Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park
比婆道後帝釈国定公園
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Our guide
Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park spans Tottori, Shimane and Hiroshima. Founded on 24 July 1963 with an area of 78.08 km², it is made up, as its name suggests, of a series of mountains and ravines in the middle of the Chūgoku Mountains. It has virgin forests of Japanese beech, oak and horse chestnut with interesting ferns, and its wildlife includes the Asiatic black bear, Japanese macaque, mountain hawk-eagle and Japanese giant salamander. Lake Shinryū is also part of the park.
This is mountain country with bears, so check local information and the weather before you go; we have not checked routes.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- Taishaku-onbashi — As6022014 at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- 岩樋山からの道後山 — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Momiji Bridge — Carpkazu · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Ikenodan and Mount Tateeboshi 2009-09-20 — As6673 · Public domain · source · resized
- Mt.Sentsuzan — As6022014 · Public domain · source · resized
- 鬼の供養塔 - panoramio — sk01 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Taishaku-dangyo — As6022014 at Japanese Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park (比婆道後帝釈国定公園, Hiba-Dōgo-Taishaku Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that spans areas of Tottori Prefecture, Shimane Prefecture, and Hiroshima Prefecture, in the western part of the island of Honshu, Japan. It was founded on 24 July 1963 and has an area of 78.08 square kilometres (78,080,000 m2). As its name suggests, the Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park is composed of a series of mountains and ravines in the middle of the Chūgoku Mountains. The park has virgin forests of Japanese beeches, Japanese oaks, Japanese horse-chestnuts and interesting ferns. Fauna include the Asiatic black bear, Japanese macaque, mountain hawk eagle and the Japanese giant salamander. Lake Shinryū is also a component of the park.
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What to expect at this type of place: National park
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