|123.56269191|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakanokami Island sea bird breeding grounds}} | 1.3 | |
Nakama River Natural Protected Area
{{nihongo2|仲間川天然保護区域}}
Nakama-gawa tennen hogo kuiki | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.28694567|N|123.86943853|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakama River Natural Protected Area}} | |
Nagahagu cliff and scree special plant communities
{{nihongo2|長幕崖壁及び崖錐の特殊植物群落}}
Nagahagu gaiheki oyobi gaisui no tokushu shokubutsu gunraku | Kitadaitō | 25.93654958|N|131.30118219|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nagahagu cliff and scree special plant communities}} | 2.3, 12 | |
Takō Gogan plant communities
{{nihongo2|田港御願の植物群落}}
Takō gogan no shokubutsu gunraku | Ōgimi | 26.66795807|N|128.12576753|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Takō Gogan plant communities}} | 2.1, 2 | |
Minamidaitō east coast plant communities
{{nihongo2|南大東島東海岸植物群落}}
Ōike no ohirugi gunraku | Minamidaitō | 25.83284493|N|131.26613843|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Minamidaitō east coast plant communities}} | 2.5, 12 | |
Yabiji
{{nihongo2|八重干瀬}}
Yabiji | Miyakojima | also a Place of Scenic Beauty | 24.998889|N|125.264694|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yabiji}} | |
Hirakubo Yaeyama rosewood
Pterocarpus indicus
{{nihongo2|平久保のヤエヤマシタン}}
Hirakubo no Yaeyama shitan | Ishigaki | 24.58456455|N|124.32260471|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hirakubo Yaeyama rosewood}} | 2.1 | |
Hirakubo Yasura Angiosperm communities
Hernandia nymphaeaefolia Kubizki
{{nihongo2|平久保安良のハスノハギリ群落}}
Hirakubo Yasura no hasunohagiri gunraku | Ishigaki | 24.33936111|N|124.15383055|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hirakubo Yasura Angiosperm communities}} | |
Yonehara satakentia communities
Satakentia liukiuensis
{{nihongo2|米原のヤエヤマヤシ群落}}
Yonehara no yaeyama-yashi gunraku | Ishigaki | 24.44488662|N|124.19373555|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yonehara satakentia communities}} | 2.2 | |
Nago "Hinpun Gajumaru"
Ficus microcarpa
{{nihongo2|名護のひんぷんガジュマル}}
Nago no hinpun gajumaru | Nago | 26.587337|N|127.985947|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nago "Hinpun Gajumaru"}} | 2.1 | |
Nago City Kayō folds
{{nihongo2|名護市嘉陽層の褶曲}}
Nago-shi kayō-sō no shūkyoku | Nago | 26.59177222|N|127.97760527|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nago City Kayō Folds}} | 3.1, 2, 3 | |
Mount Yonaha Natural Protected Area
{{nihongo2|与那覇岳天然保護区域}}
Yonaha-dake tennen hogo kuiki | Kunigami | 26.71182123|N|128.22352182|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Yonaha Natural Protected Area}} | |
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{{Complete list|date=September 2017}}As of 1 May 2017, forty-nine Monuments have been designated at a prefectural level.[4][5]
| Monument | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
|---|
Great nawab
Polyura eudamippus
{{nihongo2|フタオチョウ}}
Futao-chō | for all refs see |
Orange oakleaf
Kallima inachus
{{nihongo2|コノハチョウ}}
Konoha-chō |
Asahinakimadaraseseri
{{nihongo2|アサヒナキマダラセセリ}}
Asahinakimadara-seseri | skipper butterfly found on Ishigaki and Iriomote |
Anderson's crocodile newt
Echinotriton andersoni
{{nihongo2|イボイモリ}}
Iboimori |
Kuroiwa's ground gecko
Goniurosaurus kuroiwae
{{nihongo2|クロイワトカゲモドキ}}
Kuroiwa tokagemodoki | Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis|マダラトカゲモドキ}} |
Atlas moth
Attacus atlas ryukyuensis
{{nihongo2|ヨナグニサン}}
Yonagunisan |
Kikuzato's brook snake
Opisthotropis kikuzatoi
{{nihongo2|キクザトサワヘビ}}
Kikuzato sawahebi |
Holst's frog
Babina holsti
{{nihongo2|ホルストガエル}}
Horusuto-gaeru |
