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100 Soundscapes of Japan

1996 list of environmental sounds

Summary

1996 list of environmental sounds

The 100 Soundscapes of Japan are a number of noises selected by the Ministry of the Environment as particularly representative of the country. They were chosen in 1996, as part of government efforts to combat noise pollution and to protect and promote protection of the environment.

There were 738 submissions received from all over the country and the 100 "best" were selected after examination by the Japan Soundscape Study Group. These soundscapes are intended to function as symbols for local people and to promote the rediscovery of the sounds of everyday life. The follow-up Sixth National Assembly on Soundscape Conservation was held in Matsuyama in 2002.

Soundscape	Category	Location	Prefecture	Image	Sound
Drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk	Sea	Sea of Okhotsk shore	Hokkaidō	[[Image:Ryuhyoh 02.jpg	100px]]
Bell of Sapporo Clock Tower	Bells	Sapporo	Hokkaidō	[[Image:Sapporo Clock Tower Hokkaido Japan.jpg	100px]]
Bell of Hakodate Russian Orthodox Church	Bells	Hakodate	Hokkaidō	[[Image:Hakodate Russian Orthodox Church, May 2006.jpg	100px]]
Mountain creatures in Asahidake, Mount Daisetsu	Wildlife	Higashikawa	Hokkaidō	[[Image:Daisetsu-zan asahidake with flowers.jpg	100px]]
Japanese crane sanctuary, Tsurui	Birds	Tsurui	Hokkaidō	[[Image:Grus japonensis 01.jpg	100px]]
Black-tailed gulls in Kabushima, Hachinohe Port	Birds	Hachinohe	Aomori Prefecture	[[Image:Gull in water3.jpg	100px]]
Wild birds of Lake Ogawara shore	Birds	Misawa	Aomori Prefecture	[[Image:Lake Ogawara NASA Photo ISS039.jpg	100px]]
Oirase River stream	Water	Towadako	Aomori Prefecture	[[Image:Oirase keiryuu.JPG	100px]]
Nebuta (Neputa) Festival	Matsuri	Aomori/Hirosaki	Aomori Prefecture	[[Image:Aomori Nebuta AUG 2006 0003.jpg	100px]]
Kaminari-iwa (Thunder Rock), Goishi coastline	Sea	Ōfunato	Iwate Prefecture	[[Image:Goisi-kaigan.jpg	100px]]
Nambu Fūrin (Japanese wind chimes) at Mizusawa Station	Local life	Ōshū	Iwate Prefecture	[[Image:Mizusawa station's wind chime.JPG	100px]]
Bells of Chagu Chagu Umakko	Matsuri	Takizawa	Iwate Prefecture
Suzumushi (bell-ringing insects) in Miyagino	Insects	Sendai	Miyagi Prefecture	[[Image:Suzumushi.jpg	100px]]	[[File:Suzumushi 06z3286.ogg	audio]]
Singing frogs and wild birds of the Hirose River	Wildlife/Birds	Sendai	Miyagi Prefecture	[[Image:Buergeria buergeri.jpg	100px]]
Reed fields at the mouth of the Kitakami River	Vegetation	Ishinomaki	Miyagi Prefecture	[[Image:Phragmites australis Schilfrohr.jpg	100px]]
Wild geese in Izunuma and Uchinuma lakes	Birds	Kurikoma/Wakayanagi/Hasama	Miyagi Prefecture	[[Image:Anser albifrons 30050.JPG	100px]]
Pinewoods of wind	Vegetation	Noshiro	Akita Prefecture	[[File:Kaze no Matsubara.JPG	100px]]
Cicadas at Yama-dera	Insects	Yamagata	Yamagata Prefecture	[[Image:Yamadera 2004-11.JPG	100px]]
"Matsu-no-Kanjin" conches (trumpet shells)	Matsuri	Tsuruoka	Yamagata Prefecture	[[Image:Charonia tritonis in Guam.jpg	100px]]	[[File:Conch shell.ogg	audio]]
