Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Peninsula Offers Scenic Mountains, Seashores, and Lake Inawashiro Is Beautiful
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⑮ Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park ⑨ Bandai-Asahi National Park SOY A S TRAIT ① Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park REBUN Is. Designation: 1936/02/01 Designation: 1950/09/05 T SOYA B. Designation: 1974/09/20 RAIT Area: 121,695 ha Area: 186,389 ha Area: 24,166 ha RISHIRI Is. STRAI Mt.Rishiri This is the northernmost national park in Japan. Mt. Fuji, a World Cultural Heritage site inscribed in This park is composed of many mountains. Mt. ⑧ IRI National Parks of Japan Sanriku Fukko (reconstruction) National Park REBUN ST H Dewa-Sanzan is famous for mountain worship, Mt. Mt. Rishiri soars majestically above the sea. June 2013, rises high in a vast stretch of forests RIS Designation: 1955/05/02 1721 and several lakes. The Hakone area features Asahi, Mt. Iide and Mt. Bandai are also located ①RISHIRI-REBUN-Mt.Horoshiri Rebun Island has many alpine plants such as several volcanoes, volcanic vents and lakes. Izu within the park boundaries. The view of Urabandai Area:28,537 ha Rebunsou (Oxytropis megalantha). Sarobetsu Nature Conservation Bureau, Ministry of the Environment Peninsula offers scenic mountains, seashores, and Lake Inawashiro is beautiful. This park is sur- This park extends for 250 km from Kabushima in SAROBETSU N.P.427 Tonbatsu Riv. Plain, abundant in marsh plants, and and a chain of characteristic islands in the ocean, rounded by mountains, forests and a lot of lakes. Aomori prefecture to Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Wakasakanai' s dunes contribute to the exciting Teshio Riv. Izu-shichito. Antelopes and black bears live in this park. prefecture. Its northern part is a coastline landscape. composed of uninterrupted dynamic cliffs, while its southern part forms a delicately-rugged ⑩ Nikko National Park coastline. The park offers a breeding place for TEURI Is. ⑯ Chubusangaku National Park Designation: 1934/12/04 black-tailed gulls, petrels, etc. It was reorganized YAGISHIRI Is. Designation: 1934/12/04 Area: 114,908 ha on 24 May 2013 as a contribution to the recovery Area: 174,323 ha Ministry of the Environment Features various aspects: a histrical architecture, of the Sanriku area which was severely damaged Mt.Pittshiri This mountainous park has a series of mountains Nikko Toshogu; a summer retreat on a mountain, by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Mt.Piyashiri JAPAN SEA over 3,000m, including Mt. Shirouma, Mt. Tateyama, Chuzenji Lake; and Senjo-gahara gorge such as 1032Lake Shumarinai ( NIHON S EA) 987 Mt. Yari, Mt. Hotaka and Mt. Norikura of the Kinugawa and Shiobara, and the foot of Mt.Nasu . v Northern alps. Rivers and streams such as the are very beautiful. The park is close to Tokyo and i Mt.Utsu-dake R OKHO TSK SEA u Kurobe River and Azusa River are beautiful. There Hokkaido Regional ry Riv. easily accessible. U (OHO TSUKU SEA) are a number of flower gardens in Mida-gahara, Environment Office 818 Mt.Shokanbetsu-dake Yubetsu Goshiki-gahara, etc. Alpine plants are beautiful in ㉕ Daisen-Oki National Park ㉑ Ise-Shima National Park Mt.Teshio-dake Lake Saroma ⑪ Oze National Park o Riv. the summer. This area is an important habitat of 1492 Designation: 1936/02/01 Designation: 1946/11/20 Mt.Yobetsu-dake Tokor the ptarmigan. Designation: 2007/08/30 1558 Lake Notoro KU Area: 35,353 ha Area: 55,544 ha ISHIKARI B. Mt.Pinneshiri Sorach Mt.Niseikaushuppe i R 1883 NA Area: 37,200 ha 1298 Ishi i Mt.Shiretoko-dake ka v. Mt.Asahi-dake This park embraces a mountainous area from Mt. This park contains islets and bays such as Toba, r SHIR ⑰ Myoko-Togakushi renzan National Park i Ri ②SHIRETOKO N.P. The Japan' most prominent mountain wetlands, v. 1100 Mt.Kitami-fuji Mt.Chacha Mt.Berutarube Lake Tofutsu Mt.Io-zan 1822 Hiruzen to Mt. Daisen (1,729m), the highest peak Matoya, Ago and Gokasho. Ise-Jingu Shrine is Lake Abashiri 1221 2290 1254 RAIT I Designation: 2015/03/27 Oze Mash. Oze-gahara has many moor plants Sh iritsu R ⑤DAISETSUZAN N.P. STRAI in the Chugoku district. The park also features the be Mt.Rausu-dake important religiously, historically and culturally. Mt.Raiden Mt.Yoichi-dake Mt.Tomuraushi 1562 ST such as mizu-basho(Lysichiton camtschatcense). iv. Mt.Ishikari-dake1291 Oki Archipelago, the Shimane Peninsula and Mt. Area: 39,772 ha Mt.Tokachi-dake Mt.Nishi-kumaneshiri-dake Mt.Unabetsu-dake 1660 KUNASHIRI Is. There are natural forests formed by cedars and Mt.Nisekoannupuri Mt.Furano-dake Mt.Nipesotu T Consist of concentrated chain of volcanos such SAPPORO Mt.Ashibetsu-dake 2141 Mt.Mokoto Sanbe. Mt. Daisen has precipitous cliffs, and Oki Mt.Kariba 1211 1488 2077 Mt.Upepesanke1966 Mt.Shari-dake 888 Japanese red pines behind the shrine. 