Taman Nasional Yakushima

is a national park in Kyūshū, Japan. It is composed of two parts: Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture known for its active volcanoes, volcanic lakes, and onsen; and Yakushima, an island south of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture, known for its cryptomeria or .

The area has become famous as Japan’s first honeymoon spot due to Ryoma Sakamoto taking his new wife Oryo there

On March 16, 2012 Yakushima was split of as the separate Yakushima National Park (245.66 km²) and Kirishima-Yaku National Park was renamed to Kirishima-Kinkōwan National Park (365.86 km²).

Kirishima
 Mount Kirishima
 Ebino-kōgen
 Takachiho-kawara
 Lake Miike
 Mount Kurino
 Mount Karakuni
 Mount Takachiho
 Cape Sata
 Sakura-jima
 Mount Kaimon
 Lake Ikeda

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

Yakushima
 Ōkawa Falls
 Oku-dake
 Mae-dake
 Nagata-hama
 Jōmon Sugi
 Kuchinoerabu-jima
 Mount Miyanoura

Related municipalities
 Miyakonojō
 Kobayashi
 Ebino
 Takaharu
 Kagoshima, Kagoshima
 Ibusuki
 Tarumizu
 Kirishima
 Yūsui
 Minamiōsumi
 Yakushima

See also

List of national parks of Japan

References

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


Category:National parks of Japan
Category:Parks and gardens in Kagoshima Prefecture
Category:Parks and gardens in Miyazaki Prefecture
Category:Protected areas established in 1934