Kushiro-shitsugen National Park

{{Short description|National park in Hokkaido, Japan}}

{{Infobox Protected area

| name = Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park
釧路湿原国立公園

| iucn_category = II

| photo = Kushirositsugen_Hosooka_Tenboudai01.jpg

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| location = Hokkaido, Japan

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| coords = {{coord|43.108|N|144.401|E|region:JP_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| map = Japan Hokkaido#Japan

| map_caption = Location of Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park

| label = Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park

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| area_km2 = 268.61

| established = 31 July 1987

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| governing_body = Ministry of the Environment (Japan)

|embedded = {{Designation list

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| designation1 = Ramsar

| designation1_offname = Kushiro-shitsugen

| designation1_date = 17 June 1980

| designation1_number = 205{{Cite web|title=Kushiro-shitsugen|website=Ramsar Sites Information Service|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/205|access-date=25 April 2018}}}}

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{{Nihongo|Kushiro-Shitsugen National Park|釧路湿原国立公園|Kushiro-Shitsugen Kokuritsu KōenImidas Atlas of Japan, Shueisha}} is a national park located in the east of the island of Hokkaido, Japan. It was designated as a national park on 31 July 1987.Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, {{ISBN|4-8071-0004-1}} The park is known for its wetlands ecosystems.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Japan |title=Kushiro Shitsugen National Park |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=2012-06-14 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=2007-08-25 }}{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Dijitaru daijisen |title=釧路湿原国立公園 |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=2012-06-18 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |language=ja |trans-title=Kushiro Shitsugen National Park |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=2007-08-25 }}

Kushiro-shitsugen (Kushiro Wetlands or Kushiro Swamp or MarshlandKenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, {{ISBN|4-7674-2015-6}}) covers an area of {{convert|268.61|km2|mi2}} on the Kushiro Plain (Kushiro-heiya) and contains the largest tracts of reedbeds in Japan. The Kushiro River ({{Convert|154|km|mi}}), which originates in Lake Kussharo, meanders through much of the park. During the Ramsar Convention of 1980, in which Japan participated, the park was first registered as a peatland with raised bogs. In 1967, the wetlands (shitsugen) themselves had been designated as a national natural monument. For that reason, access is strictly limited and the landscape, most typical of Hokkaido, has been preserved.{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Japan |title=Kushirogawa |url=http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |access-date=2012-06-20 |year=2012 |publisher=Shogakukan |location=Tokyo |oclc=56431036 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825113418/http://rekishi.jkn21.com/ |archive-date=2007-08-25 }}

The area was the setting for the 2014 Studio Ghibli film When Marnie Was There.

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