Downloading Shape Data

Survey Item Survey File Name Shape Contents Download Vegetation survey (2nd ~ 5th) 2nd ~ 3rd vg3 Actual vegetation Lists by prefecture/branch 4th vg4 Altered vegetation 5th vg5 Altered vegetation 2nd ~ 5th vg Layered vegetation 2nd ~ 5th Vegetation survey (6th ~ ) 6th ~ 7th vg67 Actual vegetation Homepage providing vegetation survey information Specific Plant Community Survey * Plant communities that require careful handling in terms of conservation are not included. 2nd tk2 Habitat area Download Data(13MB) Habitat 3nd tk3 Habitat area Habitat 5th tk5 Habitat area Habitat Big Trees Survey 4th big Distribution area Lists by prefecture/branch Distribution site River survey 2nd rv2 River centerline/grid square line Lists by prefecture/branch Fish survey site End of a survey section/intersection of a river centerline and a grid square 3rd rv3 River centerline/grid square line Fish survey site End of a survey section/intersection of a river centerline and a grid square 4th rv4 River centerline/grid square line Fish survey sites End of a survey section/intersection of a river centerline and a grid square gv4 Catchment basin of the native watershed Coastline alteration survey 4th (Coastline Survey) kg4 Coastline alteration status Lists by prefecture/branch 5th (Seashore survey, coastline alteration status) kg5 Coastline alteration status 5th (Seashore survey, coastline alteration status) ums Seashore and shallow sea Lake and marsh survey 4th lak Configuration of lakes and marshes Lists by prefecture/branch Lake shoreline alteration status Water quality survey sites, etc. End of a survey section Wetland survey 5th swp Distribution area Lists by prefecture/branch Distribution site Survey of seaweed beds 4th (Survey of marine organisms environment) mo4 Distribution area Lists by prefecture/branch Distribution site 5th (Seashore survey) mo5 Distribution area Survey of tidal flats 4th (Survey of marine organisms environment) dr4 Distribution area Lists by prefecture/branch Distribution site 5th (Seashore survey) dr5 Distribution area Survey of coral reefs 4th (Survey of marine organisms environment) sa4 Non-coral reef distribution area (main land area) Lists by prefecture/branch so4 Small-scale coral reef distribution area in Ogasawara Islands sb4 Coral reef distribution area (vicinity of Okinawa) 5th (Seashore survey) sa5 Distribution area Mangrove survey 5th (Seashore survey) ma5 Distribution area Lists by prefecture/branch The medium- and large-sized mammal distribution survey 2018�`2021 ch Distribution area(5km mesh) raccoon dog�i3426KB�j red fox�i3416KB�j badger�i3378KB�j National standard area mesh / secondary mesh (approximately 10km2) * Data that displays the secondary mesh created in the former geodetic system mesh2 Secondary mesh (approximately 10km2) Download Data 5km2 mesh (approximately 5km2) * Data from the world (new) geodetic system mesh5km Grid square line of 5km mesh Download Data

Information on animal distribution in the National Surveys on the Natural Environment is available for download from 'Search Survey Results'. The information on distribution by species (mesh data) will be displayed in a table format (csv format). This csv file and the secondary mesh file (mesh2.shp) of the national standard area mesh (the former geodetic system), etc. can be used to generate a distribution map on GIS. *Specific Plant Community is not included. Shape data for Specific Plant Community can be downloaded here(13MB).

Vegetation Survey: Download all data up to the mangrove surveys by prefecture (except the data from the 6th and 7th surveys)

Please note that the file sizes vary from 41MB to 210MB

Kushiro/Nemuro Branch Abashiri Branch Tokachi/Hidaka Branch Rumoi/Soya Branch Kamikawa/Sorachi Branch Ishikari/Iburi/Shiribeshi Branch Hiyama/Toshima Branch Aomori Prefecture Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Akita Prefecture Yamagata Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture Gunma Prefecture Saitama Prefecture Chiba Prefecture Metropolitan Tokyo Kanagawa Prefecture Niigata Prefecture Toyama Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture Fukui Prefecture Yamanashi Prefecture Nagano Prefecture Gifu Prefecture Sizuoka Prefecture Aichi Prefecture Mie Prefecture Shiga Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture Osaka Prefecture Hyogo Prefecture Nara Prefecture Wakayama Prefecture Tottori Prefecture Shimane Prefecture Okayama Prefecture Hiroshima Prefecture Yamaguchi Prefecture Tokushima Prefecture Kagawa Prefecture Ehime Prefecture Kochi Prefecture Fukuoka Prefecture Saga Prefecture Nagasaki Prefecture Kumamoto Prefecture Oita Prefecture Miyazaki Prefecture Kagoshima Prefecture Okinawa Prefecture

* Revision history of GIS data