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Nikko National Park

National Park

Nikko National Park spans Tochigi, Gunma and Fukushima prefectures on Honshu, Japan, designated in 1934 after the area was named an imperial park in 1911, covering about 1,149 square kilometers. It contains the Nikko Toshogu shrine and Rinno-ji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, alongside Kegon Falls, Lake Chuzenji and the volcano Mount Nikko-Shirane. The park is a popular destination for hiking, skiing, camping and hot spring resorts.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 1
Established Year
1934 1
Area (sq km)
1149.08 1
Governing Body
Ministry of the Environment 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO World Heritage Site 1
Governing Body
Governing Body (category)
Ministry of the Environment 1
Sources
1. Nikkō National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead sentence
    is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan
  • Infobox, area_km2 (converted to square kilometres where the infobox gives another unit)
  • Lead paragraph
    park spreads over three prefectures: Tochigi, Gunma and Fukushima, and was established in 1934.
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Nikkō National Park (æ-¥å…‰å›½ç«‹å…¬åœ’, Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of HonshÅ« in Japan.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Ministry of the Environment
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-world-heritage-site
    It contains the Nikko Toshogu shrine and Rinno-ji temple, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, alongside Kegon Falls, Lake Chuzenji and the volcano Mount Nikko-Shirane.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Ministry of the Environment
  • On Continent: Asia, Lead paragraph names Japan; continent follows from the atlas record for Japan
    is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan
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