Okinawa wart frog
Limnonectes namiyei
{{nihongo2|ナミエガエル}}
Namie-gaeru |
Ishikawa's frog
Odorrana ishikawae
{{nihongo2|イシカワガエル}}
Ishikawa-gaeru |
Yonaguni Mount Urabu Atlas moth habitat
Attacus atlas ryukyuensis
{{nihongo2|与那国島宇良部岳ヨナグニサン生息地}}
Yonaguni-jima Urabu-dake yonagunisan seisokuchi | Yonaguni | 24.451369|N|123.003531|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yonaguni Mount Urabu Atlas moth habitat}} |
Miyako pony
{{nihongo2|宮古馬}}
Miyako uma | Miyako |
Chaan chicken
{{nihongo2|チャーン}}
Chaan | Uruma |
Amami woodcock
Scolopax mira
{{nihongo2|アマミヤマシギ}}
Amami yamashigi |
Kumejima firefly
{{nihongo2|クメジマボタル}}
Kumejima botaru |
Ryukyu Inu
{{nihongo2|琉球犬}}
Ryūkyū inu |
Miyako freshwater crab
Geothelphusa miyakoensis
{{nihongo2|ミヤコサワガニ}}
Miyako sawagani |
Amesoko Shima-chisujinori
{{nihongo2|天底のシマチスジノリ}}
Amesoko no shimachisujinori | Nakijin | 26.679061|N|127.978492|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Amesoko, Nakijin}} |
Imadomari tropical almond
Terminalia catappa
{{nihongo2|今泊のコバテイシ}}
Imadomari no kobateishi | Nakijin | 26.702756|N|127.929568|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Imadomari tropical almond}} |
Mount Kuba
{{nihongo2|田名のクバ山}}
Dana no Kuba-yama | Iheya | 27.090995|N|128.020313|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Kuba}} |
Izena Castle Site selaginella tamariscina communities
{{nihongo2|伊是名城跡のイワヒバ群落}}
Izena-jō ato no iwahiba gunraku | Izena | 26.914685|N|127.952410|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Izena Castle Site selaginella tamariscina communities}} |
Funauki Yaeyama hamago
Vitex trifolia var. bicolor
{{nihongo2|船浮のヤエヤマハマゴウ}}
Funauki no Yaeyama hamago | Taketomi | 24.338056|N|123.728611|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Funauki, Iriomote}} |
Miyatori-on Ehretia dichotoma
{{nihongo2|宮鳥御嶽のリュウキュウチシャノキ}}
Miyatori-on no Ryūkyū chishanoki | Ishigaki | 24.338056|N|123.728611|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyatori-on Ehretia dichotoma}} |
Une Sago palm
Cycas revoluta
{{nihongo2|宇根の大ソテツ}}
Une no ōsotetsu | Kumejima | 26.349691|N|126.811838|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Une Sago palm}} |
Aha looking-glass mangrove
Heritiera littoralis
{{nihongo2|安波のサキシマスオウノキ}}
Aha no Sakishima suōnoki | Kunigami | 26.715824|N|128.286270|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Aha, Kunigami}} |
Sashiki Fusozaki coast Myoporum bontioides communities
{{nihongo2|敷町冨祖崎海岸のハマジンチョウ群落}}
Sashiki-chō Fusozaki kaigan no hamajinchō gunraku | Nanjō | 26.178259|N|127.791424|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Fusozaki, Nanjō}} |
Maja Garcinia subelliptica
{{nihongo2|真謝のチュラフクギ}}
Maja no chura fukugi | Kumejima | 26.351719|N|126.809778|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Maja Garcinia subelliptica}} |
Cape Manza limestone plant communities
{{nihongo2|万座毛石灰岩植物群落}}
Manza-mō sekkaigan shokubutsu gunraku | Onna | 26.504451|N|127.850475|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Cape Manza limestone plant communities}} |
Nakasuji Nebaru-utaki subtropical coastal forest
{{nihongo2|仲筋村ネバル御嶽の亜熱帯海岸林}}
Nakasuji-mura Nebaru-utaki no anettai kaigan rin | Ishigaki | 24.447843|N|124.156011|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kabira, Ishigaki}} |
Miyazatomae-utaki Angiosperm forest
Hernandia nymphaeaefolia Kubizki
{{nihongo2|宮里前の御嶽のハスノハギリ林}}
Miyazatomae no utaki no hasunohagiri rin | Nago | 26.594245|N|127.972097|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Miyazato, Nago}} |
Nago guard-house site Garcinia subelliptica
{{nihongo2|名護番所跡のフクギ群}}
Nago bansho ato no fukugi-gun | Nago | 26.586089|N|127.986581|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nago guard-house site Garcinia subelliptica}} |
