Tsugaru Quasi-National Park

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
津軽国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
coastal area near Cape Tappi, Tsugaru QNP
Location	Honshū, Japan
Coordinates	41°10′1″N 140°35′25″E / 41.16694°N 140.59028°E / 41.16694; 140.59028
Area	259.7 km2 (100.3 sq mi)
Established	31 March 1975
Governing body	Government of Aomori Prefecture[1]

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park (津軽国定公園, Tsugaru Kokutei Kōen) is a quasi-national park in Aomori Prefecture in the far northern Tōhoku region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.^[2] The park includes a number of discontinuous areas on Tsugaru Peninsula, including the volcanic peaks of Mount Iwaki, a portion of the primeval Siebold's beech forests of Shirakami-Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cape Tappi, other coastal areas of northern Tsugaru Peninsula, and the wetlands of Juniko and Jusanko lakes and marshes.^[3]

The area was designated a quasi-national park on 31 March 1975.^[4] It spans the borders of the municipalities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Imabetsu, Sotogahama, Ajigasawa, Fukaura, and Nakadomari.^[5]

Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural government, in this case, that of Aomori Prefecture.^[1]

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• List of national parks of Japan

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