Japanese national parks

National parks of Japan are listed here by region from north to south.

Hokkaido

Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park – national park comprised of the volcanic islands of Rishiri and Rebun and the Sarobetsu Wetland, a popular bird watching spot
Shiretoko National Park – located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido. It is home to a variety of wildlife and home to some of the most beautiful unspoiled scenery in Japan. It is a .
Akan-Mashu National Park – designated a national park on December 4, 1934, together with Daisetsuzan National Park, it is the oldest national park in Japan. The park is separated into two separate areas, the Akan area centered around the Akan caldera, and the Kawayu area, centered around the caldera lake of Lake Mashu and Lake Kussharo.
Kushiro-shitsugen National Park – home to Japan's largest wetland and the only place where the endangered Japanese crane can be found
Daisetsuzan National Park – Japan's largest park, home to many onsen towns and unspoilt wilderness. It is also home to Hokkaido's tallest mountain, Mount Asashi.
Shikotsu-Tōya National Park – centered around Lake Toya and Lake Shikotsu, which are both volcanic caldera lakes, it also includes the hot-spring town of Noboribetsu and a Jomon site that is a .

Tohoku

Towada-Hachimantai National Park
Sanriku Fukkō National Park – a park created in 2013, after the Great Tohoku Earthquake devastated the Sanriku Coast, to help reconstruct and revitalize the area.
Bandai-Asahi National Park – consists of the Iide and Asahi Mountains in Niigata Prefecture, the Bandai area of Fukushima Prefecture, and Dewa Sanzan in Yamagata Prefecture.

Kanto

Nikkō National Park
Oze National Park
Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park – A park that spans Tokyo, Saitama, Yamanashi, and Nagano Prefectures.
Ogasawara National Park

Chubu

Joshin'etsukogen National Park
Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park
Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park – the amalgamation of Mount Fuji and its surrounding area, Hakone, the Izu Peninsula, and the Izu Islands.
Chubu Sangaku National Park
Hakusan National Park
Minami Alps National Park – a park encompassing the Akaishi Mountains.

Kansai

Ise-Shima National Park

All of Mie Prefecture from Ise on down.

Yoshino-Kumano National Park

This park encompasses the entirety of the Kansai region from Yoshino on down.

Chugoku

San-in Kaigan National Park

A coastal park, spanning the region around the Sea of Japan from Tottori to Kyoto Prefecture.

Daisen-Oki National Park

A park centered around Mount Daisen and the Oki Islands, and also including the Hiruzen Highlands in Maniwa and the Izumo Plains in Izumo.

Setonaikai National Park

The first and largest national park in Japan. Any place in or around the Seto Inland Sea is considered to be part of the park.

Shikoku

Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park

A park made up of locations on the southwestern corner of Shikoku in Ehime and Kochi, including Cape Ashizuri.

Kyushu

Saikai National Park

Unzen-Amakusa National Park

Aso-Kuju National Park

Originally established strictly around Mount Aso, the park was later expanded to include the Kuju Mountains.