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, is an area consisting of open greenland in
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. The park is 372 km² in area and is the 29th national park in Japan. Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes (
Ozegahara is a high altitude marshland in the Oze National Park, Japan. Approximately 8 km2 in size, the marshland is well known for various species of plants, including the "mizu-bashō" (White Skunk Cabbage), "Nikkōkisuge" (yellow alpine lilie ...
) and the mountains in the Oze area, formerly part of the
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, and other nearby areas including the Aizu-Komagatake and Tashiroyama mountains. The park was the first new national park to open in 20 years, since the designation of Hokkaidō's
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as a national park in 1987.Oze to become Japan's 29th national park
, ''Japan News Review'', 11 August 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007 In Gunma's
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, Oze National Park is featured on the 'se' card.


See also

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List of national parks of Japan and in Japan are places of scenic beauty designated for protection and sustainable usage by the Minister of the Environment under the of 1957. National Parks are designated and in principle managed by the Ministry of the Environment. Quasi-Na ...
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Mount Aizu-Komagatake is a mountain located in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, in the Oze National Park. It is one of the 100 Famous Japanese Mountains is a book written in 1964 by mountaineer and author Kyūya Fukada.
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Sanjō Falls is a waterfall in Hinoemata, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on the Tadami River in Oze National Park. It is one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls is a list of waterfalls in Japan compiled by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment in 1990. ...
* Mount Hiuchigatake


References


External links


The Oze Preservation Foundation english website
* National parks of Japan Protected areas established in 2007 Parks and gardens in Fukushima Prefecture Parks and gardens in Tochigi Prefecture Parks and gardens in Gunma Prefecture Parks and gardens in Niigata Prefecture Ramsar sites in Japan {{niigata-geo-stub