Areas protected under the Nature Conservation Law of Japan

As of 31 March 2015, five Wilderness Areas have been designated, with a total area of 56.31 km².^[5]

Wilderness Area	Prefecture	Municipality	Area (ha)	Image	Coordinates
Onnebetsudake Wilderness Area 遠音別岳原生自然環境保全地域 Onnebetsu-dake gensei shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Hokkaidō	Shari, Rausu	1,895		43°59′36″N 145°00′44″E / 43.993252°N 145.012147°E / 43.993252; 145.012147 (Onnebetsudake Wilderness Area)
Head of River Tokachi Wilderness Area 十勝川源流部原生自然環境保全地域 Tokachi-gawa genryū-bu gensei shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Hokkaidō	Shintoku	1,035		43°16′27″N 142°55′11″E / 43.274114°N 142.919588°E / 43.274114; 142.919588 (Head of River Tokachi Wilderness Area)
Minami Iwojima Wilderness Area 南硫黄島原生自然環境保全地域 Minami-Iōjima gensei shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Tokyo	Ogasawara	367		24°14′11″N 141°27′47″E / 24.236506°N 141.463132°E / 24.236506; 141.463132 (Minami Iwojima Wilderness Area)
Head of River Ooi Wilderness Area 大井川源流部原生自然環境保全地域 Ōi-gawa genryū-bu gensei shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Shizuoka	Kawanehon	1,115		35°06′44″N 138°08′27″E / 35.112170°N 138.140955°E / 35.112170; 138.140955 (Head of River Ooi Wilderness Area)
Yakushima Wilderness Area 屋久島原生自然環境保全地域 Yakushima gensei shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Kagoshima	Yakushima	1,219		30°20′35″N 130°30′41″E / 30.342936°N 130.511451°E / 30.342936; 130.511451 (Yakushima Wilderness Area)

As of 31 March 2015, ten Nature Conservation Areas have been designated, with a total area of 225.42 km².^[5]

Wilderness Area	Prefecture	Municipality	Area (ha)	Image	Coordinates
Ōhirayama Nature Conservation Area 大平山自然環境保全地域 Ōhirayama shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Hokkaidō	Shimamaki	674		42°38′07″N 140°08′08″E / 42.635289°N 140.135464°E / 42.635289; 140.135464 (Ohirayama Nature Conservation Area)
Shirakami sanchi Nature Conservation Area 白神山地自然環境保全地域 Shirakami sanchi shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Aomori, Akita	Ajigasawa, Fukaura, Nishimeya, Fujisato	14,043		40°34′44″N 140°17′54″E / 40.578929°N 140.298461°E / 40.578929; 140.298461 (Shirakami sanchi Nature Conservation Area)
Wagadake Nature Conservation Area 和賀岳自然環境保全地域 Wagadake shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Iwate	Nishiwaga	1,451		39°34′13″N 140°45′15″E / 39.570191°N 140.754170°E / 39.570191; 140.754170 (Wagadake Nature Conservation Area)
Hayachine Nature Conservation Area 早池峰自然環境保全地域 Hayachine shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Iwate	Miyako	1,370		39°33′34″N 141°29′09″E / 39.559332°N 141.485852°E / 39.559332; 141.485852 (Hayachine Nature Conservation Area)
Ōsabiyama Nature Conservation Area 大佐飛山自然環境保全地域 Ōsabiyama shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Tochigi	Nasushiobara	545		37°03′49″N 139°50′38″E / 37.063598°N 139.843972°E / 37.063598; 139.843972 (Ōsabiyama Nature Conservation Area)
Head of River Tone Nature Conservation Area 利根川源流部自然環境保全地域 Tone-gawa genryū-bu shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Gunma	Minakami	2,318		36°59′07″N 139°06′44″E / 36.985204°N 139.112199°E / 36.985204; 139.112199 (Head of River Tone Nature Conservation Area)
Sasagamine Nature Conservation Area 笹ヶ峰自然環境保全地域 Sasagamine shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Ehime, Kōchi	Niihama, Saijō, Ino	537		33°49′40″N 133°16′25″E / 33.827881°N 133.273565°E / 33.827881; 133.273565 (Sasagamine Nature Conservation Area)
Shiragadake Nature Conservation Area 白髪岳自然環境保全地域 Shiragadake shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Kumamoto	Asagiri	150		32°09′00″N 130°56′37″E / 32.150056°N 130.943486°E / 32.150056; 130.943486 (Shiragadake Nature Conservation Area)
Inaodake Nature Conservation Area 稲尾岳自然環境保全地域 Inaodake shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Kagoshima	Kimotsuki, Kinkō, Minamiōsumi	377		31°07′24″N 130°53′08″E / 31.123215°N 130.885608°E / 31.123215; 130.885608 (Inaodake Nature Conservation Area)
Sakiyamawan-Amitoriwan Nature Conservation Area 崎山湾・網取湾自然環境保全地域 Sakiyamawan・Amitoriwan shizen kankyō hozen chiiki	Okinawa	Taketomi	1,077		24°18′58″N 123°40′44″E / 24.316226°N 123.679015°E / 24.316226; 123.679015 (Sakiyamawan-Amitoriwan Nature Conservation Area)

As of 31 March 2015, five hundred and forty-four Prefectural Nature Conservation Areas have been designated, with a total area of 774.08 km².^[5][6]

• Miyazaki: Kashiba (樫葉)・Northern Kamon-dake (掃部岳北部)
• Kagoshima: Koba-dake (木場岳)・Mangurō (万九郎)
• Okinawa: Kubura-dake (久部良岳)・Urabuta-dake (宇良部岳)・Higawa-chisaki (比川地先)・Agari-zaki (東崎)・Tanokuba-yama (田名の久葉山)・Kushi-dake (後岳)・Koshi-dake (腰岳)・Gayō-zan (賀陽山)・Aha-take (阿波岳)・Izena-yama (伊是名山)・Katsuu-dake - Awa-dake - Yae-dake (嘉津宇岳・安和岳・八重岳)

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• National Parks of Japan
• Wildlife Protection Areas in Japan
• Natural Habitat Conservation Areas in Japan
• Environmental issues in Japan

• Protected areas in Japan (Ministry of the Environment)
• Wilderness Areas and Nature Conservation Areas (Ministry of the Environment)
• (in Japanese) Nature Conservation Areas (Ministry of the Environment)