Aso-Kujū National Park | |
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阿蘇くじゅう国立公園 | |
IUCN category II (
national park) | |
Location | Kyūshū, Japan |
Coordinates | 32°53′06″N 131°06′15″E / 32.88500°N 131.10417°E |
Area | 726.78 km2 |
Established | 4 December 1934 |
Governing body | Ministry of the Environment (Japan) |
Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園, Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, and the Kujū mountains. [1] [2] Mount Aso is also one of the largest caldera volcanos in the world. [3]
Around 270,000 years ago, a burst of volcanic activity helped shape the area. [4]
Aso Shrine at Mount Aso in Kyushu is a Shinto shrine traditionally held to have been a center of worship before the accession of Emperor Jinmu. The shikinaisha shrine complex at Ichinomiya in what is today Kumamoto Prefecture was said to have been established in 281 BC. [5] The original location of the shrine is uncertain because it was destroyed and rebuilt many times in or near the crater of Aso-san.
Aso-Kujū National Park | |
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阿蘇くじゅう国立公園 | |
IUCN category II (
national park) | |
Location | Kyūshū, Japan |
Coordinates | 32°53′06″N 131°06′15″E / 32.88500°N 131.10417°E |
Area | 726.78 km2 |
Established | 4 December 1934 |
Governing body | Ministry of the Environment (Japan) |
Aso-Kujū National Park (阿蘇くじゅう国立公園, Aso-Kujū Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kumamoto and Ōita Prefectures, Japan. The park derives its name from Mount Aso, the largest active volcano in Japan, and the Kujū mountains. [1] [2] Mount Aso is also one of the largest caldera volcanos in the world. [3]
Around 270,000 years ago, a burst of volcanic activity helped shape the area. [4]
Aso Shrine at Mount Aso in Kyushu is a Shinto shrine traditionally held to have been a center of worship before the accession of Emperor Jinmu. The shikinaisha shrine complex at Ichinomiya in what is today Kumamoto Prefecture was said to have been established in 281 BC. [5] The original location of the shrine is uncertain because it was destroyed and rebuilt many times in or near the crater of Aso-san.