Oze National Park
| Oze National Park | |
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| 尾瀬国立公園 | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
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  Oze National Park Location within Central Japan  Oze National Park Location within Japan | |
| Location | Kantō region, Japan |
| Coordinates | 36°55′38″N 139°18′58″E / 36.92722°N 139.31611°E |
| Area | 372.22 km2 (143.71 sq mi) |
| Established | August 30, 2007 |
| Governing body | Ministry of the Environment (Japan) |
Official name | Oze |
| Designated | 8 November 2005 |
| Reference no. | 1554[1] |
Oze National Park (尾瀬国立公園, Oze Kokuritsu Kōen), is an area consisting of open greenland in Fukushima, Tochigi, Gunma and Niigata Prefectures in Japan. The park is 372 km2 in area and is the 29th national park in Japan.
Opened on 30 August 2007, the park's area includes the marshes (Ozegahara) and the mountains in the Oze area, formerly part of the Nikkō National Park, and other nearby areas including the Aizu-Komagatake and Tashiroyama mountains.[2]
The park was the first new national park to open in 20 years, since the designation of Hokkaidō's Kushiro wetlands as a national park in 1987.[3]
In Gunma's Jomo Karuta, Oze National Park is featured on the 'se' card.
In September 2025, Lucy Oze Hatomachi, a mountain lodge operated by Hoshino Resorts, opened at Hatomachi Pass, a principal access point to Oze National Park.[4] Its establishment was realized as part of a tourism policy announced in 2024 by the Kishida administration, which aimed to attract luxury resort hotels to all 35 national parks in Japan.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Oze". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ↑ Rethink in cards on role of national parks, Asahi.com,18 April 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007
- ↑ Oze to become Japan's 29th national park Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Japan News Review, 11 August 2007, retrieved 30 August 2007
- ↑ 星野リゾートがつくった国立公園・尾瀬の新拠点「LUCY尾瀬鳩待」は、どこが革新的なのか!? (in Japanese). Kodansha. Archived from the original on 12 March 2026. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
- ↑ 自然環境保護の時代になぜ…政府の「国立公園に高級リゾートホテル誘致」報道に異論相次ぐ (in Japanese). Nikkan Gendai. Archived from the original on 15 September 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2026.
External links
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- (in English) Oze National Park - National Parks of Japan
- (in Japanese) Oze National Park - National Parks of Japan
- The Oze Preservation Foundation english website
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