Obirame Restoration Group

Twenty years of continuous activities for protecting Japanese huchen, an endangered species of fish, in Shiribetsu

Izumi Municipal Sho Middle School

The entire school has continued activities to count cranes and keep official records of the crane population for half a century

Mitsuaki Yamasaki

Running the Osakana Post to protect the ecosystem of the Tama River for ten years

Shingu Yamabiko ("Echo") Group

Has maintained the southern half (about 45 kilometers) of the Omine Okugakemichi (Kumano Kodo) pilgrimage route for 20 years