{"id":1005,"date":"2026-04-10T02:21:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T02:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/?p=1005"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:46:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T07:46:52","slug":"2026mt-ontake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/news\/2026041005\/2026mt-ontake\/","title":{"rendered":"Mount Ontake was designated as a national park."},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, April 10, 2025, Mt. Ontake, a sacred peak straddling Gifu and Nagano Prefectures, and its surrounding areas were newly designated as \"Mt. Ontake Quasi-National Park.\" This marks the 58th quasi-national park in Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to an announcement by the Ministry of the Environment, Mt. Ontake is a volcanic independent peak exceeding 3,000 meters in altitude, recognized for its continuously changing natural vegetation and its valuable landscape where nature and culture merge. Hida-Osaka Town is located on the western side of this national park, boasting beautiful ravines nurtured by the abundant water flowing from Mt. Ontake and over 200 waterfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hida-Kosaka Tourism Association also greatly welcomes this designation. With the creation of the National Park, the charms of our hidden hot springs, Gobi Onsen and Shimo-jima Onsen, and our town, which has the most waterfalls in Japan, will attract even more attention, creating an excellent opportunity for hikers and nature lovers to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On April 15th, a safety prayer ceremony and waterfall opening ceremony will be held at Gandate Park, raising expectations for tourism revitalization.<br>This year, we're welcoming even more visitors than last year as the season to fully enjoy the nature of Hida-Osaka begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To those visiting Hida-Kosaka, we recommend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Waterfall-hopping course<\/strong>A hiking tour of various waterfalls starting from Gandate Park.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hot spring hopping<\/strong>: Natural hot spring experience to heal your mind and body at Yunoya\/Shimojima Onsen and Nigoon Onsen.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mountain Climbing Challenge<\/strong>\uff1aA magnificent panorama on the hiking trail of Mt. Ontake.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the designation as a National Park, we promote sustainable tourism and welcome you all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontakesan_Quasi-National_Park.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontakesan_Quasi-National_Park.png 900w, https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontakesan_Quasi-National_Park-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontakesan_Quasi-National_Park-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontakesan_Quasi-National_Park-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.env.go.jp\/press\/press_03975.html\">On April 10, 2026, Reiwa 8 (Friday), \"Mount Ontake Quasi-National Park\" will be established. | Press Release | Ministry of the Environment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.gifu.lg.jp\/uploaded\/life\/494165_2818389_misc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gifu Prefecture Press Release: \"Mount Ontake Designated as a National Park\"<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u4ee4\u548c8\u5e744\u670810\u65e5(\u91d1)\u3001\u5c90\u961c\u770c\u3068\u9577\u91ce\u770c\u306b\u307e\u305f\u304c\u308b\u970a\u5cf0\u30fb\u5fa1\u5dbd\u5c71\u3068\u305d\u306e\u5468\u8fba\u5730\u57df\u304c\u3001\u65b0\u305f\u306b\u300c\u5fa1\u5dbd\u5c71\u56fd\u5b9a\u516c\u5712\u300d\u3068\u3057\u3066 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1005"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1983,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1005\/revisions\/1983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hidaosaka-kanko.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}