Chōkai Quasi-National Park

39°05′57″N 140°02′56″E / 39.09917°N 140.04889°E / 39.09917; 140.04889^[1]Area289.55 km²Established24 July 1963Governing bodyAkita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Chōkai Quasi-National Park (鳥海国定公園, Chōkai Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan.^[2] Established in 1963, the park's central feature is the twin volcano of Mount Chōkai, although it also includes coastal areas of northern Yamagata and southern Akita Prefectures. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.^[3] The landscape of Kisakata (象潟), featured in Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, was transformed by the uplift of land in an earthquake of 1804.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.^[8]

Related municipalities

Akita: Nikaho, Yurihonjō^[9]
Yamagata: Sakata, Yuza^[10]

References

Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8

External links

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