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Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park

A dispersed collection of tourist sites including Mount Fuji.

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The park covers 1227 km² and is the most visited national park in Japan due to its proximity to Tokyo.[1][2]

Geography and history

It was one of the first four national parks established in Japan.[2] The Hakone area includes sites such as the Old Tokaido Road, Lake Ashi, and Ōwakudani.[3] Rather than forming a single contiguous area, the park comprises multiple scattered tourist destinations throughout the region.[4] Hachijō-jima, the southernmost island, lies hundreds of kilometers away from Mount Fuji.[4]

The park's name was updated after the Izu islands were incorporated into it in 1950.[2]

What the cited sources add

Wikipedia states that the Izu islands became part of the park in 1950, which led to the park being renamed.[2] Wikipedia notes that because of its closeness to Tokyo and convenient access, this park receives more visitors than any other national park in Japan.[2]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park", Shogakukan, 2012 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Mount Fuji", National Geographic Society, c. 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park", Shogakukan, 2012; "Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park", JP Co., Ltd., 2006 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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Sources

Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.

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