Nabdai-Asahi National Park

The Bandai-Asahi National Park, in northern Honshu, consists of four separate and unconnected parts. The most southerly part is Lake Inawashiro with its immediate surroundings; to the east are the Bandai-Azuma Mountains; northwest of the lake rises Mount Iide; and far to the north the largest section of the park contains the Asahi Massif and the three sacred hills of Dewa-Sanzan.

Lake Inawashiro is in Fukushima prefecture; the Bandai-Azuma Mountains extend into the southern part of Yamagata prefectures; and the Asahi Mountains are in Yamagata prefecture.

The region around Lake Inawashiro, Japan's fourth largest lake, is most easily reached from the town of Koriyama, to the east. The lake was formed by the deposit of masses