Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park
# Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park

Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park (霧島錦江湾国立公園, Kirishima-Kinkowan Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kyūshū, Japan. It is composed of Kirishima-Kagoshima Bay, an area of Kagoshima Prefecture and Miyazaki Prefecture known for its active volcanoes, volcanic lakes, and onsen. The total area is 365.86 square kilometres (141.26 sq mi).

## History

On March 16, 1934, it was first established as Kirishima-Yaku National Park. On March 16, 2012 Yakushima was split of as the separate Yakushima National Park 325.53 square kilometres (125.69 sq mi) and Kirishima-Yaku National Park was renamed to Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park.

The area become famous as Japan's first honeymoon spot, because Ryoma Sakamoto took his wife Oryo there.

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

## Kirishima

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

## Major scenic spots

Kirishima area

* Mount Karakuni
* Ebino Plateau

Kagoshima Bay area

* Sakurajima
* Cape Sata
* Aira Caldera spreading in the north of Kagoshima
* Lake Ikeda
* Aerial photo of Unagiike (1974)
* Kaimondake volcano

## Related municipalities

* Miyakonojō
* Kobayashi
* Ebino
* Takaharu
* Kagoshima, Kagoshima
* Ibusuki
* Tarumizu
* Kirishima
* Yūsui
* Minamiōsumi
