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Sanriku Fukkō National Park
is a national park extending along the Sanriku Coast of Japan from Hachinohe in Aomori Prefecture through Iwate Prefecture to Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture. The national park was created on 24 May 2013 and covers a land area of . History On 2 May 1955 the was created in the Tōhoku region of Honshū in northern Japan. The park extended for 180 kilometers from north to south along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean from northern Miyagi prefecture to northern Iwate prefecture. It had a land area of . On 24 May 2013 the park was incorporated into Sanriku Fukkō National Park. This was in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. It also includes the former Tanesashi Kaigan Hashikamidake Prefectural Natural Park. On 31 March 2015, the Ministry of the Environment extended the park to include the former Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park. Subsequently, the park will be extended to include Kesennuma Prefectural Natural Park, Kenjōsan Mangokuura Prefect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jōdogahama
(''lit.'' 'Pure Land Beach') is a series of rock formations along the coast of Miyako Bay in the city of Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, in the Tōhoku region of northern Japan. The area is part of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park, and is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty. Overview The area consists of groups of Paleogene period volcanic rock formations in a sandy beach area, which have been weathered by wind and rains into fantastic shapes. Together with Japanese red pine trees, the rocks form a natural version of a Japanese garden. The rock formations have inspired many fanciful names, and by the early Edo period has been identified in popular imagination with various landscape features of the Buddhist Western Paradise. The name of "Jōdogahama" was coined by a Sōtō Zen priest who toured the area in the Tenna era (1681–1684), and this name appears in the official records of Morioka Domain under the rule of Nanbu Toshitaka in 1797. The area was also popularised b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwate Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu. It is the second-largest Japanese prefecture (behind Hokkaido) at , with a population of 1,165,886 (as of July 1, 2023). Iwate Prefecture borders Aomori Prefecture to the north, Akita Prefecture to the west, and Miyagi Prefecture to the south. Morioka is the capital and largest city of Iwate Prefecture; other major cities include Ichinoseki, Iwate, Ichinoseki, Ōshū, Iwate, Ōshū, and Hanamaki, Iwate, Hanamaki. Located on Japan's Pacific Ocean coast, Iwate Prefecture features the easternmost point of Honshu at Cape Todo, and shares the highest peaks of the Ōu Mountains—the longest mountain range in Japan—at the border with Akita Prefecture. Iwate Prefecture is home to famous attractions such as Morioka Castle, the Buddhist temples of Hiraizumi, Iwate, Hiraizumi including Chūson-ji and Mōtsū-ji, the Fujiwara no Sato movie lot and theme park in Ōshū, and the Tenshochi park in Kitaka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fudai, Iwate
is a village located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the village had an estimated population of 2,607, and a population density of 37.4 persons per km2 in 1,126 households. The total area of the village is . Geography Fudai is a coastal mountainous community situated on the Sanriku Coast ria along the Pacific Ocean in northern Iwate. The southern part of the village, an area called , included a part of the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park, which is now part of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park. It features an observation point to view scenic seaside cliffs. Neighboring municipalities Iwate Prefecture * Iwaizumi * Noda * Tanohata Climate Fudai has a cold humid climate (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa'') characterized by mild summers and cold winters. The average annual temperature in Fudai is 10.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1201 mm with September as the wettest month and February as the driest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hashikami, Aomori
is a town located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,012 in 6,039 households, and a population density of 140 persons per km2 The total area of the town is . Geography Hashikami occupies the far southeast corner of Aomori Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. The coastline is rugged and highly indented, forming numerous small bays. Inland, the land is hilly, rising to the west to a height of at the highest point. A portion of the coastal areas of the town were within the borders of the Tanesashi Kaigan Hashikamidake Prefectural Natural Park, which was incorporated into the Sanriku Fukkō National Park in 2013. Neighbouring municipalities Aomori Prefecture *Hachinohe * Hirono Iwate Prefecture * Karumai Climate The town has a cold maritime climate characterized by cool, short summers and long, cold winters with heavy snowfall (Köppen climate classification ''Cfa''). The average annual temperature in Hashikami is 9.5 °C. The avera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hachinohe
is a city located in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 213,453 in 110,121 households, and a population density of . As of October 2020, Hachinohe is Aomori Prefecture's second largest city by population. The city has a total area of . Geography Hachinohe is located in the flatlands on the southeast coast of Aomori Prefecture, facing the Pacific Ocean. Both the Oirase River and the Mabechi River flow through Hachinohe. A portion of the coastal areas of the city were within the borders of the Tanesashi Kaigan Hashikamidake Prefectural Natural Park, which was incorporated into the Sanriku Fukkō National Park in 2013. Neighbouring municipalities Aomori Prefecture *Iwate Prefecture ** Karumai * Kamikita District ** Oirase * Sannohe District ** Gonohe ** Hashikami ** Nanbu Climate Hachinohe has a humid continental climate (Köppen ''Dfa''), closely bordering the Humid Subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cfa'') using the isotherm with both Januar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kita Yamazaki
