is a
Quasi-National Park in
Niigata Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture in the Chūbu region of Honshu of Japan. Niigata Prefecture has a population of 2,227,496 (1 July 2019) and is the List of Japanese prefectures by area, fifth-largest prefecture of Japan by geographic area ...
,
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
. Designated on 27 July 1950, it has an area of 29,364
ha.
It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
.
Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.
See also
*
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-Nat ...
References
*Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. ''The National Parks of Japan''. Kodansha International (1995).
Notes
Parks and gardens in Niigata Prefecture
National parks of Japan
Protected areas established in 1950
1950 establishments in Japan
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