Japan's are parks or open spaces established by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism under the . These parks are different from the country's network of National Parks, which represent areas of outstanding natural significance and are declared by the Minister of the Environment under the .

History

The first National Government Park,

Musashi Kyūryō National Government Park is a national government park located on the of the town of Namegawa, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. It is also known as a National forest park. In 1974, it opened as the first National Government Park. The park covers a vast area of forest and ...

, was started in 1968 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the Meiji Restoration. The park opened its door to the public in July, 1974.

Parks

In total there are seventeen National Government Parks, listed below in chronological order: *

, opened in 1974 *

Asuka Historical National Government Park is a National Government Park established in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan in 1974. The park comprises five areas: the Amakashi-no-Oka Area, where there is an observatory with a view over the old capitals of Asuka and Fujiwara-kyō and of Yamat ...

opened in 1974 (includes also the Nara Palace Site Historical Park) * Yodogawa River National Government Park opened in 1977. * Uminonakamichi Seaside National Government Park opened in 1981. * Okinawa Commemorative National Government Park opened in 1976. * Showa Commemorative National Government Park opened in 1983. *

Takino Suzuran Hillside National Government Park __NOTOC__ is a Japanese national government park located in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It is the only national government park in the northern island of Hokkaido. The park area spreads over 395.7 hectares of hilly country and ranges in altitude betwee ...

opened in 1983. *

Hitachi Seaside Park is a public park in Hitachinaka, Ibaraki, Japan. Overview Covering an area of 190 hectares, the park features blooming flowers around the year. The park has become known for its nemophila, baby blue-eyes flowers, with the blooming of 4.5 million ...

opened in 1991 * Kiso Sansen National Government Park opened in 1987 *

Michinoku Forest Lakeside National Government Park was an old province of Japan in the area of Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate and Aomori Prefectures and the municipalities of Kazuno and Kosaka in Akita Prefecture. Mutsu Province is also known as or . The term is often used to refer to the com ...

opened in 1989. * Bihoku Hillside National Government Park opened in 1995. *

Sanuki Mannō National Government Park Sanuki is a placename that may mean: * Sanuki, Kagawa, a city in Kagawa Prefecture, Japan * Sanuki Province, a former province of Japan with the same boundaries as modern Kagawa Prefecture * Sanuki Station, a train station located in Ryūgasaki, Ib ...

opened in 1998. *

Echigo Hillside National Government Park was an old province in north-central Japan, on the shores of the Sea of Japan The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East. The Japanese ...

opened in 1998. *

Alps Azumino National Government Park The Alps () ; german: Alpen ; it, Alpi ; rm, Alps ; sl, Alpe . are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, stretching approximately across seven Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Sw ...

opened in 2004. *

Yoshinogari Historical National Government Park Yoshinogari may refer to: * Yoshinogari, Saga, Japan ( :ja:吉野ヶ里町). * Yoshinogari site, a prehistoric site located in Yoshinogari, Saga is a series of science fantasy role-playing video games by Square Enix. The series originated on ...

opened in 2001. *

Akashi Kaikyō National Government Park Akashi may refer to: People * Akashi (surname) Places * Akashi, Hyōgo * Akashi Station, a Japanese railroad station on the Sanyō Main Line * Akashi Strait * Akashi Kaikyō Bridge, crossing the former * Akashi Castle * Akashi Domain * Akashi, th ...

opened in 2002. * Tokyo Waterfront Wide Area Disaster Reduction National Government Park is under construction.

External links

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National Government Parks

References

National Government Parks of Japan {{Japan-protected-area-stub