Chōkai Quasi-National Park

Chōkai Quasi-National Park (鳥海国定公園, Chōkai Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan.^[2] Established in 1963, the park's central feature is the twin volcano of Mount Chōkai, although it also includes coastal areas of northern Yamagata and southern Akita Prefectures. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.^[3] The landscape of Kisakata (象潟), featured in Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, was transformed by the uplift of land in an earthquake of 1804.^[4][5][6][7]

Chōkai Quasi-National Park
鳥海国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mount Chōkai (2,236 m)
Map of Japan
Location	Tōhoku, Japan
Coordinates	39°05′57″N 140°02′56″E[1]
Area	289.55 km2
Established	24 July 1963
Governing body	Akita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.^[8]

Related municipalities

• Akita: Nikaho, Yurihonjō^[9]
• Yamagata: Sakata, Yuza^[10]

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