Japan

Summary

  • EAAFP Member since: 2006
  • Number of EAAFP Flyway Network Sites: 34
  • Focal Point Contact
    • Ms. Kaoru Sakai
      Assistant Director, Wildlife Division, Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment, Japan
      Email: [email protected]
      Tel: +81-3-5521-8284

Japan has been a Partner since 2006 (MoP1). It now has 34 Flyway Network Sites, the most recent designation being, 2021, September. The sites supports as breeding habitat for Key Species of EAAFP such as Black-faced Spoonbill, a large number of Crane species as well as staging for many other migrating waterbirds. There is a very active community working to support migratory waterbirds in Japan. Particular activity is noted for Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans) and Crane.

Flyway Network Sites

Site Information

EAAF SITECODE NAME OF SITE SITE INFORMATION SHEET YEAR SIS UPDATED SITE PHOTOS VIEW IN GOOGLE EARTH
EAAF029 Akkeshi-ko & Bekambeushi-shitsugen SIS 1999* View
EAAF030 Izumi (formerly named "Arasaki") SIS 2023 View View
EAAF031 Kiritappu Marsh n/a View
EAAF032 Kushiro-shitsugen SIS 1999* View View
EAAF033 Yashiro n/a View
EAAF047 Biwa-ko SIS 1999* View
EAAF048 Biwase-wan SIS 1999* View
EAAF049 Fukushimagata SIS 1999* View
EAAF050 Hyouko-suikin-koen SIS 1999* View
EAAF051 Kabukuri-numa SIS 1999* View
EAAF052 Katano Kamoike SIS 1999* View View
EAAF053 Kutcharo-ko SIS 1999* View
EAAF054 Manko Tidal Flats SIS 1999* View
EAAF055 Miyajima-numa SIS 1999* View View
EAAF056 Otomo-numa SIS 1999* View
EAAF057 Sakata SIS 1999* View
EAAF058 Shiroishi-gawa SIS 1999* View
EAAF059 Yatsu Tidal Flats n/a View View
EAAF060 Yonago-Mizudori-koen SIS 1999* View View
EAAF061 Yoshino Estuary n/a View View
EAAF063 Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park SIS 2000* View View
EAAF071 Kashima Shingomori SIS 2001* View View
EAAF072 Utonai-ko n/a View
EAAF076 Osaka Nankou Bird Sanctuary SIS 2003* View
EAAF080 Fujimae-Higata SIS 2004* View View
EAAF081 Kumagawa Estuary SIS 2004* View View
EAAF088 Hachirogata-Kantakuchi SIS 2006* View
EAAF098 Kejo-numa SIS 2009* View
EAAF099 Furen-ko and Shunkuni-tai SIS 2010* View View
EAAF113 Arao-higata SIS 2013 View View
EAAF115 Izu-numa and Uchi-numa SIS 2014 View View
EAAF116 Notsuke-hanto and Notsuke-wan SIS 2014 View
EAAF124 Higashiyoka-higata SIS 2016 View View
EAAF151 Sarobetsu Wetland SIS 2021 View

Site Details

Key Species of EAAFP in Japan

Shorebird

Anatidae

Crane

Seabird

Others

Curlew Sandpiper

Baer's Pochard

Oriental Stork

Dalmatian Pelican

Black-Faced Spoonbill

Red Knot

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Siberian Crane

Chinese Crested Tern

Japanese Night-heron

Great Knot

Long-tailed Duck

Red-crowned Crane

Relict Gull

Chinese Egret

Asian Dowitcher

 Steller's Eider

Hooded Crane

Saunder’s Gull

Swinhoe’s Rail

Far Eastern Curlew

White-naped Crane

 

Eurasian Curlew

Black-tailed Godwit

Spoon-billed Sandpiper

Spotted Greenshank

Resources

For pages and posts on the EAAFP site related to Japan follow search: Japan

  • Promotional Materials/Websites
    • Poster of Flyway Network Sites in Japan produced by The Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan

    • BirdLife International Wetlands Pamphlet (English, Japanese)
    • BirdLife International Tokyo video seminar "Stories of Migratory Birds and Wetlands" (Japanese)

    • Online Environmental Magazine of Japan "Ecojin"( Japanese )