Tsugaru Quasi-National Park

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park (津軽国定公園, Tsugaru Kokutei Kōen) is a quasi-national park in Aomori Prefecture in the far northern Tōhoku region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[2] The park includes a number of discontinuous areas on Tsugaru Peninsula, including the volcanic peaks of Mount Iwaki, a portion of the primeval Siebold's beech forests of Shirakami-Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cape Tappi, other coastal areas of northern Tsugaru Peninsula, and the wetlands of Juniko and Jusanko lakes and marshes.[3]

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
津軽国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
coastal area near Cape Tappi, Tsugaru QNP
LocationHonshū, Japan
Coordinates41°10′1″N 140°35′25″E
Area259.7 km2 (100.3 sq mi)
Established31 March 1975
Governing bodyGovernment of Aomori Prefecture[1]

The area was designated a quasi-national park on 31 March 1975.[4] It spans the borders of the municipalities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Imabetsu, Sotogahama, Ajigasawa, Fukaura, and Nakadomari.[5]

Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural government, in this case, that of Aomori Prefecture.[1]

See also

References
  • Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
  1. "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.
  2. "Tsugaru". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  3. "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.
  4. http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showRegulation&site_code=3248
  5. 津軽国定公園 [Tsugaru Quasi-National Park] (in Japanese). Aomori Prefecture. Retrieved 23 August 2012.



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