Swans at the mouth of Mogami River	Birds	Sakata	Yamagata Prefecture	[[Image:Cygnus bewickii 01.jpg	100px]]
Little Birds Forest in Fukushima City	Birds	Fukushima	Fukushima Prefecture
Natural irrigation channel of Ōuchi-juku	Water	Shimogō	Fukushima Prefecture	[[Image:Ja-fukushima-ohuchijuku-1.jpg	100px]]
Weaving of ramie fabric	Transport/Industry	Shōwa	Fukushima Prefecture
Waves of Izura-kaigan coast	Sea	Kita-ibaraki	Ibaraki Prefecture
Tree frogs in Ajisai-zaka, Mount Ohirasan	Frogs	Tochigi	Tochigi Prefecture	[[Image:Hylidae 001.jpg	100px]]
Suikinkutsu in Suikintei Garden	Daily life	Yoshii	Gunma Prefecture	[[Image:Suikinkutsu CrossSection.jpg	100px]]
Time bell of Kawagoe	Bell	Kawagoe	Saitama Prefecture	[[Image:Tokinokane-2006-03-20 1.jpg	100px]]
Insects singing in Oshikiri, Arakawa River	Insects	Kumagaya (Kōnan)	Saitama Prefecture	[[Image:Arakawa WanganSen.JPG	100px]]
Waterfall on conduit bridge	Water	Katori (Sawara)	Chiba Prefecture	[[Image:Toyohashi-bridge,katori-city,japan.JPG	100px]]
Himeharuzemi cicadas in Mamenbara	Insects	Ōtaki	Chiba Prefecture	[[Image:Himeharuzemi0807-1.jpg	100px]]
Vicinity of Shibamata Taishakuten and "Yagiri-no-Watashi" ferry	Complex	Matsudo/Katsushika	Chiba Prefecture/Tokyo	[[Image:Taishakuten Sando -01.jpg	100px]]
Time bell at the hill of Ueno	Bells	Taitō	Tokyo
Sounds of birds, water, and trees at Sanpōji-ike Pond	Birds/Water/Vegetation	Nerima	Tokyo
Keyaki (zelkova), tree-lined boulevard in Seikei Gakuen Campus	Vegetation	Musashino	Tokyo	[[Image:Zelkova serrata5.jpg	100px]]
Ship whistles for the New Year at Yokohama Port	Local life	Yokohama	Kanagawa Prefecture	[[Image:Yokohama Port 01.jpg	100px]]
Approach to Kawasaki Daishi Temple	Local life	Kawasaki	Kanagawa Prefecture	[[Image:Heikenji Temple Gate.JPG	100px]]
Stream and wild birds singing sounds in Dohogawa Park	Water/Birds	Sagamihara	Kanagawa Prefecture
Bean Geese in Fukushimagata Lagoon	Birds	Niigata (Toyosaka)	Niigata Prefecture	[[Image:Dy2.jpg	100px]]
Himeharuzemi cicadas in Oyama	Insects	Itoigawa (Nō)	Niigata Prefecture	[[Image:Himeharuzemi0807-1.jpg	100px]]
Shōmyō Falls	Waterfalls	Tateyama	Toyama Prefecture	[[Image:Shomyo-daki 1.jpg	100px]]
"Ennaka" channel and Owara Kaze no bon	Matsuri	Toyama (Yatsuo)	Toyama Prefecture	[[Image:Kazenobon1.jpg	100px]]
Wood carving in Inami	Crafts	Nanto (Inami)	Toyama Prefecture
Cicada chorus droning in Honda-no-Mori Forest	Insects	Kanazawa	Ishikawa Prefecture	[[Image:Gratopsaltria Nigrofuscata Young.jpg	100px]]	[[File:Tanna japonensis v01.ogg	audio]]
Bells of temples in Teramachi	Bells	Kanazawa	Ishikawa Prefecture
Tokimizu fountain in Minowaki	Water	Echizen (Takefu)	Fukui Prefecture
Wild birds forest at lakeshore at the foot of Mount Fuji	Birds	Fujikawaguchiko	Yamanashi Prefecture	[[Image:Lake Saiko and mount Fuji.JPG	100px]]
Bell of Zenkō-ji	Bells	Nagano	Nagano Prefecture	[[Image:Zenkoji10s3200.jpg	100px]]
Little birds singing in Enrei	Birds	Okaya/Shiojiri	Nagano Prefecture
