Nikko National Park

Nikko National Park 日光 国立 公園 IUCN Category V - Protected Landscape / Seascape
The Kegon Falls and Lake Chūzenji
location	Tochigi Prefecture / Gunma Prefecture / Fukushima Prefecture , Kantō , Japan
surface	114.753 km²
WDPA ID	12258
Geographical location	36 ° 59 '  N , 139 ° 24'  E Coordinates: 36 ° 58 '43 "  N , 139 ° 23' 42"  E
Setup date	4th December 1934
administration	Japanese Ministry of Environment

The Nikkō National Park ( Japanese 日光 国立 公園 , Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen ) is a national park in the Kantō region on the Japanese island of Honshū . It covers an area of ​​114,753 hectares and was declared a national park on December 4, 1934, along with four other parks. The park extends over the three prefectures of Tochigi , Gunma and Fukushima . In addition to a rich flora and fauna, the park also offers a large number of mountains and hot springs ( onsen ). With the IUCN Category V, the park area is classified as a Protected Landscape / Protected Marine Area . The Japanese Ministry of Environment is responsible for the management of the national parks.

Sights of the park are:

• Nikkō Tōshō-gū
• Chūzenji Lake
• Kegon Falls
• Ryūzu Falls
• Nantai-san
• Nikko-Shirane-san
• Nasu-dake volcano complex

On August 30, 2007, the western areas around Ozegahara (Oze Moor) were spun off as an independent Oze National Park .

See also

• National parks in Japan

Web links

Commons : Nikkō National Park  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• World Database on Protected Areas - Nikko National Park (English)
• Nikko-Tourist's website on numerous sights in the park ( Memento from October 30, 2014 in the Internet Archive )