Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park

Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park (越前加賀海岸国定公園, Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park on the coast of Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures, Japan. The park was established in 1968.^[1][2] It is rated a protected landscape (category Ib) according to the IUCN.^[3] Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park is managed by the local prefectural governments.^[4]

Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park
越前加賀海岸国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Tōjinbō
Location	Fukui/Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	36°14′38″N 136°12′24″E
Area	9,246 hectares (35.70 sq mi)
Established	1 May 1968

Sites of interest

The park consists of several discontinuous locations, which include:

• Kochōmon (呼鳥門), Oshima (雄島), Tōjinbō^[5][6]

Related municipalities

• Fukui: Awara, Echizen, Fukui, Minamiechizen, Sakai, Tsuruga^[5]
• Ishikawa: Kaga

See also

• National Parks of Japan

References

• Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8

1. "能登半島／越前加賀海岸／若狭湾／八ヶ岳中信高原". Natural Parks Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
2. "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
3. "Echizen-Kaga Kaigan". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
4. "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
5. "Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park". Fukui Prefecture. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
6. "Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park". Kyōto Prefecture. Retrieved 4 February 2012.