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Higashiyoka-Higata Nagasaki Highway Nagasaki Oita Highway Highway the Guide Book to Higashiyoka-Higata, Ramsar Site 263 JR Igaya Station Kyushu Saga Intl Ramsar Site in Saga City, Saga Prefecture Access Guide Saga City, Yamato-cho, Saga City N Saga Prefecture Sagayamato IC Fukuoka Airport Higashiyoka-higata Nagasaki Highway Nagasaki Oita Highway Highway The Guide Book to Higashiyoka-higata, Ramsar Site 263 JR Igaya Station Kyushu Saga Intl. Airport Nagasaki Saga City Airport Kumamoto Airport 34 JR Saga JR Nabeshima Station Station Saga City Hall 264 Kyushu Highway Saga Prefectural Office Kyushu 207 Saga Castle 208 Shinkansen Morodomi-cho, 208 Kubota-cho, Saga City Saga City 【Mechanical Engineering Heritage】 Chikugo River Lift Bridge 444 【World Cultural Heritage】 Mietsu Naval Dock Higashiyoka-cho, Saga City Higatayoka Park Kawasoe-machi, Traffic Higashiyoka-higataSaga City By Car By Train By Air Ariake Sea Subway ── Protecting and Leading to the Future ── Approx. 5 Min. 0 1 2 3 4 5km Kyushu Saga Intl. Airport Sagayamato IC JR Hakata Station Fukuoka Airport Express Train Approx. 35 Min. Information Car Approx. Express Bus 45 Min. JR Saga Station Approx. 1 Hour The place which was a sea until just now ●The Ramsar Convention and Ramsar Sites (Ministry of the Environment) Car Approx. 35 Min. has now become a huge tidal flat. http://www.env.go.jp/nature/ramsar/conv/ Mutsugoros are jumping, ●Field Guide to Tidal Flats Higashiyoka-higata(Higatayoka Park) http://www.pref.saga.lg.jp/sy-contents/higata_ikimono/ Car Approx. 10 Min. and lovely fiddler crabs are waving their hands on the mud of the tidal flat. ●Saga City Hall Kyushu Saga Intl. Airport Look at the sky ‒ many migratory birds are flying over. http://www.city.saga.lg.jp/ It is covered with bright red Shichimenso in full bloom in autumn. ●General Incorporated Association Saga Tourist Association ※Access for Higashiyoka-higata would be easier if you search for “Higatayoka Park” http://www.sagabai.com (Address: 2885-2, Shimokoga, Oaza, Higashiyoka-cho, Saga City) What a beautiful scenery! Shichimenso “Higashiyoka-higata”, a Ramsar site, has givin so many blessings to Maeumimon , birds and humans. The Guide Book to Higashiyoka-higata, Ramsar Site has givin so many blessings to Maeumimon , birds and humans. It is really the sea of treasures. Published by Kyushu Regional Environment Office,Ministry of the Environment, Japan Copyright: Ministry of the Environment, Japan 2016 Kyushu Regional Environmental Office, Ministry of the Environment, Japan Kumamoto-chihou Godochosha B 4F,2-10-1 Kasuga, Nishi-ku, Kumamoto-shi, kumamoto 860-0047 JAPAN ☎096-322-2413 Website: http://kyushu.env.go.jp/ In collaboration with : Saga city Photo by : Chihaya Kuriyama, Mitsuo Otonari, Saga Prefecture fishery cooperative federation, Saga City, Saga City Tourism Association Published by Kyushu Regional Environment Office, Designed by : freedoM Co., Ltd Ministry of the Environment, Japan Overview of Higashiyoka-higata Features of Higashiyoka-higata As this tidal flat is also important as a relay and Habitat of Shichimenso Saga Higashiyoka-higata is located off the Higashiyoka Fukuoka wintering point for migrant birds ,including Shihimenso is an annual Chenopodiaceae plant, Pref. Pref. shore in the Ariake Sea facing the southern part of endangered species, or sandpipers and plovers, the and a halophyte which can endure salt. They are Ramsar Site Saga City. This single tidal flat has developed at this Higashiyoka-higata entire tidal flat area is designated as a special designated as an endangered species. In Japan, sea shore and the mouths of the Rokkaku River, conservation area of National Wildlife Protection Area. they grow only in the tidal flat area around the Ariake Ariake Kumamoto Kase River, Honjoue River, etc. flowing into the Nagasaki Sea Pref. Sea. The shoreline, from where Higashiyoka-higata Pref. northern part of the Ariake Sea. Higashiyoka Tidal No.1 rated features of Higashiyoka-higata can be seen, is the largest habitat of Shichimenso. Flat is part of a tidal flat in the Ariake Sea, and is The shoreline turns bright red in autumn as if a red one of the biggest tidal flats in Japan. The largest number of visits by sandpipers and plovers carpet were spread over. This scenery is called “red The difference of high and low tides of the Ariake According to Monitoring Site 1000, a survey by leaves in the sea” and is a seasonal tradition of the Sea is said to be 6 meters. The Ariake Sea is the ministry of the Environment, the largest number Ariake Sea. located off Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, and Ramsar Site Higashiyoka-higata of migrant birds, sandpipers and plovers visit Kumamoto Prefectures, and a huge tidal flat Higashiyoka-higata (Daijugarami). Many other wild appears at low tide. Around Higashiyoka-higata, the birds also visit this area. More than 100 kinds of wild area is 1,300 ha and approximately 2.5 km wide birds can be seen throughout the year. from the