100 Soundscapes of Japan

1996 list of environmental sounds The 100 Soundscapes of Japan 日本の音風景100選 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.http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ 100 Soundscapes of Japan Ministry of the Environment 18 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120608002719/http://www.env.go.jp/air/life/oto/ 2012-06-08 dead 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.http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo_e/honbun.php3?kid=221&bflg=1&serial=67 6G - Conservation of Good Sound Environment Ministry of the Environment 21 April 2011 https://archive.today/20120729072722/http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo_e/honbun.php3?kid=221&bflg=1&serial=67 2012-07-29 dead Soundscape Category Location Prefecture Image Sound Drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk オホーツク海の流氷 Sea Sea of Okhotsk shore Hokkaidō 100px Bell of Sapporo Clock Tower 時計台の鐘 Bells Sapporo Hokkaidō 100px Bell of Hakodate Russian Orthodox Church 函館ハリストス正教会の鐘 Bells Hakodate Hokkaidō 100px Mountain creatures in Asahidake, Mount Daisetsu 大雪山旭岳の山の生き物 Wildlife Higashikawa Hokkaidō 100px Japanese crane sanctuary, Tsurui 鶴居のタンチョウサンクチュアリ Birds Tsurui Hokkaidō 100px Black-tailed gulls in Kabushima, Hachinohe Port 八戸港・蕪島のウミネコ Birds Hachinohe Aomori Prefecture 100px Wild birds of Lake Ogawara shore 小川原湖畔の野鳥 Birds Misawa Aomori Prefecture 100px Oirase River stream 奥入瀬の渓流 Water Towadako Aomori Prefecture 100px Nebuta (Neputa) Festival ねぶた祭・ねぷたまつり Matsuri Aomori/Hirosaki Aomori Prefecture 100px Kaminari-iwa (Thunder Rock), Goishi coastline 碁石海岸・雷岩 Sea Ōfunato Iwate Prefecture 100px Nambu Fūrin (Japanese wind chimes) at Mizusawa Station 水沢駅の南部風鈴 Local life Ōshū Iwate Prefecture 100px Bells of Chagu Chagu Umakko チャグチャグ馬コの鈴の音 Matsuri Takizawa Iwate Prefecture 100px Suzumushi (bell-ringing insects) in Miyagino 宮城野のスズムシ Insects Sendai Miyagi Prefecture 100px audio Singing frogs and wild birds of the Hirose River 広瀬川のカジカガエルと野鳥 Wildlife/Birds Sendai Miyagi Prefecture 100px Reed fields at the mouth of the Kitakami River 北上川河口のヨシ原 Vegetation Ishinomaki Miyagi Prefecture 100px Wild geese in Izunuma and Uchinuma lakes 伊豆沼・内沼のマガン Birds Kurikoma/Wakayanagi/Hasama Miyagi Prefecture 100px Pinewoods of wind 風の松原 Vegetation Noshiro Akita Prefecture 100px Cicadas at Yama-dera 山寺の蝉 Insects Yamagata Yamagata Prefecture 100px "Matsu-no-Kanjin" conches (trumpet shells) 松の勧進の法螺貝 Matsuri Tsuruoka Yamagata Prefecture 100px audio Swans at the mouth of Mogami River 最上川河口の白鳥 Birds Sakata Yamagata Prefecture 100px Little Birds Forest in Fukushima City 福島市小鳥の森 Birds Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture Natural irrigation channel of Ōuchi-juku 大内宿の自然用水 Water Shimogō Fukushima Prefecture 100px Weaving of ramie fabric からむし織のはた音 Transport/Industry Shōwa Fukushima Prefecture Waves of Izura-kaigan coast 五浦海岸の波音 Sea Kita-ibaraki Ibaraki Prefecture Tree frogs in Ajisai-zaka, Mount Ohirasan 太平山あじさい坂の雨蛙 Frogs Tochigi Tochigi Prefecture 100px Suikinkutsu in Suikintei Garden 水琴亭の水琴窟 Daily life Yoshii Gunma Prefecture 100px Time bell of Kawagoe 川越の時の鐘 Bell Kawagoe Saitama Prefecture 100px Insects singing in Oshikiri, Arakawa River 荒川・押切の虫の声 Insects Kumagaya (Kōnan) Saitama Prefecture 100px Waterfall on conduit bridge 樋橋の落水 Water Katori (Sawara) Chiba Prefecture 100px Himeharuzemi cicadas in Mamenbara 麻綿原のヒメハルゼミ Insects Ōtaki Chiba Prefecture 