Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park

Infobox_protected_area | name = Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park
八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園
iucn_category = V


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location = Honshū, Japan
nearest_city = Chino, Fujimi, Hara, Hokuto, Koumi, Matsumoto, Minamimaki, Nagawa, Okaya, Saku, Sakuho, Shimosuwa, Shiojiri, Suwa, and Tateshina
lat_degrees = 36
lat_minutes = 07
lat_seconds = 10
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 138
long_minutes = 25
long_seconds = 11
long_direction = E
area = 39,857 ha
established = January 1, 1964
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governing_body = Nagano and Yamanahi prefectural governments

nihongo|Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park|八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園|Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Kokudei Kōen is a quasi-national park on Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.cite web|url=http://www.unep-wcmc.org/wdpa/sitedetails.cfm?siteid=3092&level=nat|title=Yatsugatake-Chushin Kogen|work=World Database on Protected Areas|publisher=United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center|language=English|accessdate=2008-09-05] The park includes the Yatsugatake Mountains and the surrounding lava plateaus: Tateshina plateau, Kirigamine, and Utsukushigahara. It straddles the border between Nagano and Yamanahi prefectures.cite web|url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/parks_list.html#quasi|title=List of Quasi-national Parks|date=1994-03-31|work=Official Home Page of the Ministry of the Environment|publisher=Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan|accessdate=2008-09-05] Mount Aka is the highest point in the park at 2,899 m. The volcanoes of the Yatsugatake mountains erupted from the middle of the Fossa Magna and spread skirts of lava south, east and west. Lake Matsubara, Shirakoma Pond, and Lake Shirakaba attract tourists to the region for boating, skating, and camping. Utsukushigahara is a lava plateau at the northern end of the park and offers views of the Northern Alps. The extensive lava plateau of Kirigahara is popular for hiking. There are also a number of onsens in addition to the hotsprings at Tateshina.cite web|url=http://www.biodic.go.jp/jpark/qnp/yatugata.html|title=八ヶ岳中信高原国定公園|work=Japan Integrated Biodiversity Information System|publisher=Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-09-05] The park was designated a quasi-national in 1964.

Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the prefectural government.cite web|url=http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/system/teigi.html|title=National Park systems: Definition of National Parks|work=National Parks of Japan|publisher=Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-29]

ee also

*List of national parks of Japan

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