is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 in Kyūshū

Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

 and Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.- History :Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture....

 known for its active volcanoes

Volcano

2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

, volcanic lakes

Crater lake

A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...

, and onsen

Onsen

An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...

; and Yakushima

Yakushima

, one of the Ōsumi Islands, is an island of about 500 km² and roughly 15,000 islanders to the south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Vincennes Strait separates it from Tanegashima. The highest point on the island is Miyanoura-dake at 1,935 metres...

, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria

Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...

 or .

Kirishima

• Mount Kirishima
  Mount Kirishima
  is a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type....
  
  
• Ebino-kōgen
• Takachiho-kawara
• Lake Miike
  Lake Miike
  is a lake in Miyakonojō and Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.-Geography and geology:*The height above sea level is 305 m, the depth 93.5 meters, the deepest in Japan as the crater lake. There is no outflow of water from the lake. The lake is encircled by forests, and there is a park called...
  
  
• Mount Kurino
• Mount Karakuni
  Mount Karakuni
  or Mount Karakuni is a mountain in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park.-References:...
  
  
• Mount Takachiho
• Cape Sata
  Cape Sata
  Cape Sata is a cape at the southern tip of the Osumi Peninsula of Kyūshū island, Japan, and is the southernmost point of the island, just south of 31 degrees latitude....
  
  
• Sakurajima
  Sakurajima
  , also romanized as Sakurashima or Sakura-jima, is an active composite volcano and a former island of the same name in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan...
  
  
• Mount Kaimon
• Lake Ikeda
  Lake Ikeda
  is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a surface area of 11 km² and a shoreline length of...
  
  

Kirishima was used as a filming location for the 1967 James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (film)

You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

.

Yakushima

• Ōkawa Falls
• Oku-dake
• Mae-dake
• Nagata-hama
• Jōmon Sugi
  Jomon Sugi
  is a large cryptomeria tree located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan. It is the oldest and largest of nearly 2,000-year-old-growth cryptomeria trees on the island,and is estimated to be between 2,170and 7,200 years old....
  
  
• Kuchinoerabujima
• Mount Miyanoura

Related municipalities

• Miyakonojō
  Miyakonojo, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1924. On January 1, 2006 the towns of Takajō, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 169,384 and a population density of 259 per km²...
  
  
• Kobayashi
  Kobayashi, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 47,328, with a household number of 19,924 and a density of 80.45 persons per km²...
  
  
• Ebino
  Ebino, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Ebino shares borders with Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture and Kobayashi, Miyazaki.-History:The town of Ebino was created through the administrative merging of the towns of Masaki, Kakutō, and Īno in 1966...
  
  
• Takaharu
  Takaharu, Miyazaki
  is a town located in Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 9,887 and the density of 116 persons per km². The total area is 85.38 km².-External links:*...
  
  
• Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...
  
  
• Ibusuki
  Ibusuki, Kagoshima
  is a city in Kagoshima, Japan, that was founded on April 1, 1954.Following the incorporation of Kaimon and Yamagawa on January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,039 and a population density of 302 persons per km²...
  
  
• Tarumizu
  Tarumizu, Kagoshima
  is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 19,512 and the density of 120.55 persons per km². The total area is 161.86 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1958.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Kirishima
• Yūsui
  Yusui, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 11,420 and the density of 79.1 persons per km²...
  
  
• Minamiōsumi
  Minamiosumi, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town occupies the southern part of the Ōsumi Peninsula and its name literally means "the southern part of Ōsumi."...
  
  
• Yakushima
  Yakushima, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima.On October 1 2007, the town was formed by the merger of the towns of Kamiyaku and Yaku, both from Kumage District....
  
  

External links

• Map of Area 1 (Mt Kirishima)
• Map of Area 2 (Kagoshima Bay)
• Map of Area 3 (Yakushima)

is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 in Kyūshū

Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

 and Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.- History :Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture....

 known for its active volcanoes

Volcano

2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

, volcanic lakes

Crater lake

A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...

, and onsen

Onsen

An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...

; and Yakushima

Yakushima

, one of the Ōsumi Islands, is an island of about 500 km² and roughly 15,000 islanders to the south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Vincennes Strait separates it from Tanegashima. The highest point on the island is Miyanoura-dake at 1,935 metres...

, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria

Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...

 or .

Kirishima

• Mount Kirishima
  Mount Kirishima
  is a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type....
  
  
• Ebino-kōgen
• Takachiho-kawara
• Lake Miike
  Lake Miike
  is a lake in Miyakonojō and Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.-Geography and geology:*The height above sea level is 305 m, the depth 93.5 meters, the deepest in Japan as the crater lake. There is no outflow of water from the lake. The lake is encircled by forests, and there is a park called...
  
