Kirishima-Yaku National Park

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Kirishima-Yaku National Park
霧島屋久国立公園
IUCN Category II (National Park)
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Location Kyūshū, Japan
Area 548.33 km²
Established March 16, 1934

Kirishima-Yaku National Park (霧島屋久国立公園 Kirishima-Yaku Kokuritsu Kōen?) is a national park in Kyūshū, Japan. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture known for its active volcanoes, volcanic lakes, and onsen; and Yakushima, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria or yakusugi (屋久杉?).

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[edit] Kirishima

Kirishima was used as a filming location for the 1967 James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice.[3]

[edit] Yakushima

[edit] Related municipalities

[edit] See also

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[edit] References

  1. ^ "Introducing places of interest: Kirishima-Yaku National Park". Ministry of the Environment. http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/kirishima.html. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
  2. ^ "Kirishima-Yaku National Park". Kirishima City. http://www.city-kirishima.jp/modules/page059/index.php?id=46. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 
  3. ^ "You Only Live Twice (1967) - Filming Locations". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062512/locations. Retrieved 2008-02-24. 
  4. ^ "Introducing places of interest: Kirishima-Yaku National Park". Ministry of the Environment. http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/kirishima_1.html. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
  5. ^ "Kirishima-Yaku National Park". Natural Parks Foundation. http://www.bes.or.jp/english/parks/kirishima.html. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
  6. ^ "Kirishima-Yaku National Park". Ministry of the Environment. http://www.biodic.go.jp/english/jpark/np/kirisima_e.html. Retrieved 24 March 2011. 
  7. ^ "Kirishima-Yaku National Park - Basic information". Ministry of the Environment. http://www.env.go.jp/park/kirishima/intro/basis.html. Retrieved 29 April 2011. 

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