ATLAS · NATIONAL PARKS · JAPAN
National Parks in Japan
Japan has 12 national parks on the map. Each is drawn from OpenStreetMap (ODbL), a snapshot taken 2026-06-23. This is a count of where parks are mapped, not a ranking.
PARKS MAPPED12
NAMED IN SAMPLE11
WITH IUCN CATEGORY2
By protection category
Among the named sample below, the IUCN protection category OpenStreetMap records for Japan’s parks. Many parks carry no category in the data, and are not counted here.
IUCN II · National park2
A sample of parks
A selection of 11 of Japan’s 12 national parks, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.
- Abashiri Quasi National Park
- Aso-Kuju National Park
- Daisetsuzan National Park
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park
- Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park
- Onuma Quasi-National ParkIUCN II · National park
- Shiretoko National Park
- Unzen-Amakusa National Park
- Yakushima National Park
- Yanbaru National Park