Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park

Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park
飛騨木曽川国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Sosui Gorge near Maruyama Dam
Location within Japan
Location	Gifu and Aichi prefectures, Japan
Coordinates	35.444°N 137.054°E / 35.444; 137.054[1]
Area	18,075 ha (70 sq mi)[2]
Established	March 3, 1964
Visitors	4,227,000 (in 2005)
Governing body	Ministry of the Environment

Hida-Kisogawa Quasi-National Park (飛騨木曽川国定公園, Hida Kisogawa Kokutei Kōen) is a quasi-national park in Japan. The park covers the Hida River from Gero to Minokamo in Gifu Prefecture; it also covers the middle reaches of the Kiso River from Mizunami, Gifu Prefecture, to Inuyama, Aichi Prefecture. It was designated a quasi-national park in March 1964.

You also may find Wisteria, Metasequoia and Rhododendron among the plants and flowers in the national park.

Area communities

The park covers the below communities. The bulk of the park's area is within Gifu Prefecture. (Only 3,662 ha (14 sq mi) is within the borders of Aichi Prefecture.[2])

Gifu Prefecture

Kakamigahara, Mizunami, Minokamo, Ena, Sakahogi, Yaotsu, Kawabe, Hichisō, Shirakawa, Mitake

Aichi Prefecture

Inuyama

See also

• List of national parks of Japan

References

1. "Hida Kisogawa Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
2. Quasi-National Parks (Japanese) Aichi Prefectural Government. Accessed November 28, 2010.