Oze National Park Explained

Oze National Park
Alt Name:尾瀬国立公園
Iucn Category:V
Location:Kantō region, Japan
Coords:36.9272°N 139.3161°W
Map:Japan Kanto Chubu Kansai#Japan
Label:Oze National Park
Relief:y
Area Km2:372.22
Established:August 30, 2007
Governing Body:Ministry of the Environment (Japan)

, is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan. The park is 372 km2 in area and is the 29th national park in Japan.

Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes (Ozegahara) and the mountains in the Oze area, formerly part of the Nikkō National Park, and other nearby areas including the Aizu-Komagatake and Tashiroyama mountains.[1]

The park was the first new national park to open in 20 years, since the designation of Hokkaidō's Kushiro wetlands as a national park in 1987.[2]

In Gunma's Jomo Karuta, Oze National Park is featured on the 'se' card.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200708180088.html Rethink in cards on role of national parks
  2. http://www.japannewsreview.com/travel/20070811page_id=1395 Oze to become Japan's 29th national park