Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park
# Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park

Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park (西中国山地国定公園, Nishi-Chūgoku-sanchi Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Shimane Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 January 1969 and has an area of 285.53 $km^2$ (110.24 sq mi).

## Overview

There are many beautiful mountain and ravines including Mount Osorakan (恐羅漢山, Osorakan-zan), Mount Kanmuri (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima) (吉和冠山, Yoshiwa Kanmuri-yama), Sandan ravine (三段峡, Sandan-kyō), Hikimi ravine (匹見峡, Hikimi-kyō) and Jakuchi ravine (寂地峡, Jakuchi-kyō).

There are virgin forests of Japanese beeches, Japanese oaks and Japanese horse chestnut.

There are Asiatic black bears, Japanese macaques, mountain hawk eagles and Japanese giant salamanders.

## Mountains

* Mount Osorakan 1,346 m (4,416 ft)
* Mount Kanmuri (Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri) 1,339 m (4,393 ft)
* Mount Jakuchi 1,337 m (4,386 ft)
* Mount Garyu 1,223 m (4,012 ft)
* Mount Asa 1,218 m (3,996 ft)

## Ravines

* Sandan-kyō
* Hikimi-kyō
* Fukatani-kyō
* Jakuchi-kyō
* Souzu-kyō
