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Tokyo bitterling Tanakia tanago ミヤコタナゴ Miyako tanago: 1.1: Edo Castle Site Luminous moss Habitat Schistostega pennata 江戸城跡のヒカリゴケ生育地 Edo-jō ato no hikarigoke seiiku-chi: Chiyoda: 2.7
Designated Natural monuments of Japan — natural places and native flora/fauna species, as determined by the Agency for Cultural Affairs in Japan. There are 953 Natural Monuments, including 72 Special Natural Monuments.
As of October 24, 2023 there are 1,040 Natural Monuments, 1895 Historic Sites, 429 Places of Scenic Beauty, 75 Special Natural Monuments, 36 Special Places of Scenic Beauty and 63 Special Historic Sites. [3] Since a single item can fall under more than one of these categories, the total number of sites is less than the sum of designations.
Tokyo's sewer network is designed to handle rainfall of up to 75 mm per hour, but increasingly there are localised storms bringing down as much as 100 mm, overtaxing the system, said Shun Otomo, a ...
on the campus of the University of Tokyo; formerly part of the residence of the Maeda clan of the Kaga Domain 35°42′31″N 139°45′43″E / 35.708660°N 139.761962°E / 35.708660; 139.761962 ( Kaitokukan
Tokyo: 2011 1362; ix (natural) The Ogasawara Archipelago is a group of around 30 islands located in the north-western Pacific Ocean around 1,000 km (620 mi) off the Japanese mainland. Because of its isolation, the islands have high number of endemic species and are important for studies of ongoing evolutionary processes and speciation.
Nature park; also a Natural Monument; now the Institute for Nature Study (属自然教育園), administered by the National Museum of Nature and Science Former Imperial Land in Shirogane 35°38′19″N 139°43′10″E / 35.63866819°N 139.71937352°E / 35.63866819; 139.71937352 ( Former Imperial Land in Shirogane
Itsukushima in Setonaikai National Park, the first of Japan's national parks (established 1934). National parks (国立公園, Kokuritsu Kōen) and quasi-national parks (国定公園, Kokutei Kōen) of Japan are places of scenic beauty that are designated for protection and sustainable use by the Minister of the Environment under the Natural Parks Law (自然公園法) of 1957. [1]