100px Vicinity of Shibamata Taishakuten and "Yagiri-no-Watashi" ferry 柴又帝釈天界隈と矢切の渡し Complex Matsudo/Katsushika Chiba Prefecture/Tokyo 100px Time bell at the hill of Ueno 上野のお山の時の鐘 Bells Taitō Tokyo Sounds of birds, water, and trees at Sanpōji-ike Pond 三宝寺池の鳥と水と樹々の音 Birds/Water/Vegetation Nerima Tokyo Keyaki (zelkova), tree-lined boulevard in Seikei Gakuen Campus 成蹊学園ケヤキ並木 Vegetation Musashino Tokyo 100px Ship whistles for the New Year at Yokohama Port 横浜港新年を迎える船の汽笛 Local life Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture 100px Approach to Kawasaki Daishi Temple 川崎大師の参道 Local life Kawasaki Kanagawa Prefecture 100px Stream and wild birds singing sounds in Dohogawa Park 道保川公園のせせらぎと野鳥の声 Water/Birds Sagamihara Kanagawa Prefecture Bean Geese in Fukushimagata Lagoon 福島潟のヒシクイ Birds Niigata (Toyosaka) Niigata Prefecture 100px Himeharuzemi cicadas in Oyama 尾山のヒメハルゼミ Insects Itoigawa (Nō) Niigata Prefecture 100px Shōmyō Falls 称名滝 Waterfalls Tateyama Toyama Prefecture 100px "Ennaka" channel and Owara Kaze no bon エンナカの水音とおわら風の盆 Matsuri Toyama (Yatsuo) Toyama Prefecture 100px Wood carving in Inami 井波の木彫りの音 Crafts Nanto (Inami) Toyama Prefecture Cicada chorus droning in Honda-no-Mori Forest 本多の森の蝉時雨 Insects Kanazawa Ishikawa Prefecture 100px audio Bells of temples in Teramachi 寺町寺院群の鐘 Bells Kanazawa Ishikawa Prefecture Tokimizu fountain in Minowaki 蓑脇の時水 Water Echizen (Takefu) Fukui Prefecture Wild birds forest at lakeshore at the foot of Mount Fuji 富士山麓・西湖畔の野鳥の森 Birds Fujikawaguchiko Yamanashi Prefecture 100px Bell of Zenkō-ji 善光寺の鐘 Bells Nagano Nagano Prefecture 100px Little birds singing in Enrei 塩嶺の小鳥のさえずり Birds Okaya/Shiojiri Nagano Prefecture Frogs singing in Yashima-shitsugen Wetland 八島湿原の蛙鳴 Wildlife Shimosuwa/Suwa Nagano Prefecture 100px Suikinkutsu in Udatsu-no-machi 卯建の町の水琴窟 Local life Mino Gifu Prefecture audio Playing in Yoshida River 吉田川の川遊び Local life Gujō (Hachiman) Gifu Prefecture Cormorant Fishing on the Nagara River 長良川の鵜飼 Local life Gifu/Seki Gifu Prefecture 100px "Nami-Kozo", rumbling of the Enshunada Sea 遠州灘の海鳴・波小僧 Water Enshunada Sea Shizuoka Prefecture Steam locomotives of Ōigawa Railway 大井川鐵道のSL Transport/Industry Kawanehon (Honkawane) Shizuoka Prefecture 100px Wild birds of Higashiyama Botanical Garden 東山植物園の野鳥 Birds Nagoya Aichi Prefecture 100px Wave sounds at Kojigahama Beach, Cape Irago 伊良湖岬恋路ヶ浜の潮騒 Sea Tahara (Atsumi) Aichi Prefecture 100px Isobue whistling of female divers in Ise-Shima area 伊勢志摩の海女の磯笛 Local life Toba/Shima Mie Prefecture 100px Evening bell of Mii 三井の晩鐘 Bells Ōtsu Shiga Prefecture 100px thumb|75px|Video Hikone Castle time bell and insects singing 彦根城の時報鐘と虫の音 Bells/Insects Hikone Shiga Prefecture 100px Bamboo forest in Kyoto 京の竹林 Vegetation Kyoto Kyoto Prefecture 100px Rurikei stream るり渓 Water Nantan (Sonobe) Kyoto Prefecture 100px Squeaking sand of Kotobikihama Beach 琴引浜の鳴き砂 Singing sand Kyōtango (Amino) Kyoto Prefecture Matsumushi crickets (Xenogrillus marmorata) at the banks of Yodo River 淀川河川敷のマツムシ Insects Osaka Osaka Prefecture audio Kawachi Ondo song in the precincts of Jōkō-ji 常光寺境内の河内音頭 Matsuri Yao Osaka Prefecture 100px Sand eel fishing at Tarumi Port 垂水漁港のイカナゴ漁 Local life Kobe Hyōgo Prefecture 100px Danjiri Drums at Kenka Matsuri of Nada 灘のけんか祭りのだんじり太鼓 Matsuri Himeji Hyōgo Prefecture 100px Deer of Kasugano and temple bells in the neighbourhood 春日野の鹿と諸寺の鐘 Wildlife/Bells Nara Nara Prefecture 100px Kino River heard inside the giant