  
• Mount Kurino
• Mount Karakuni
  Mount Karakuni
  or Mount Karakuni is a mountain in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park.-References:...
  
  
• Mount Takachiho
• Cape Sata
  Cape Sata
  Cape Sata is a cape at the southern tip of the Osumi Peninsula of Kyūshū island, Japan, and is the southernmost point of the island, just south of 31 degrees latitude....
  
  
• Sakurajima
  Sakurajima
  , also romanized as Sakurashima or Sakura-jima, is an active composite volcano and a former island of the same name in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan...
  
  
• Mount Kaimon
• Lake Ikeda
  Lake Ikeda
  is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a surface area of 11 km² and a shoreline length of...
  
  

Kirishima was used as a filming location for the 1967 James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (film)

You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

.

Yakushima

• Ōkawa Falls
• Oku-dake
• Mae-dake
• Nagata-hama
• Jōmon Sugi
  Jomon Sugi
  is a large cryptomeria tree located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan. It is the oldest and largest of nearly 2,000-year-old-growth cryptomeria trees on the island,and is estimated to be between 2,170and 7,200 years old....
  
  
• Kuchinoerabujima
• Mount Miyanoura

Related municipalities

• Miyakonojō
  Miyakonojo, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1924. On January 1, 2006 the towns of Takajō, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 169,384 and a population density of 259 per km²...
  
  
• Kobayashi
  Kobayashi, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 47,328, with a household number of 19,924 and a density of 80.45 persons per km²...
  
  
• Ebino
  Ebino, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Ebino shares borders with Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture and Kobayashi, Miyazaki.-History:The town of Ebino was created through the administrative merging of the towns of Masaki, Kakutō, and Īno in 1966...
  
  
• Takaharu
  Takaharu, Miyazaki
  is a town located in Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 9,887 and the density of 116 persons per km². The total area is 85.38 km².-External links:*...
  
  
• Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...
  
  
• Ibusuki
  Ibusuki, Kagoshima
  is a city in Kagoshima, Japan, that was founded on April 1, 1954.Following the incorporation of Kaimon and Yamagawa on January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,039 and a population density of 302 persons per km²...
  
  
• Tarumizu
  Tarumizu, Kagoshima
  is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 19,512 and the density of 120.55 persons per km². The total area is 161.86 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1958.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Kirishima
• Yūsui
  Yusui, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 11,420 and the density of 79.1 persons per km²...
  
  
• Minamiōsumi
  Minamiosumi, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town occupies the southern part of the Ōsumi Peninsula and its name literally means "the southern part of Ōsumi."...
  
  
• Yakushima
  Yakushima, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima.On October 1 2007, the town was formed by the merger of the towns of Kamiyaku and Yaku, both from Kumage District....
  
  

External links

• Map of Area 1 (Mt Kirishima)
• Map of Area 2 (Kagoshima Bay)
• Map of Area 3 (Yakushima)

is a national park

National park

A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

 in Kyūshū

Kyushu

is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture

Kagoshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Kagoshima.- Geography :Kagoshima Prefecture is located at the southwest tip of Kyushu and includes a chain of islands stretching further to the southwest for a few hundred kilometers...

 and Miyazaki Prefecture

Miyazaki Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.- History :Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture....

 known for its active volcanoes

Volcano

2. Bedrock3. Conduit 4. Base5. Sill6. Dike7. Layers of ash emitted by the volcano8. Flank| 9. Layers of lava emitted by the volcano10. Throat11. Parasitic cone12. Lava flow13. Vent14. Crater15...

, volcanic lakes

Crater lake

A crater lake is a lake that forms in a volcanic crater or caldera, such as a maar; less commonly and with lower association to the term a lake may form in an impact crater caused by a meteorite. Sometimes lakes which form inside calderas are called caldera lakes, but often this distinction is not...

, and onsen

Onsen

An is a term for hot springs in the Japanese language, though the term is often used to describe the bathing facilities and inns around the hot springs. As a volcanically active country, Japan has thousands of onsen scattered along its length and breadth...

; and Yakushima

Yakushima

, one of the Ōsumi Islands, is an island of about 500 km² and roughly 15,000 islanders to the south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Vincennes Strait separates it from Tanegashima. The highest point on the island is Miyanoura-dake at 1,935 metres...

, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria

Cryptomeria

Cryptomeria is a monotypic genus of conifer in the cypress family Cupressaceae formerly belonging to the family Taxodiaceae; it includes only one species, Cryptomeria japonica . It is endemic to Japan, where it is known as Sugi...

 or .

