Kurikoma Quasi-National Park
栗駒国定公園
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Our guide
Kurikoma Quasi-National Park, established in 1968, covers parts of Akita, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata. Its centrepiece is Mount Kurikoma, 1,627 m high. Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, it is managed by the prefectures.
The park is large, so choose the area you want to visit and plan from there. Mount Kurikoma is an active volcano, so check the latest volcano information and the weather before you go.
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
- Sekaiyati-genseikaen — Kano · Public domain · source · resized
- 名残ヶ原からの須川岳（栗駒山） Peak Sukawa(Mt. Kurikoma) from Nagoriga-hara marsh - panoramio — Tomofumi Sato · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Yakiisiko — らんで · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Yakiisidake — らんで · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Torakeyama seen from the west — Koda6029 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Takamatudake — らんで · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Sukawa Kōgen Onsen 03 — Yas Nakano · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Oyasu-kyō, 19 May 2013, 02 — 8-Forest · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Lake Showa in Mt. Kurikoma 20181013 — 掬茶 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kawaragejigoku 20170610-1 — Waiesu · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
What this place is
Kurikoma Quasi-National Park (栗駒国定公園, Kurikoma Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that covers parts of the Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, and Yamagata Prefectures in Japan. Established in 1968, the central feature of the park is the 1,627 m (5,338 ft) high Mount Kurikoma (栗駒山). It is rated a protected landscape (category II) according to the IUCN. Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.
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What to expect at this type of place: National park
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