Ōgimi-utaki Fountain palm communities
Livistona chinensis
{{nihongo2|大宜味御嶽のビロウ群落}}
Ōgimi-utaki no birō gunraku | Ōgimi | 26.700609|N|128.120070|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōgimi-utaki Fountain palm communities}} |
Kuninaka-utaki plant communities
{{nihongo2|国仲御嶽の植物群落}}
Kuninaka-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku | Miyakojima | 24.826823|N|125.174265|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kuninaka-utaki plant communities}} |
Shiokawa-utaki plant communities and Garcinia subelliptica
{{nihongo2|塩川御嶽の植物群落並びにフクギ並木}}
Shiokawa-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku narabini fukugi namiki | Tarama | 24.665348|N|124.711089|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shiokawa-utaki plant communities and Garcinia subelliptica}} |
Ungusuku-utaki Garcinia subelliptica communities
{{nihongo2|運城御嶽のフクギ群落}}
Ungusuku-utaki no fukugi gunraku | Tarama | 24.672388|N|124.702270|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ungusuku-utaki Garcinia subelliptica communities}} |
Tarama Island Ntabaru-utaki plant communities
{{nihongo2|多良間島の土原御嶽の植物群落}}
Tarama-jima no Ntabaru-utaki no shokubutsu gunraku | Tarama | 24.668410|N|124.700425|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakasuji, Tarama}} |
Tarama Island Minebaru plant communities
{{nihongo2|多良間島の嶺原の植物群落}}
Tarama-jima no Minebaru no shokubutsu gunraku | Tarama | 24.668410|N|124.700425|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakasuji, Tarama}} |
Tarama Island Hōgo forest
{{nihongo2|多良間島の抱護林}}
Tarama-jima no hōgo rin | Tarama | 24.654194|N|124.726238|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Tarama Island Hōgo forest}} |
Akara-utaki Quercus phillyraeoides and Okinawa pine plant communities
Pinus luchuensis
{{nihongo2|アカラ御嶽のウバメガシ及びリュウキュウマツ等の植物群落の植物群落}}
Akara-utaki no ubamegashi oyobi Ryūkyū-matsu tō no shokubutsu gunraku | Izena | 26.918711|N|127.958289|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Akara-utaki Quercus phillyraeoides and Okinawa pine plant communities}} |
Higashi-hennazaki raised coral coast and plant communities
{{nihongo2|東平安名岬の隆起珊瑚礁海岸風衝植物群落}}
Higashi-hennazaki no ryūki sangoshō kaigan fūshō shokubutsu gunraku | Miyakojima | 24.7189|N|125.469336|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Higashi-hennazaki raised coral coast and plant communities}} |
Aguni Nishi-no-Ugan plant communities
{{nihongo2|粟国村字西の御願の植物群落}}
Aguni-son aza nishi no ugan no shokubutsu gunraku | Aguni | 26.581860|N|127.223690|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Aguni Nishi-no-ugan plant communities}} |
Hiji Kodama Forest plant communities
{{nihongo2|比地の小玉森の植物群落}}
Hiji no Kodama-mori no shokubutsu gunraku | Kunigami | 26.727580|N|128.178414|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hiji Kodama Forest plant communities}} |
Kumaya Cave
{{nihongo2|くまや洞窟}}
Kumaya dōkutsu | Iheya | 27.091683|N|128.016601|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kumaya Cave}} |
Nakashima giant stone
{{nihongo2|仲島の大石}}
Nakashima no ōishi | Naha | also a Prefectural Historic Site | 26.211289|N|127.677044|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Nakashima giant stone}} |
Kijoka Itajiki coast itabishi
{{nihongo2|喜如嘉板敷海岸の板干瀬}}
Kijoka Itajiki kaigan no itabishi | Ōgimi | 26.705374|N|128.135245|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kijoka Itajiki coast itabishi}} |
Motobu Ōishibaru Ammonite fossils
{{nihongo2|本部町大石原のアンモナイト化石}}
Motobu-chō Ōishibaru no anmonaito kaseki | Motobu | 26.693121|N|127.874922|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Motobu Ōishibaru Ammonite fossils}} |
