Shiretoko National Park

Coordinates: 44°06′N 145°11′E / 44.100°N 145.183°E / 44.100; 145.183
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Shiretoko National Park
知床国立公園
Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates44°06′N 145°11′E / 44.100°N 145.183°E / 44.100; 145.183
Area386.33 km2 (149.16 sq mi)
EstablishedJune 1, 1964
Asia-Pacific

Shiretoko National Park (知床国立公園, Shiretoko Kokuritsu Kōen) covers most of the

Hokkaidō, Japan. The word "Shiretoko" is derived from an Ainu
word "sir etok", meaning "the place where the earth protrudes".

One of the most remote regions in Japan, much of the peninsula is only accessible on foot or by boat. Shiretoko is best known as the home of Japan's largest population of

Kamui
wakka means "water of the gods" in Ainu.

The

mixed forests; the main tree species include Sakhalin fir (Abies sachalinensis), Erman's birch (Betula ermanii) and Mongolian oak (Quercus mongolica). Beyond the forest limit there are impenetrable Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila
) thickets.

In 2005,

UNESCO designated the area a World Heritage Site, advising to develop the property jointly with the Kuril Islands of Russia as a transboundary "World Heritage Peace Park". Shiretoko's listing as Natural Heritage was seen by the Indigenous Ainu as contradicting the long history of Ainu settlement in the park area.[2]

The Shiretoko Park Nature Center is in Shari. It serves as the visitor center and includes a movie about the park, a restaurant, and a gift shop.

Features

See also

References

  1. ^ "Shiretoko National Park Plants & Animals". National Parks of Japan.
  2. ^ M. Hudson, M. Aoyama, “Occupational apartheid and national parks: the Shiretoko world heritage site,” in F. Kronenberg, N. Pollard, D. Sakellariou, eds. Occupational Therapies Without Borders: Towards an Ecology of Occupation Based Practices (Edinburgh: Elsevier), pp. 247-255

External links

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