Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park

Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park (Akkeshi Kiritappu Konbu-mori kokutei kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Established in 2021, the park spans the municipalities of Akkeshi, Hamanaka, Kushiro, and Shibecha. It subsumes and replaces the former Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park, established in 1955. The park, which has a total designated area of 414.87 square kilometres (160.18 sq mi), including a marine zone of 89.21 square kilometres (34.44 sq mi), comprises three non-contiguous largely coastal areas, adjoining areas of lake, marsh, wetland, and forest, and several islands. Prominent features include, from west to east, Todo Rock and Tako Rock, Cape Shirepa, Cape Aikappu, Daikoku Island (a Special Wildlife Protection Area, the seabird breeding grounds of which are a Natural Monument), Lake Akkeshi (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and part of the Akkeshi-ko and Bekambeushi-shitsugen Ramsar site), Kojima Island, Cape Namida, Mochirippu-numa, Hichirippu-numa, Kenbokki Island, Cape Azechi, Kiritappu-shitsugen (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and Ramsar site, the peat-forming plant communities of which are a Natural Monument), Cape Kiritappu, and Poroto-numa. Flora within the park include the Sakhalin fir, Erman's birch, Arctic iris, Sendai-hagi, Ezo-kanzō, and small cranberry; fauna, the Japanese crane, white-tailed eagle, Stel

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