Kitadaitō Nakano Hokusendō Cave
{{nihongo2|北大東村字中野の北泉洞}}
Kitadaitō-son aza Nakano no Hokusen-dō | Kitadaitō | 25.949635|N|131.307769|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kitadaitō Nakano Hokusendō Cave}} |
Mount Katsuu, Mount Awa, and Mount Yae Nature Reserve
{{nihongo2|嘉津宇岳安和岳八重岳自然保護区}}
Katsuu-dake Awa-dake Yae-dake shizen hogoku | Nago, Motobu | 26.631022|N|127.934956|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Mount Katsuu, Mount Awa, and Mount Yae Nature Reserve}} |
Yonaguni Mount Kubura Natural Protected Area
{{nihongo2|与那国島久部良岳天然保護区域}}
Yonaguni-jima Kubura-dake tennen hogo kuiki | Yonaguni | 24.455039|N|122.958070|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yonaguni Mount Kubura Natural Protected Area}} |
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{{Complete list|date=September 2017}}As of 1 May 2017, one hundred and twenty-two Monuments have been designated at a municipal level.[4][6]
| Monument | Municipality | Comments | Image | Coordinates | Type | Ref. |
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Ada Planchonella obovata Forest Reserve
{{nihongo2|安田のアカテツ保安林}}
Ada no akatetsu hoan-rin | Kunigami | 26.744878|N|128.316942|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ada Planchonella obovata Forest Reserve}} | for all refs see |
Shioya-ufuncha Angiosperms
Hernandiaceae
{{nihongo2|塩屋ウフンチャのハスノハギリ}}
Shioya-ufuncha no hasunohagiri | Ōgimi | 26.671728|N|128.106173|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Shioya-ufuncha Angiosperms}} |
Looking-glass mangrove
Heritiera littoralis
{{nihongo2|サキシマスオウノキ}}
Sakishima suōnoki | Higashi |
Michelia compressa
{{nihongo2|オガタマノキ}}
Ogatamanoki | Higashi | 26.604109|N|128.120660|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Arume, Higashi}} |
Nakasone Kakihatahara Nahakihagi communities
Dendrolobium umbellatum
{{nihongo2|仲宗根垣畑原のナハキハギ群落}}
Nakasone Kakihatahara no nahakihagi gunraku | Nakijin |
Ōhama foraminiferal limestone
{{nihongo2|大浜の有孔虫石灰岩}}
Ōhama no yūkōchū sekkaigan | Motobu | 26.657102|N|127.882714|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōhama, Motobu}} |
Okinawa Little Japanese horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus pumilus pumilus
{{nihongo2|オキナワコキクガシラコウモリ}}
Okinawa kokikugashira kōmori | Nago |
Sumuide sea fig
Ficus superba
{{nihongo2|済井出のアコウ}}
Sumuide no akō | Nago | 26.668393|N|128.020624|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Sumuide, Nago}} |
Ōshittai Quercus miyagii
{{nihongo2|オキナワウラジロガシ}}
Ōshittai no Okinawa urajirogashi | Nago | 26.630120|N|128.077710|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōshittai Quercus miyagii}} |
Agarie sea mango
Cerbera manghas
{{nihongo2|東江のミフクラギ}}
Agarie no mifukuragi | Nago | 26.582510|N|127.987467|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Agarie, Nago}} |
Kyoda Quercus phillyraeoides
{{nihongo2|許田のウバメガシ}}
Kyoda no ubamegashi | Nago | 26.542106|N|127.972214|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Kyoda, Nago}} |
Sokoniya Okami-matsu
{{nihongo2|底仁屋の御神松}}
Sokoniya okamimatsu | Nago | 26.572965|N|128.122156|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Sokoniya Okami-matsu}} |
Yabu Elementary School deigo
Erythrina variegata
{{nihongo2|屋部小学校のデイゴ}}
Yabu shōgakkō no deigo | Nago | 26.601298|N|127.953475|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yabu Elementary School deigo}} |
Yagaji Elementary School sea fig
Ficus superba
{{nihongo2|屋我地小学校のアコウ}}
Yagaji shōgakkō no akō | Nago | 26.655520|N|128.008302|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Yagaji Elementary School sea fig}} |
Ōura mangroves
{{nihongo2|大浦のマングローブ林}}
