Wildlife Tourism in Japan

Japanese chapter, Wildlife Tourism Australia

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Habitats of Japan

Habitats range from subtropical to subarctic, with a diversity of forest types, heathlands, marine ecosystems, wetlands, mountains, thermal areas and others.

Wildlife of Japan

Natural history books

The Nature of Japan: From Dancing Cranes to Flying Fish Mark Brazil

Field Guide to the Birds of East Asia Mark Brazil

Pocket Guide: Common and Iconic Mammals of Japan Mark Brazil and Masayuki Yabuuchi

Common and Iconic Birds of Japan Mark Brazil and Masayuki Yabuuchi

Birds of Japan Mark Brazil

Wild Hokkaidō A Guidebook to the National Parks and Other Wild Places of eastern Hokkaidō Mark Brazil

Natural history and ecology of Japan internet links

Numata, S. 2014. Current Status and Perspectives of Biodiversity in Tokyo. Journal of Geography (Chigaku Zasshi) 123(4):497-515

Butterflies of Japan (iNaturalist)

Butterflies of Japan – Wikipedia

Research on wildlife and nature tourism in Japan

Jones, T. 2020. Interactions with Macaques at Japan’s first monkey park. WTA webinar

Knight J. (2010) The ready-to-view wild monkey: the convenience principle in Japanese wildlife tourism. Annals of Tourism Research 37(3), 744–762.

Oshima, J. Community Environmental Education for Sustainable Tourism in Japan:　A Case Study of community-based project for building community empowerment and conserving natural environment’ The Australian Association for Environmental Education 12th Biennial Conference, Brisbane, Australia

Oshima, J. Birdwatching East and West (comparing Japan and English-speaking countries) Details of the workshop can be found at http://wildlifetourism

Usui, R. 2016. “Emerging wildlife tourism on Okunoshima Island (“Rabbit Island”) in Hiroshima, Japan: challenges and ethical implications” WTA conference, Adelaide.

Usui R. (2021b) Feral animals as a tourism attraction: characterizing tourists’ experiences with rabbits on Ōkunoshima Island in Hiroshima, Japan. Current Issues in Tourism 25(16), 2615–2630.