Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park

Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park (妙高戸隠連山国立公園, Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Niigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, Japan. Established in 2015, and formerly part of Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park, the park comprises an area of 39,772 ha (98,280 acres) in the municipalities of Itoigawa and Myōkō in Niigata Prefecture and Iizuna, Nagano, Otari, and Shinano in Nagano Prefecture.

Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park
妙高戸隠連山国立公園
IUCN category II (national park)
Lake Nojiri
Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park Location of Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park (Japan)
Location	Niigata Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	36°53′29″N 138°06′49″E
Area	397.72 km2 (153.56 sq mi)
Established	27 March 2015
Governing body	Ministry of the Environment (Japan)

Prominent mountains of the park include Mount Hiuchi (2,462m), Mount Myōkō (2,454m), Niigata-Yakeyama (2,400m,), Mount Takatsuma (2,353m), Mount Kurohime (2,054m), Mount Iizuna (1,917m), and Mount Togakushi (1,904m). Of these, Mount Yakeyama remains active an active volcano. Other features include Lake Nojiri and Lake Reisenji.

See also

• List of national parks of Japan
• Chūbu region
• Togakushi Shrine
• Five Mountains of Northern Nagano Prefecture

Gallery

Scenes from the Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park

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  Kagami-ike Pond, in Togakushi, Nagano 2019.
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  Kagamiike-pond
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  Mount Hiuchi
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  Naena Falls
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  Mount Myoko

External links

• (in English) Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park - National Parks of Japan
• (in Japanese) Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park - National Parks of Japan
• (in Japanese) Map of Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park (North)
• (in Japanese) Map of Myōkō-Togakushi Renzan National Park (South)