Ōura no mangurōbu-rin | Nago | 26.559075|N|128.042537|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Ōura, Nago}} |
Makiya powder-puff trees
Barringtonia racemosa
{{nihongo2|真喜屋のサガリバナ}}
Makiya no sagaribana | Nago | 26.624819|N|128.039893|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Makiya, Nago}} |
Gyokusendō Cave
{{nihongo2|玉泉洞}}
Gyokusendō | Nanjō | 26.137336|N|127.751808|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Gyokusendō Cave}} |
Ishigaki niinii
Platypleura albivannata
{{nihongo2|イシガキニイニイ}}
Ishigaki niinii | Ishigaki |
Fukidō River Rhizophoraceae communities
{{nihongo2|吹通川のヒルギ群落}}
Fukidō-gawa no hirugi gunraku | Ishigaki |
Obama-utaki Ehretia dichotoma
{{nihongo2|小浜御嶽のリュウキュウチシャノキ}}
Obama-utaki no Ryūkyū chishanoki | Ishigaki |
Old mulberry tree
{{nihongo2|桑の老木}}
kuwa no rōki | Taketomi | on Kuroshima Island |
Beach rosewood communities
{{nihongo2|浜シタン群落}}
Hama shitan gunraku | Taketomi | on Hateruma |
Hatoma Nakamui
{{nihongo2|鳩間中森}}
Hatoma Nakamui | Taketomi | on Hatoma | 24.470537|N|123.821232|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Hatoma Nakamui}} |
Old tabu tree
Machilus thunbergii
{{nihongo2|タブの老木}}
tabu no rōki | Taketomi | on Iriomote | 24.390852|N|123.745009|E|display=inline|format=dms|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000|name=Old tabu tree}} |
Kamadoma kubadesa
{{nihongo2|カマドマのクバデサー}}
Kamadoma no kubadesaa | Taketomi | on Iriomote |
Kōkihara gajumaru communities
Ficus microcarpa
{{nihongo2|コーキ原のガジュマル群落}}
Kōkihara no gajumaru gunraku | Taketomi | on Kohama Island |
Asabishibana
{{nihongo2|アサビシバナ(遊び岩)}}
Asabishibana (asobi-iwa) | Taketomi | on Kuroshima Island |
Yonaguni horse
{{nihongo2|与那国馬}}
Yonaguni uma | Yonaguni |
Irimaka large deigo
Erythrina variegata
{{nihongo2|西真嘉大デイコ}}
Irimaka ō-deigo | Yonaguni |
Kubura Mittō wetlands
{{nihongo2|久部良ミットゥ湿地帯}}
Kubura mittō shitchitai | Yonaguni |
Aragabana zone
{{nihongo2|アラガバナ一帯}}
Aragabana ittai | Yonaguni |
Angaimidōchi zone
{{nihongo2|アンガイミドゥチ一帯}}
Angaimidōchi ittai | Yonaguni |
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1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/tokei_hakusho_shuppan/shuppanbutsu/bunkazai_pamphlet/pamphlet_en.html |title=Cultural Properties for Future Generations |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 September 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/shitei.html |script-title=ja:史跡名勝天然記念物 |trans-title=Number of Monuments of Japan by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 September 2017 |accessdate=23 September 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/bsys/index_pc.html |title=Database of National Cultural Properties: 史跡名勝天然記念物 (天然記念物, 特別天然記念物 沖縄県 定めず) |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=23 September 2017}}
4. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/edu/bunkazai/edu/jimukyoku/bunkazai/documents/h810.pdf |script-title=ja:国・県・市町村指定文化財 |trans-title=National, Prefectural, and Municipal Cultural Properties |language=Japanese |publisher=Okinawa Prefecture |date=1 May 2016 |accessdate=23 September 2017}}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/chiho_shitei/todofuken.html |script-title=ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数（都道府県分）|trans-title=Number of Prefectural Cultural Properties by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 May 2017 |accessdate=23 September 2017}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bunka.go.jp/seisaku/bunkazai/shokai/chiho_shitei/shichoson.html |script-title=ja:都道府県別指定等文化財件数（市町村分）|trans-title=Number of Municipal Cultural Properties by Prefecture |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |date=1 May 2017 |accessdate=23 September 2017}}