Frogs singing in Yashima-shitsugen Wetland	Wildlife	Shimosuwa/Suwa	Nagano Prefecture	[[Image:Hyla japonica top ja.jpg	100px]]
Suikinkutsu in Udatsu-no-machi	Local life	Mino	Gifu Prefecture		[[File:Waterharpsound.ogg	audio]]
Playing in Yoshida River	Local life	Gujō (Hachiman)	Gifu Prefecture
Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River	Local life	Gifu/Seki	Gifu Prefecture	[[Image:Gifuukai2.jpg	100px]]
"Nami-Kozo", rumbling of the Enshunada Sea	Water	Enshunada Sea	Shizuoka Prefecture
Steam locomotives of Ōigawa Railway	Transport/Industry	Kawanehon (Honkawane)	Shizuoka Prefecture	[[Image:Moving C56 color of Thai.JPG	100px]]
Wild birds of Higashiyama Botanical Garden	Birds	Nagoya	Aichi Prefecture	[[Image:Higashiyama botanical gardens-Gassho style house.jpg	100px]]
Wave sounds at Kojigahama Beach, Cape Irago	Sea	Tahara (Atsumi)	Aichi Prefecture	[[Image:Cape Irago 04.jpg	100px]]
Isobue whistling of female divers in Ise-Shima area	Local life	Toba/Shima	Mie Prefecture	[[Image:Ama.jpg	100px]]
Evening bell of Mii	Bells	Ōtsu	Shiga Prefecture	[[Image:Miidera-no-bansho-M2075.jpg	100px]]	[[File:Miidera-kannondo5313.ogv	thumb	75px	Video]]
Hikone Castle time bell and insects singing	Bells/Insects	Hikone	Shiga Prefecture	[[Image:Hikone castle5537.JPG	100px]]
Bamboo forest in Kyoto	Vegetation	Kyoto	Kyoto Prefecture	[[Image:2021 Sagano Bamboo forest in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan.jpg	100px]]
Rurikei stream	Water	Nantan (Sonobe)	Kyoto Prefecture	[[Image:Meibaku, Rurikei01.JPG	100px]]
Squeaking sand of Kotobikihama Beach	Singing sand	Kyōtango (Amino)	Kyoto Prefecture
Matsumushi crickets (Xenogrillus marmorata) at the banks of Yodo River	Insects	Osaka	Osaka Prefecture		[[File:Field cricket Gryllus pennsylvanicus.ogg	audio]]
Kawachi Ondo song in the precincts of Jōkō-ji	Matsuri	Yao	Osaka Prefecture	[[Image:Jokoji, Yao01.JPG	100px]]
Sand eel fishing at Tarumi Port	Local life	Kobe	Hyōgo Prefecture	[[Image:Ikanago 1.JPG	100px]]
Danjiri Drums at Kenka Matsuri of Nada	Matsuri	Himeji	Hyōgo Prefecture	[[Image:Nada no Kenka matsuri 17.jpg	100px]]
Deer of Kasugano and temple bells in the neighbourhood	Wildlife/Bells	Nara	Nara Prefecture	[[Image:Nara Tobihino01st3200.jpg	100px]]
Kino River heard inside the giant rock of Mount Fudō	Water	Hashimoto	Wakayama Prefecture
Nachi Falls	Waterfalls	Nachikatsuura	Wakayama Prefecture	[[Image:Nachi Falls005.JPG	100px]]
Migratory birds at Mizutori Park	Birds	Yonago	Tottori Prefecture	[[Image:Cygnus cygnus at Beijing Zoo.JPG	100px]]
Mitoku River and singing frogs	Wildlife	Misasa	Tottori Prefecture	[[Image:Buergeria buergeri.jpg	100px]]
Inshu paper-making	Crafts	Tottori (Aoya/Saji)	Tottori Prefecture
Squeaking sand of Kotogahama Beach	Singing sand	Ōda	Shimane Prefecture	[[Image:070603KotogahanaPointVeiw01.jpg	100px]]	[[File:KotogahamaWorking.ogg	audio]]
Stream and waterwheels of Bitchu River, Suwada Cave	Water	Maniwa (Hokubō)	Okayama Prefecture
Brooks of Shinjōshuku	Water	Shinjō	Okayama Prefecture
