Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park

Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park (妙高戸隠連山国立公園, Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Niigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2015, and formerly part of Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park, the park comprises an area of 39,772 ha (98,280 acres) in the municipalities of Itoigawa and Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture and Iizuna, Nagano, Otari, and Shinano in Nagano Prefecture. Prominent features of the park include Mount Myōkō, Mount Togakushi (戸隠山), Mount Amakazari (雨飾山), Mount Iizuna, Mount Kurohime (黒姫山), Niigata-Yake-Yama, and Lake Nojiri.[1][2]

Kagami-ike Pond, in Togakushi, Nagano 2019.

Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park
妙高戸隠連山国立公園
IUCN category II (national park)
LocationNiigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates36°53′29″N 138°06′49″E
Area397.72 km2 (153.56 sq mi)
Established27 March 2015

See also

References

  1. "Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park". Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on 29 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. 基礎情報 [Basic Information] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment Prefecture. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.



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