Shirakami-Sanchi World Heritage Property is a wilderness area covering one third of Shirakami mountain range with the largest remaining virgin beech forest in East Asia.Situated in the mountains of northern Honshu, this trackless site includes the last virgin remains of the cool-temperate forest of Siebold's beech trees that once covered the hills and mountain slopes of northern Japan. The black bear, the serow and 87 species of birds can be found in this forest.
Thank you Akiko or the beautiful site card and nice stamps.
Japan
Date of Inscription: 1993
Ref: 663 Source-(Unesco.Org)
2018 Stamp- Chinese New Year 2019 - Year of the Pig
2018 Stamp- Overseas Greetings Stamps - Mount Fuji
No comments:
Post a Comment