Bell of Peace in Hiroshima	Bells	Hiroshima	Hiroshima Prefecture	[[Image:Hiroshima Peace Bell.jpg	100px]]
Kyo-onro tower bell at Senkō-ji	Bells	Onomichi	Hiroshima Prefecture	[[Image:Senkoji Onomichi07n3872.jpg	100px]]
Yamaguchi Line steam locomotives	Transport/Industry	Ogōri/Tsuwano	Yamaguchi/Shimane Prefecture	[[Image:C571-SL Yamaguchi 2006 08200011.JPG	100px]]
Eddying current of Naruto	Sea	Naruto	Tokushima Prefecture	[[Image:Naruto Whirlpools taken 4-21-2008.jpg	100px]]
Awa Odori dance	Matsuri	Tokushima	Tokushima Prefecture	[[Image:Awa Odori Tokushima Aug2009.jpg	100px]]
Ōkubo-ji bell and pilgrim bells	Bells	Sanuki (Nagao)	Kagawa Prefecture	[[Image:Okuboji 03.JPG	100px]]
Mannō-ike Pond "Yuru-nuki" streams	Water	Mannō	Kagawa Prefecture	[[Image:Mannoike from Kannoji.JPG	100px]]
Time drums of Shin-u Kaku Hotel, Dōgo Onsen	Drums	Matsuyama	Ehime Prefecture	[[Image:Dogo Hot Spring2(Matsuyama City).JPG	100px]]
Wave sounds of Mikurodo Cave, Cape Muroto	Sea	Muroto	Kōchi Prefecture	[[Image:Muroto Cape.JPG	100px]]
Kaki Yamakasa of Hakata Gion Yamakasa	Matsuri	Fukuoka	Fukuoka Prefecture	[[Image:Hakata gion yamakasa 2006 02.jpg	100px]]
Bell of Kanzeon-ji	Bells	Dazaifu	Fukuoka Prefecture	[[Image:Kanzeonji Up200606301830.JPG	100px]]
Wave sounds and ship whistles at the Kanmon-kaikyo Strait	Sea	Kitakyūshū/Shimonoseki	Fukuoka/Yamaguchi Prefecture	[[Image:Dannoura.JPG	100px]]
Hikiyama-bayashi music at Karatsu Kunchi Festival	Matsuri	Karatsu	Saga Prefecture	[[Image:Hiryu.jpg	100px]]
Imari pottery	Crafts	Imari	Saga Prefecture	[[Image:ImariA.JPG	100px]]
Atomic air-raided camphor tree at Sanno Jinja	Vegetation	Nagasaki	Nagasaki Prefecture	[[Image:Sanno torii and camphor trees.jpg	100px]]
Water discharge at Tsūjunkyō Bridge	Water	Yamato (Yabe)	Kumamoto Prefecture	[[Image:Tsujyunkyo-housui.jpg	100px]]
Dolphins in the sea of Itsuwa	Wildlife	Amakusa (Itsuwa)	Kumamoto Prefecture	[[Image:Bottlenose Dolphin KSC04pd0178.jpg	100px]]
Water scoop (hydropower) of Onta Sarayama	Water/Crafts	Onta	Ōita Prefecture	[[Image:Watermills at Onta Pottery Village 02.jpg	100px]]	[[File:Sound_of_kara-usu_water_scoops_in_Onta,_Oita.ogg]]
Soughing of the wind through pine trees of Oka Castle remains	Vegetation	Taketa	Ōita Prefecture	[[Image:Okajoshi.jpg	100px]]
"Yagura-no-Todoro" water roaring at Sannomiyakyō Gorge	Waterfalls	Kobayashi	Miyazaki Prefecture
Wild deer of Ebino-kōgen Highlands	Wildlife	Ebino	Miyazaki Prefecture	[[Image:Portrait Hirschkuh.JPG	100px]]
Cranes of Izumi	Birds	Izumi	Kagoshima Prefecture	[[Image:Grus monacha Phila Zoo.jpg	100px]]
Chigami River stream and trams	Water/Local life	Yakushima	Kagoshima Prefecture
Subtropical creatures along Shiira River	Wildlife	Taketomi (Iriomote)	Okinawa Prefecture
Eisa	Matsuri	Yonashiro/Katsuren	Okinawa Prefecture	[[Image:Seragaki eisa.jpg	100px]]

References

"100 Soundscapes of Japan". [[Ministry of the Environment (Japan).
"6G - Conservation of Good Sound Environment". [[Ministry of the Environment (Japan).

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