Japan's largest national park; its Ainu name means the dwelling place of the gods
Area
2,267 km²
Declared in
1934
Region
East Asia (Hokkaido)
Climate
Tropical, Templado, Polar / frío
Best time
March to May
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Japan's largest national park; its Ainu name means the dwelling place of the gods
Declared in 1934 — one of the first national parks in Japan — Daisetsuzan is the largest national park in the country. Its name comes from the Ainu term Kamuy Mintar, meaning garden of the gods or dwelling place of the gods, reflecting the deep spiritual reverence of the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido for this mountain massif, held sacred long before the Japanese colonisation of the island in the 19th century.
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See on the interactive map9 species documented in Daisetsuzan
At conservation risk:Búho pescador de Blakiston
Endemic to Japan:Macaco japonés,Serow japonés
Águila azor montañesa
Nisaetus nipalensis
Anteojitos japonés
Zosterops japonicus
Búho pescador de Blakiston
Bubo blakistoni
Least ConcernMacaco japonés
Macaca fuscata
Pato mandarín
Aix galericulata
Perro mapache
Nyctereutes procyonoides
Ruiseñor japonés
Larvivora akahige
Salamandra de bosque japonesa
Hynobius nigrescens
Serow japonés
Capricornis crispus
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Ecosystems found in Japan, where Daisetsuzan lies.
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