Zaō Quasi-National Park
蔵王国定公園
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Our guide
Zaō Quasi-National Park, established in 1963, stretches along the Ōu Mountains between Miyagi and Yamagata, with Mount Zaō at its centre. It is rated by the IUCN as a protected landscape (Category V) and is managed by the two prefectures.
Choose the area you want to visit and plan from there. Zaō is volcanic mountain country, so check the latest volcano 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
- Lake Okama (Zao), Miyagi 01 — Σ64 · CC BY 4.0 · source · resized
- Zao L.Okama — Qwert1234 · Public domain · source · resized
- Zao 2006 Sanctuary — Crown of Lenten rose · CC BY 3.0 · source · resized
- Fall at Okama Crater Lake, Mt. Zao, Tohoku region, Japan — OKJaguar · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- 厳冬期のお釜 — タコノマクラ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- ZAO caldera 01 — ChampagneFight · Public domain · source · resized
What this place is
Zaō Quasi-National Park (蔵王国定公園, Zaō Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that extends in the Ōu Mountains between Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan. Established in 1963, the central feature of the park is Mount Zaō. It is rated a protected landscape (Category V) according to the IUCN. Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments, in this case, that of Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures.
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What to expect at this type of place: National park
Getting there
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