title: Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park
text: # 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
  