Nikkō National Park

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Nikkō National Park 日光国立公園
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Chuzenjiko Lake, in Nikkō National Park.
Location	Honshū, Japan
Area	1,400.21 km²
Established	December 4, 1934

Nikkō National Park (日光国立公園, Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen^?) is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan. The park spreads over four prefectures: Tochigi, Gunma, Fukushima, and Niigata.

Notable attractions include:

• Nikkō Tōshō-gū
• Lake Chuzenji
• Kegon Falls
• Ryūzu Falls
• Mount Nantai
• Mount Nikkō-Shirane
• Ozegahara (Oze marshland)

[edit] See also

• List of national parks of Japan

[edit] External links

• http://www.biodic.go.jp/english/jpark/np/nikkou_e.html

Coordinates: 36°58′43″N, 139°23′42″E

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