Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park | |
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丹沢大山国定公園 | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | Honshū, Japan |
Coordinates | 35°26′33″N 139°09′37″E / 35.44239557°N 139.16014679°E |
Area | 27,572 ha |
Established | March 25, 1965 |
Governing body | Kanagawa Prefecture [1] |
Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park (丹沢大山国定公園, Tanzawa-Ōyama Kokutei Kōen) 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. [2] 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. [3]
In May 1960, a 38,762-hectare area of western Kanagawa Prefecture in the Tanzawa Mountains was designated for protection as the Tanzawa-Ōyama Prefectural Natural 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. [1]
The park spans the borders of the municipalities of Atsugi, Hadano, Isehara, Kiyokawa, Matsuda, Sagamihara, and Yamakita. [4]