rock of Mount Fudō 不動山の巨石で聞こえる紀ノ川 Water Hashimoto Wakayama Prefecture Nachi Falls 那智の滝 Waterfalls Nachikatsuura Wakayama Prefecture 100px Migratory birds at Mizutori Park 水鳥公園の渡り鳥 Birds Yonago Tottori Prefecture 100px Mitoku River and singing frogs 三徳川のせせらぎとカジカガエル Wildlife Misasa Tottori Prefecture 100px Inshu paper-making 因州和紙の紙すき Crafts Tottori (Aoya/Saji) Tottori Prefecture Squeaking sand of Kotogahama Beach 琴ヶ浜海岸の鳴き砂 Singing sand Ōda Shimane Prefecture 100px audio Stream and waterwheels of Bitchu River, Suwada Cave 諏訪洞・備中川のせせらぎと水車 Water Maniwa (Hokubō) Okayama Prefecture Brooks of Shinjōshuku 新庄宿の小川 Water Shinjō Okayama Prefecture Bell of Peace in Hiroshima 広島の平和の鐘 Bells Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture 100px Kyo-onro tower bell at Senkō-ji 千光寺驚音楼の鐘 Bells Onomichi Hiroshima Prefecture 100px Yamaguchi Line steam locomotives 山口線のＳＬ Transport/Industry Ogōri/Tsuwano Yamaguchi/Shimane Prefecture 100px Eddying current of Naruto 鳴門の渦潮 Sea Naruto Tokushima Prefecture 100px Awa Odori dance 阿波踊り Matsuri Tokushima Tokushima Prefecture 100px Ōkubo-ji bell and pilgrim bells 大窪寺の鐘とお遍路さんの鈴 Bells Sanuki (Nagao) Kagawa Prefecture 100px Mannō-ike Pond "Yuru-nuki" streams 満濃池のゆるぬきとせせらぎ Water Mannō Kagawa Prefecture 100px Time drums of Shin-u Kaku Hotel, Dōgo Onsen 道後温泉振鷺閣の刻太鼓 Drums Matsuyama Ehime Prefecture 100px Wave sounds of Mikurodo Cave, Cape Muroto 室戸岬・御厨人窟の波音 Sea Muroto Kōchi Prefecture 100px Kaki Yamakasa of Hakata Gion Yamakasa 博多祗園山笠の舁き山笠 Matsuri Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture 100px Bell of Kanzeon-ji 観世音寺の鐘 Bells Dazaifu Fukuoka Prefecture 100px Wave sounds and ship whistles at the Kanmon-kaikyo Strait 関門海峡の潮騒と汽笛 Sea Kitakyūshū/Shimonoseki Fukuoka/Yamaguchi Prefecture 100px Hikiyama-bayashi music at Karatsu Kunchi Festival 唐津くんちの曳山囃子 Matsuri Karatsu Saga Prefecture 100px Imari pottery 伊万里の焼物の音 Crafts Imari Saga Prefecture 100px Atomic air-raided camphor tree at Sanno Jinja 山王神社被爆の楠の木 Vegetation Nagasaki Nagasaki Prefecture 100px Water discharge at Tsūjunkyō Bridge 通潤橋の放水 Water Yamato (Yabe) Kumamoto Prefecture 100px Dolphins in the sea of Itsuwa 五和の海のイルカ Wildlife Amakusa (Itsuwa) Kumamoto Prefecture 100px Water scoop (hydropower) of Onta Sarayama 小鹿田皿山の唐臼 Water/Crafts Onta Ōita Prefecture 100px File:Sound_of_kara-usu_water_scoops_in_Onta,_Oita.ogg Soughing of the wind through pine trees of Oka Castle remains 岡城跡の松籟 Vegetation Taketa Ōita Prefecture 100px "Yagura-no-Todoro" water roaring at Sannomiyakyō Gorge 三之宮峡の櫓の轟 Waterfalls Kobayashi Miyazaki Prefecture Wild deer of Ebino-kōgen Highlands えびの高原の野生鹿 Wildlife Ebino Miyazaki Prefecture 100px Cranes of Izumi 出水のツル Birds Izumi Kagoshima Prefecture 100px Chigami River stream and trams 千頭川の渓流とトロッコ Water/Local life Yakushima Kagoshima Prefecture Subtropical creatures along Shiira River 後良川周辺の亜熱帯林の生き物 Wildlife Taketomi (Iriomote) Okinawa Prefecture Eisa エイサー Matsuri Yonashiro/Katsuren Okinawa Prefecture 100px See also Soundscape ecology Ecoacoustics Biophony World Soundscape Project 100 Landscapes of Japan (Heisei era) References External links ja Ministry of the Environment - 100 Soundscapes of Japan https://archive.today/20120729072722/http://www.env.go.jp/policy/hakusyo_e/honbun.php3?kid=221&bflg=1&serial=67 100 Soundscapes of Japan - List in English with map (6G) el Category:Culture of Japan Category:Environment of Japan Japan Category:Articles containing video clips Category:1996 in Japan