Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park
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is a quasi-national park in the Kantō region
of Honshū
in Japan
. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN. The park includes the Tanzawa Mountains, Miyagase Dam
and its surrounding forests, Hayato Great Falls
and the religious sites of Mount Ōyama
in the mountains of western Kanagawa Prefecture
.
In May 1960, a 38,762 hectare area of western Kanagawa Prefecture in the Tanzawa Mountains was designated as a Kanagawa prefectural park. The central portion of this area was further designated a quasi-national park on March 25, 1965.
Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.
Kanto region
The is a geographical area of Honshu, the largest island of Japan. The region includes the Greater Tokyo Area and encompasses seven prefectures: Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki, Saitama, Tokyo, Chiba, and Kanagawa. Within its boundaries, slightly more than 40 percent of the land area is the Kantō Plain....
of Honshū
Honshu
is the largest island of Japan. The nation's main island, it is south of Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyushu across the Kanmon Strait...
in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN. The park includes the Tanzawa Mountains, Miyagase Dam
Miyagase Dam
The is a dam on the Nakatsu River, a main tributary of the Sagami River in Aikō District, Kanagawa Prefecture on the island of Honshū, Japan. It straddles the border between the village of Kiyokawa, town of Aikawa and the former town of Tsukui The is a dam on the Nakatsu River, a main tributary...
and its surrounding forests, Hayato Great Falls
Hayato Great Falls
is a waterfall on the Hayato River within the boundaries of the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The Hayato Great Falls has a large volume of water, and drops in two separate plunges with a total height of . The upper falls has a height of 40 meters, and...
and the religious sites of Mount Ōyama
Mount Oyama (Kanagawa)
, also or Mount Kunimi , is a high mountain situated on the border of Isehara, Hadano and Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Together with Mount Tanzawa and other mountains in the Tanzawa Mountains it forms the Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park...
in the mountains of western Kanagawa Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture
is a prefecture located in the southern Kantō region of Japan. The capital is Yokohama. Kanagawa is part of the Greater Tokyo Area.-History:The prefecture has some archaeological sites going back to the Jōmon period...
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In May 1960, a 38,762 hectare area of western Kanagawa Prefecture in the Tanzawa Mountains was designated as a Kanagawa prefectural park. The central portion of this area was further designated a quasi-national park on March 25, 1965.
Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.