JAPAN

JAPAN / 日本.

National Parks.
Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park (上信越高原国立公園). Mount Asama.
First stamp of 2, issued in minisheet on 25.06.1954.
Face value: 5 Japanese yen.
Printing: Photogravure.
Size: 42 x 26 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 632A.
- Sakura No. P79.
- Scott No. 600.
- StampWorld No. 621.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 727.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 555,

Jōshin'etsu-kōgen National Park (上 信 越高 原 国立 公園) is located in the Chūbu region, of the island of Honshū. It is formed around several active and inactive volcanoes. It is divided into two separate areas: the area of southern Niigata and northern Nagano and the area of eastern Nagano. It was established on September 7, 1949 and was significantly expanded in 1956 to include the mountainous region of Myōkō-Togakushi. Its area is 1,482 km² (572.18 sq mi). The southwestern area of the Mikuni Mountains (三国 山脈 南 西部) includes Mount Tanigawa, 1,963 m (6,440 ft) and two active volcanoes: Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, 2,162 m (7,093 ft) and Mount Asama, 2,542 m (8,340 ft). Mount Asama is the most active volcano in Honshū.