Kita or KITA may refer to: People * Kita (surname) * Kita Alexander (born 1996), Australian singer-songwriter * João Leithardt Neto, Brazilian footballer nicknamed Kita * Sampsa Astala, Finnish musician whose stage name is Kita Places In Japan * Kita-ku (北区), meaning “northern ward”, is a ward name found in several cities: ** Kita-ku, Hamamatsu ** Kita-ku, Kobe ** Kita-ku, Kumamoto ** Kita-ku, Kyoto ** Kita-ku, Nagoya ** Kita-ku, Niigata ** Kita-ku, Okayama ** Kita-ku, Osaka ** Kita-ku, Saitama ** Kita-ku, Sakai ** Kita-ku, Sapporo ** Kita-ku, Tokyo * Kita, Hokkaidō (北村), a village in Hokkaidō * A local term for the northern commercial district of Osaka (part of, but not the same as, Kita-ku) * Kita District, Ehime (喜多郡) * Kita District, Kagawa (木田郡) * Kita Station (喜多駅), a railway station in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture * Mount Kita (北岳), a mountain of the Akaishi Mountains in Yamanashi Prefecture Elsewhere * Kita, Mali, a town in Mali * Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal ocean waves, which are generated by wind, or tides, which are in turn generated by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun, a tsunami is generated by the displacement of water from a large event. Tsunami waves do not resemble normal undersea currents or sea waves because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide. For this reason, it is often referred to as a tidal wave, although this usage is not favoured by the scientific community because it might give the false impression of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the status of the natural world and the measures needed to safeguard it. It is involved in data gathering and Data analysis, analysis, research, field projects, advocacy, and education. IUCN's mission is to "influence, encourage and assist societies throughout the world to conserve nature and to ensure that any use of natural resources is equitable and ecologically sustainable". Over the past decades, IUCN has widened its focus beyond conservation ecology and now incorporates issues related to sustainable development in its projects. IUCN does not itself aim to mobilize the public in support of nature conservation. It tries to influence the actions of governments, business and other stakeholders by providing information and advice and through buildin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Japan Times
''The Japan Times'' is Japan's largest and oldest English-language daily newspaper. It is published by , a subsidiary of News2u Holdings, Inc. It is headquartered in the in Kioicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo. History ''The Japan Times'' was launched by on 22 March 1897, with the goal of giving Japanese people an opportunity to read and discuss news and current events in English to help Japan participate in the international community. In 1906, Zumoto was asked by Japanese Resident-General of Korea Itō Hirobumi to lead the English-language newspaper '' The Seoul Press''. Zumoto closely tied the operations of the two newspapers, with subscriptions of ''The Seoul Press'' being sold in Japan by ''The Japan Times'', and vice versa for Korea. Both papers wrote critically of Korean culture and civilization, and advocated for Japan's colonial control over the peninsula in order to civilize the Koreans. The newspaper was independent of government control, but from 1931 onward, the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matsushima Prefectural Natural Park
is a Prefectural Natural Park on the east coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1902, the park spans the municipalities of Higashimatsushima, Matsushima, Rifu, Shichigahama, and Shiogama. The park centres upon the eponymous pine islands of Matsushima ( Special Place of Scenic Beauty). See also * National Parks of Japan * List of Special Places of Scenic Beauty, Special Historic Sites and Special Natural Monuments * Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park was a Quasi-National Park on the Pacific coast of northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1979, the park extended along 180 km of the coast of southern Sanriku and encompassed Mount Kinka. On 31 March 2015, in the aftermath of ... References External links *Maps of Matsushima Prefectural Natural Park(18 & 24) Parks and gardens in Miyagi Prefecture Protected areas established in 1902 1902 establishments in Japan Matsushima, Miyagi Higashimatsushima, Miyagi Rifu, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenjōsan Mangokuura Prefectural Natural Park
is a Prefectural Natural Park in eastern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1979, the park spans the municipalities of Ishinomaki and Onagawa. See also * National Parks of Japan * Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park was a Quasi-National Park on the Pacific coast of northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1979, the park extended along 180 km of the coast of southern Sanriku and encompassed Mount Kinka. On 31 March 2015, in the aftermath of ... References External links *Maps of Kenjōsan Mangokuura Prefectural Natural Park(14 & 19) Parks and gardens in Miyagi Prefecture Protected areas established in 1979 1979 establishments in Japan Ishinomaki Onagawa, Miyagi {{Japan-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kesennuma Prefectural Natural Park
is a Prefectural Natural Park in northeast Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. First designated for protection in 1948, the park is within the municipality of Kesennuma. It includes the highlands of the as well as some 12 km of coastline, and encompasses , celebrated for its rhododendrons, and , for its camellias. See also * National Parks of Japan * Rikuchū Kaigan National Park * Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park was a Quasi-National Park on the Pacific coast of northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1979, the park extended along 180 km of the coast of southern Sanriku and encompassed Mount Kinka. On 31 March 2015, in the aftermath of ... References External links *Maps of Kesennuma Prefectural Natural Park(4, 5 & 10) Parks and gardens in Miyagi Prefecture Protected areas established in 1948 1948 establishments in Japan Kesennuma {{Japan-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