1547 Mt.Sapporo-dake 1635 Mt.Kitoushi 1419 NEMURO as Mt. Myoko and Mt. Izuna and non-volcanic 1309 1912 2013 Archipelago has bluffs and caves eroded by sea- OKU Mt.Yotei Mt.Shibetsu-dake Mt.Konbu-dake Mt.Yubari-dake1726 1000 u Riv. ③AKAN N.P.Lake Kussharo tsNO Lake Tofutsu water. mountains such as Mt. Amakazari. Lake Nojiri, 1520 1898 Mt.Eniwa-dake 1848 Lake Akan 1293 Mt.Oakan-dake Shibe TS Lake Shikotsu 1312 S Mt.Meakan-dake Lake Mashu1061 dammed lake, is famous for fossil excavation of 1045 1668HOKKAIDO K UKE HIRI Mt.Fuppushi-dake Lake Toya u 1320 Mt.Akan-fuji s SHI 1370 h Palaeoloxodon naunmanni. The park also has Mt.Kamui ST SHIKOTAN Is. Mt.Ususan Mt.Showa-shinzan i ⑫ Joshin'etsukogen National Park Mt.Tarumae Mt.Ukotakinupuri 1499 r 1476 o KOTAN OKUSHIRI Is. RAI interesting cultural sites such as Togakushi 1102 R ST Mt.Yurappu-dake 1041 i B. ㉒ San'inkaigan National Park 585 Mt.Memuro-dake v Designation: 1949/09/07 T UCHIURA733 B398. ⑥SHIKOTSU- Mt.Nukabira . O ㉖ Saikai National Park Shrine famous for Japanese Amanoiwato myth. 747 ④KUSHIRO UR RAI SHIBOTSU Is. EM STRAI Designation: 1963/07/15 Area: 148,194 ha 1277 Mt.Horoshiri-dake N SUISHO Is. Designation: 1955/03/16 1754 TOYA N.P. v. Mt.Nukkibetsu-dake1350 Lake Furen T 1318 SHITSUGEN N.P. Area: 8,783 ha This Park consists of a highland and its surrounding Mt.Otobe-dake Mu Ri T Area: 24,646 ha ⑱ Minami Alps National Park Mt.Kamuiekuuchikaushi This is a marine park that covers the 75km-long chain of mountains through Gunma, Nagano and 2052 This park consists of more than 400 islands, large Mt.Komaga-take Lake Akkeshi HABOMAI ISLANDS seacoast from Amino of Oku-Tango Peninsula to Designation: 1964/06/01 Niigata prefectures. This park features a number of 1017 O Marsh and small, including Hirado, the Kujukushima Mt.Petegari-dake1980 the sand dunes of Tottori. There are beautiful Area: 35,752 ha volcanoes including Mt. Asama, Mt. Kusatsu-Shirane Mt.Yokotsu-dake1131 Tokachi Mt.Kamui-dake AKKESHI B. Islands, and the Goto (Five Islands) Archipelago, v. caves eroded by seawater. One of the main fea- This park extends into Yamanashi, Nagano and and Mt. Tanigawa, which are 2,000m class. On the Ri 1736 extending over the northwestern extremity of nai Ri 1167 Shizu tures of this park are the sand dunes of Tottori, Shizuoka prefectures. There are many mountains other hand, spacious highlands such as Shiga Kogen 1600 v. Kyushu. The Goto Islands have high cliffs, and Mt.Daisengen-dake some of which reach the height of 100m. There are over 3,000m such as Mt. Kitadake (3,193m), the and Sugadaira are found in everywhere. Mt.Esan Mt.Rakko-dake Kushiro Nature Conservation Office Fukue Island has rare volcanic formations (aspite- plants such as Hamabohu (Glehnia) which are second highest peak in Japan. Alpine plants live in 1072 homate, or cinder-cone) 618 Mt.Apoi-dake1471 Mt. Kitadake and Mt. Senjogatake, and indigenous ⑬ Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park peculiar to the sand dunes and the severe environ- T RAI Mt.Toyoni-dake ment of this area. plants can also be seen in this area. Designation: 1950/07/10 R U S T 810 TSUGA ㉗ Unzen-Amakusa National Park Area: 126,259 ha 1105 ㉓ Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park There are many coniferous and broadleaf trees and Mt.Osore ② Designation: 1934/03/16 ⑲ Hakusan National Park Shiretoko National Park Designation: 1972/11/10 old stratum mountains such as Mt. Kumotori and Area: 28,279 ha Designation: 1962/11/12 Lake Jusan 828 Designation: 1964/06/01 Area: 11,345 ha Mt. Mitake. Near Tokyo, this park provides the Ak This park is located in the middle of the Shimabara a Area: 38,633 ha Area: 49,900 ha headwaters for the Arakawa, Chikuma and Tama ish MUTSU B. This marine park at the southernmost tip of i Ri Peninsula, and the islands of Amakusa. The Unzen . This park is highly primeval.Sea eagles,Blakiston's v. v AO- NOHEJI B. Hakusan has been regarded as one of the three rivers. Natural forests and gorges offer good recre- i area lies in the hillside of Mt. Fugen, which is Shikoku Island extends into Ehime and Kochi pre- R MORI B. fish-owls and blown bears live in the district. The i most sacred mountains in Japan, along with Mt. ational sites. Mt. Mitake and Mt. Mitsumine are k famous for the volcanic activity which occurred in fectures, and gives the visitor the illusion of being in a AOMORI Mt.Iwaki w view of the Shiretoko mountain chain from the five Fuji and Mt. Tateyama, and has long been the ancient places of mountain worship. I 1990. The Unzen area has many hot springs, and the subtropics. The Ashizuri Promontory offers a Mt.Shirakami-dake lakes is splemdid.