Yanbaru National Park
やんばる国立公園
IUCN category II ( national park)
Location	Yanbaru, Okinawa, Japan
Coordinates	26°48′21″N 128°15′57″E / 26.805801°N 128.265925°E / 26.805801; 128.265925
Area	136.22 km2 (52.59 sq mi)
Established	15 September 2016

Yambaru National Park (やんばる国立公園, Yanbaru Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2016, it is located in and around the forested region of Yambaru at the northern end of Okinawa Island. The park comprises a land area of 13,622 ha (33,660 acres) in the villages of Kunigami, Ōgimi, and Higashi together with 3,670 ha (9,100 acres) of the surrounding waters. The day of establishment, 15 September, coincides with the anniversary of the 1983 discovery of the endangered endemic Yambaru long-armed scarab beetle (Cheirotonus jambar) ( ヤンバルテナガコガネ). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Future plans

Future extension of the Park is contingent upon the reversion of land currently occupied by the US military as the Northern Training Area. The northern part of Okinawa Island that corresponds with Yambaru was in 2016 submitted for inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List as part of the serial nomination Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island. ^{[2] [4]} In 2021 was inscribed to World Heritage List.

See also

• List of national parks of Japan
• List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Okinawa)
• List of World Heritage Sites in Japan

References

External links

• (in Japanese) Map of Yanbaru National Park