Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Itsukushima in Setonaikai National Park, the first of Japan's national parks (established 1934). National parks (国立公園, Kokuritsu Kōen) and quasi-national parks (国定公園, Kokutei Kōen) of Japan are places of scenic beauty that are designated for protection and sustainable use by the Minister of the Environment under the Natural Parks Law (自然公園法) of 1957. [1]
Natural Habitat Conservation Areas (生息地等保護区, seisokuchi tō hogoku) or Natural Habitat Protection Areas in Japan are designated by the Ministry of the Environment to protect species of flora and fauna designated National Endangered Species, in accordance with the 1992 Act on Conservation of Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
4,470,000 km 2 (1,730,000 sq mi) Japan is an archipelagic country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) along the Pacific coast of East Asia. [ 8] It consists of 14,125 islands. [ 9][ 10] The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The other 14,120 islands are classified as "remote islands" by the ...
Area. 1,149.08 km 2 (443.66 sq mi) Established. December 4, 1934. Governing body. Ministry of the Environment (Japan) Nikkō National Park (日光国立公園, Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan. The park spreads over three prefectures: Tochigi, Gunma and Fukushima, and was ...
365.86 km 2 (141.26 sq mi) Established. March 16, 1934. Governing body. Ministry of the Environment (Japan) Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park (霧島錦江湾国立公園, Kirishima-Kinkōwan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kyūshū, Japan. It is composed of Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture ...
September 7, 1949. Governing body. Ministry of the Environment (Japan) Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park (上信越高原国立公園, Jōshin'etsu-kōgen Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Chūbu region of the main island of Honshū, Japan formed around several active and dormant volcanoes. [1] It spans the mountainous areas of Gunma ...
Japan. Environment of East Asia. Environment of Northeast Asia. Environment of Asia by country. Environment by country. Hidden category: Commons category link from Wikidata.
One of famous sightseeing in Kita-Nagato Kaigan Kokutei Kōen. This is Senjojiki. Kita-Nagato Kaigan Quasi-National Park (北長門海岸国定公園, Kita-Nagato Kaigan Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park on the coast of Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. [ 2][ 3] It was founded on 1 November 1955 and has an area of 80.21 km 2 (30.97 sq mi). [ 4]