Kurikoma Quasi-National Park
38°52′N 140°38′E / 38.86°N 140.64°E / 38.86; 140.64[1]
Kurikoma Quasi-National Park (栗駒国定公園, Kurikoma Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that extends between Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan.[2] Established in 1968, the central feature of the park is Mount Kurikoma (栗駒山) at 1,627 m (5,338 ft).[3][4][5] It is rated a protected landscape (category II) according to the IUCN.[6]
Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.[7]
Related municipalities
- Akita: Higashinaruse, Yuzawa[8]
- Iwate: Ichinoseki, Kanegasaki, Kitakami, Nishiwaga, Ōshū[9]
- Miyagi: Kurihara, Ōsaki[10]
- Yamagata: Kaneyama, Mogami, Shinjō[11]
See also
References
- Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kurikoma Quasi-National Park.
- ^ "Kurikoma Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "List of Quasi-national Parks". Official Home Page of the Ministry of the Environment. Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. 31 March 1994. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
- ^ "栗駒/南三陸金華山/蔵王/男鹿". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Kurikoma Quasi-National Park". Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Mount Kurikoma and Tochigamori Forest Ecosystem Reserve". Protected Planet.net.
- ^ "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
- ^ "Nature in Akita Prefecture". Akita Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Designation of the Natural Parks of Iwate Prefecture" (PDF). Iwate Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2005. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Designation of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture". Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Natural Parks of Yamagata Prefecture" (PDF). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- v
- t
- e
- Akan
- Amami Guntō
- Ashizuri-Uwakai
- Aso-Kujū
- Bandai-Asahi
- Chichibu-Tama-Kai
- Chūbu-Sangaku
- Daisen-Oki
- Daisetsuzan
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu
- Hakusan
- Hidakasanmyaku-Erimo-Tokachi
- Iriomote-Ishigaki
- Ise-Shima
- Jōshinetsu Kōgen
- Kerama Shotō
- Kirishima-Kinkowan
- Kushiro Shitsugen
- Minami Alps
- Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan
- Nikkō
- Ogasawara
- Oze
- Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu
- Saikai
- Sanin Kaigan
- Sanriku Fukkō
- Setonaikai
- Shikotsu-Tōya
- Shiretoko
- Towada-Hachimantai
- Unzen-Amakusa
- Yambaru
- Yakushima
- Yoshino-Kumano
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Fujisan_from_Motohakone.jpg/120px-Fujisan_from_Motohakone.jpg)
- Abashiri
- Aichi Kōgen
- Akiyoshidai
- Biwako
- Chōkai
- Echigo Sanzan-Tadami
- Echizen-Kaga Kaigan
- Genkai
- Hayachine
- Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku
- Hida-Kisogawa
- Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan
- Ibi-Sekigahara-Yōrō
- Iki-Tsushima
- Ishizuchi
- Kita Nagato
- Kitakyūshū
- Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen
- Kōya-Ryūjin
- Kurikoma
- Kyoto Tamba Kōgen
- Kyūshū Chūō Sanchi
- Meiji no Mori Minō
- Meiji no Mori Takao
- Mikawa Wan
- Minami Bōsō
- Minami Sanriku Kinkasan
- Murō-Akame-Aoyama
- Muroto-Anan Kaigan
- Myōgi-Arafune-Saku Kōgen
- Nichinan Kaigan
- Nippō Kaigan
- Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan
- Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi
- Noto Hantō
- Oga
- Okinawa Kaigan
- Okinawa Senseki
- Ōnuma
- Sado-Yahiko-Yoneyama
- Shimokita Hantō
- Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri
- Sobo Katamuki
- Suigō-Tsukuba
- Suzuka
- Tango-Amanohashidate-Ōeyama
- Tanzawa-Ōyama
- Tenryū-Okumikawa
- Tsugaru
- Tsurugisan
- Wakasa Wan
- Yaba-Hita-Hikosan
- Yamato-Aogaki
- Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen
- Zaō
![]() | This article about a national/quasi-national park or protected area in Japan, or related topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e