Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park
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is a quasi-national park in the
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of
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in
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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 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 Prefec ...
in Iida, Sakuma Dam and its surrounding forests, Atera Seven Falls, 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 7,461,111 () 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 country, landlocked Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Nagano Prefecture has a population of 2,007,682 () and has a geographic area of . Nagano Prefecture borders Niigata Prefecture ...
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.


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List of national parks of Japan and of Japan are places of scenic beauty that are designated for protection and sustainable use by the Ministry of the Environment (Japan), Minister of the Environment under the of 1957. National parks are designated and in principle managed b ...


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 National parks of Nagano Prefecture Protected areas established in 1969 {{Japan-protected-area-stub