is a quasi-national park in the

Tōkai region The is a subregion of the Chūbu region and Kansai region in Japan that runs along the Pacific Ocean. The name comes from the Tōkaidō, one of the Edo Five Routes. Because Tōkai is a sub-region and is not officially classified, there i ...

Honshū , historically called , is the largest and most populous island of Japan. It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū across the Kanmon Straits. The island sepa ...

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. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the

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. The park includes the

Tenryū-kyō is a nationally-designated nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty in Iida, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. It is located within the Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park is a quasi-national park in the Tōkai region of Honshū in Japan. It ...

Gorge of the upper

Tenryū River The is a river in central Honshū, Japan. With a length of , it is Japan's ninth longest river. Its source is Lake Suwa in the Kiso Mountains near Okaya in Nagano Prefecture. It then flows through Aichi Prefecture and western Shizuoka Prefect ...

in Iida,

Sakuma Dam The is a dam on the Tenryū River, located on the border of Toyone, Kitashitara District, Aichi Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It is one of the tallest dams in Japan and supports a 350 MW hydroelectric power station. Nearby a f ...

and its surrounding forests,

Atera Seven Falls is a waterfall in the city of Shinshiro, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It has been protected as both a Place of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monument since 1934. The waterfalls was named one of "Japan’s Top 100 Waterfalls", in a listing published by ...

, Chausu Mountains and Mount Horaiji. It straddles the border between Shizuoka,

Aichi is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,552,873 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the west, Gifu Prefecture ...

and

Nagano Prefecture is a landlocked prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,052,493 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture to the north, Gunma Prefecture to the ...

s. The area was designated a quasi-national park on October 1, 1969. Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.

References

*Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. ''The National Parks of Japan''. Kodansha International (1995). National parks of Japan Parks and gardens in Shizuoka Prefecture Parks in Aichi Prefecture Parks and gardens in Nagano Prefecture Protected areas established in 1969 {{Japan-protected-area-stub

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