Kirishima

• Mount Kirishima
  Mount Kirishima
  is a 1700 meter high active volcano group in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. Numerous eruptions have been recorded since 742. Very strong eruptions happened in 788, 1716 and 1717. Augite-hypersthene andesite is the dominant rock type....
  
  
• Ebino-kōgen
• Takachiho-kawara
• Lake Miike
  Lake Miike
  is a lake in Miyakonojō and Takaharu in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.-Geography and geology:*The height above sea level is 305 m, the depth 93.5 meters, the deepest in Japan as the crater lake. There is no outflow of water from the lake. The lake is encircled by forests, and there is a park called...
  
  
• Mount Kurino
• Mount Karakuni
  Mount Karakuni
  or Mount Karakuni is a mountain in Kagoshima and Miyazaki Prefectures, Japan. It is part of Kirishima-Yaku National Park.-References:...
  
  
• Mount Takachiho
• Cape Sata
  Cape Sata
  Cape Sata is a cape at the southern tip of the Osumi Peninsula of Kyūshū island, Japan, and is the southernmost point of the island, just south of 31 degrees latitude....
  
  
• Sakurajima
  Sakurajima
  , also romanized as Sakurashima or Sakura-jima, is an active composite volcano and a former island of the same name in Kagoshima Prefecture in Kyūshū, Japan...
  
  
• Mount Kaimon
• Lake Ikeda
  Lake Ikeda
  is a caldera lake located 40 km south of Kagoshima city; Kyūshū island, Japan. It is perhaps best known to tourists as the location of the purported sightings of a monster named Issie, and as the largest lake on Kyūshū island with a surface area of 11 km² and a shoreline length of...
  
  

Kirishima was used as a filming location for the 1967 James Bond movie, You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice (film)

You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...

.

Yakushima

• Ōkawa Falls
• Oku-dake
• Mae-dake
• Nagata-hama
• Jōmon Sugi
  Jomon Sugi
  is a large cryptomeria tree located on Yakushima, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Japan. It is the oldest and largest of nearly 2,000-year-old-growth cryptomeria trees on the island,and is estimated to be between 2,170and 7,200 years old....
  
  
• Kuchinoerabujima
• Mount Miyanoura

Related municipalities

• Miyakonojō
  Miyakonojo, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.The city was founded on April 1, 1924. On January 1, 2006 the towns of Takajō, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi merged into the city. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 169,384 and a population density of 259 per km²...
  
  
• Kobayashi
  Kobayashi, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki, Japan.As of May 1, 2011, the city has an estimated population of 47,328, with a household number of 19,924 and a density of 80.45 persons per km²...
  
  
• Ebino
  Ebino, Miyazaki
  is a city located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. Ebino shares borders with Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture and Kobayashi, Miyazaki.-History:The town of Ebino was created through the administrative merging of the towns of Masaki, Kakutō, and Īno in 1966...
  
  
• Takaharu
  Takaharu, Miyazaki
  is a town located in Nishimorokata District, Miyazaki, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 9,887 and the density of 116 persons per km². The total area is 85.38 km².-External links:*...
  
  
• Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  Kagoshima, Kagoshima
  is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture at the southwestern tip of the Kyūshū island of Japan, and the largest city in the prefecture by some margin...
  
  
• Ibusuki
  Ibusuki, Kagoshima
  is a city in Kagoshima, Japan, that was founded on April 1, 1954.Following the incorporation of Kaimon and Yamagawa on January 1, 2006, the city has an estimated population of 45,039 and a population density of 302 persons per km²...
  
  
• Tarumizu
  Tarumizu, Kagoshima
  is a city located in Kagoshima, Japan.As of 2003, the city has an estimated population of 19,512 and the density of 120.55 persons per km². The total area is 161.86 km².The city was founded on October 1, 1958.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Kirishima
• Yūsui
  Yusui, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Aira District, Kagoshima, Japan.As of September 1, 2011, the town has an estimated population of 11,420 and the density of 79.1 persons per km²...
  
  
• Minamiōsumi
  Minamiosumi, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town occupies the southern part of the Ōsumi Peninsula and its name literally means "the southern part of Ōsumi."...
  
  
• Yakushima
  Yakushima, Kagoshima
  is a town located in Kumage District, Kagoshima, Japan. The town is on the island of Yakushima and Kuchinoerabujima.On October 1 2007, the town was formed by the merger of the towns of Kamiyaku and Yaku, both from Kumage District....
  
  

External links

• Map of Area 1 (Mt Kirishima)
• Map of Area 2 (Kagoshima Bay)
• Map of Area 3 (Yakushima)