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Oze National Park

National Park in Chūbū, Japan

36°55′38″N 139°18′58″E / 36.92722°N 139.31611°E / 36.92722; 139.31611Area372.22 km² (143.71 sq mi)EstablishedAugust 30, 2007Governing bodyMinistry of the Environment (Japan)

Ramsar Wetland

Official nameOzeDesignated8 November 2005Reference no.1554^[1]

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.

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.

References

^ "Oze". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
^ Rethink in cards on role of national parks, Asahi.com,18 April 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007
^ 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