Oze National Park

Summary

Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園, Oze Kokuritsu Kōen), is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan. The park is 372 km2 in area and is the 29th national park in Japan.

Oze National Park
尾瀬国立公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
LocationKantō region, Japan
Coordinates36°55′38″N 139°18′58″E / 36.92722°N 139.31611°E / 36.92722; 139.31611
Area372 km2
EstablishedAugust 30, 2007
Official nameOze
Designated8 November 2005
Reference no.1554[1]

Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes (Ozegahara) and the mountains in the Oze area, formerly part of the Nikkō National Park, and other nearby areas including the Aizu-Komagatake and Tashiroyama mountains.[2]

The park was the first new national park to open in 20 years, since the designation of Hokkaidō's Kushiro wetlands as a national park in 1987.[3]

In Gunma's Jomo Karuta, Oze National Park is featured on the 'se' card.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Oze". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ Rethink in cards on role of national parks, Asahi.com,18 April 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007
  3. ^ Oze to become Japan's 29th national park Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Japan News Review, 11 August 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007

External links edit

  • The Oze Preservation Foundation english website
  •   Oze National Park travel guide from Wikivoyage