shore. In this area, you can see valuable moorland vegetation, and abundant rare sea Site Names The Maximum Number of the Visit creatures specific in the Ariake Sea, such as Higashiyoka-higata (Daijugarami) 12,127 Bright red Shicimenso covering the shoreline(Autumn) benthos (lugworms, Ostracods, etc.). Mutsugoro (a Arao Seashore 4,831 kind of mudskipper) and Warasubo (a type of goby). Northern Part of Lake Furen 3,474 High and low tide difference of the Ariake Sea At High Tide Hikawa River 3,494 Sanbanze 3,071 The high and low tide differences of the Ariake Shiranui Tidal Flat 2,549 Yatsu Tidal Flat 2,218 Sea, where Higashiyoka-higata is located, is the Downtown of Saga City The Mouth of the Kuma River 2,202 biggest in Japan, approximately 6 meters. This area Kasai Marine Park 2,110 Higatayoka Park Fujimae Tidal Flat 2,108 forms a huge tidal flat at low tide, 5-7 km towards Top 10 sites with the largest numbers of visiting sandpipers and plovers, the off-shore. It is approximately 40 % of the total according to Spring 2015 Report by the Monitoring Site 1000 survey on Higashiyoka-cho, Shichimenso Fields tidal flats in Japan. Saga City Sandpipers and Plovers. Higashiyoka-higata Ariake sea Registered Area: 218ha Type of wetland: tidal flat System for protection (Designation): special protection area of National Wildlife Protection Area. Location (Municipalities involved): Saga City, Saga Prefecture Registered on: May 28, 2015 At Low Tide The off-shore seen from the shore. Many wild birds visit here looking for food at low tide. Norihibi (device to grow seaweeds) can also be seen in the background. 2 3 The Ramsar Convention and Wise Use What is the Ramsar Convention? The Ramsar Convention Sites in japan Relation between the tidal flat and Wise Use of Higashiyoka-higata The Ramsar Convention (formally, the Convention on As of March 2016, 169 countries have signed the its creatures The Ramsar Convention does not require people Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Ramsar Convention. Japan joined in 1980, and has Rainwater falls on the land, and goes over the to stop entering or utilizing wetlands to protect Waterfowl Habitat) is an international treaty for the registered 50 wetlands as the Ramsar Convention fields, with a lot of nutrients (nutrient matter such as them, but rather require people to be involved and conservation and wise use of wetlands. It is named after Sites. nitrogen, phosphorus, and silicon, melted in the understand well the merits they can receive from the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the Convention was Not only lakes, swamps and marshes, but also water) and organic matter, through the rivers, and wetlands, so that these wetlands can be signed in 1971. various wetlands such as rivers, tidal flats, then flows into the sea. permanently utilized. It is called “Wise Use”. The countries which signed the Ramsar Mangrove forests, coral reefs, and artificial rice Around the tidal flat, the nutrients in the water are Higashiyoka-higata has also been used and Convention are called Contracting Parties. They talk fields are included to the sites. 8 tidal flats including taken in by diatoms and phytoplanktons on the utilized in various ways. about current situation of the wetlands in each Higashiyoka-higata are among them. surface of the tidal flat. They are eaten by People in this area have developed their own country, actions for their conservation, future plans, Tidal flats are often targeted for various zooplanktons, which are eaten by fish and shellfish, fisheries and fishing implements adapting to the etc. at the Conference of the Contracting Parties development businesses in Japan where there are which are eaten by humans and birds. And then, tidal flat.They have caught sea creatures in the tidal (COP) which is held about every three years. The not many flat lands, and approximately 40% of tidal the nutrients in the water are returned to the land flat such as Mutsugoro (a type of mudskipper) for 5th COP was held in Kushiro City, Hokkaido in 1993. flats in Japan have been lost in about 50 years from area again. food.) 1945 to 1994. Under this circumstance, tidal flats On the other hand, organic matter attached to the In addition, many people visit around this tidal flat are getting more valuable. mud and grains is taken in by lugworms and crabs. to observe wild birds visiting and creatures living These benthoses are also eaten by birds. there. This area has also been utilized for 3 Principals of the Ramsar Convention The connection of all creatures and their sightseeing and leisure in recent years. For characteristics like this is called “biological example, various events are held in this area, Conservation diversity”. Such a cycle have been repeated in the mainly at nearby Higatayoka Park. and Reproduction Wise Use Ariake Sea as well. People should use the tidal flat wisely and know Conserve and reproduce wetlands, Realize a permanent coexistence between its values and charms.
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