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JP071Mounts Asama, Shirane, Tanigawa

Site Description

Forest

Mt. Asamayama and Mt. Shiranesan: These are some of the foremost active volcanos in Japan. It constantly gives off volcanic smoke and is covered with lava around the mountaintop. Its foothill has a rich forest where we can see many kinds of plants and animals.

Mt. Tanigawadake: The Tanigawarenpo mountains located on the border of Gunma Prefecture and Niigata Prefecture is a mountain massif whose altitude is approximately 2,000 m, with large valleys and steep rock walls. It has Fagus crenata forest with a kind of Sasa kurilensis on the forest floor, which forms unique vegetation shifting to alpine one. It also has serpentine rock zones where we can see unique alpine flora.

Area & Coordinates

103,000ha 36°43′N 138°35′E
region: Kanto

Category

A3

Designation Type

Quasi-National Park, Wildlife Protection Area (government)

Protection Status

Partially protected

Conservation issues

Birds

Mount Asama

Breeding resident

Bambusicola thoracica, Phasianus colchicus, Streptopelia orientalis, Dendrocopos major, Dendrocopos kizuki, Aegithalos caudatus, Parus varius, Emberiza cioides,

Breeding visitor

Cuculus canorus, Cuculus saturatus, Cuculus poliocephalus, Cyanoptila cyanomelana, Delichon urbica, Hirundo rustica, Pericrocotus divaricatus

Winter visitor

Tachybaptus ruficollis, Aix galericulata, Anas platyrhynchos, Anas poecilorhyncha, Phoenicurus auroreus

Mount Shirane

Breeding resident

Nucifraga caryocatactes

Breeding visitor

Erithacus akahige, Cuculus canorus, Apus pacificus, Cyanoptila cyanomelana, Phylloscopus borealis, Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Winter visitor

Turdus naumanni, Phoenicurus auroreus, Regulus regulus

Mount Tanigawa

Breeding resident

Dendrocopos major, Dendrocopos leucotos, Prunella collaris, Prunella rubida, Parus ater, Emberiza variabilis, Eophona personata, Passer rutilans, Nucifraga caryocatactes

Breeding visitor

Cuculus saturatus, Erithacus akahige, Luscinia cyane, Turdus sibiricus sibirica, Zoothera dauma, Turdus cardis, Phylloscopus borealis, Muscicapa griseisticta, Emberiza sulphurata

Winter visitor

Leucosticte arctoa

Passage visitor

Tarsiger cyanurus

Image

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©MASUDA Shigeru

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