There are numerous areas along the Sea of Japan coastline that have been designated as quasi-national parks including the Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park, Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park, Tsugaru Quasi-National Park, Oga Quasi-National Park, Chokai Quasi-National Park, Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyana Quasi-National Park, Noto Peninsula Quasi-National Park, Echizen Kaga Coast Quasi-National Park, Wakasa Bay Quasi-National Park, Kitanagato Beach Quasi-National Park, Genkai Quasi-National Park and Iki-Tsushima Quasi-National Park but recently, constructions of roads, ports and harbors are damaging those landscapes.
暑寒別天売焼尻国定公園、ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園、津軽国定公園、男鹿国定公園、鳥海国定公園、佐渡弥彦米山国定公園、能登半島国定公園、越前加賀海岸国定公園、若狭湾国定公園、北長門海岸国定公園、玄海国定公園、壱岐対馬国定公園など多くの地が国定公園の指定を受けているが、近時、道路港湾によりその風景は破壊されつつある。