Japan / Kanto Region /
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
- Recreation/tourism
- Abandoment /reduction of land management
- Construction/impact of dyke/dam/barrage
- Natural events
- Consequences of animal/plants/ introductions
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
©MASUDA Shigeru
