Nikko, Japan [008]

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Title Nikko, Japan [008]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 35, Japan, Nikko, General, 5
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject National parks and reserves--Japan--Photographs; Nikko Kokuritsu Koen (Japan)--Photographs; Mountains--Japan--Photographs; Nantai Mountain (Japan)--Photographs; Roads--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Nikko; Travel
Keywords Nikko National Park; Mount Nantai; Nantai-san; Irohazaka; Okunikko
Spatial Coverage Honshu (Japan); Tochigi-ken (Japan); Nikko-shi (Japan); Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen (Japan)
Description Photo shows area within Nikko National Park: Mount Nantai (with switchbacks), Nikko area, Japan
Caption on Slide Nikko National Park: Mount Nantai, Nikko area, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Nikkō is a town at the entrance to Nikkō National Park ... --Japan Guide website. Note: Nikkō National Park (Nikkō Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in the Kantō region, on the main island of Honshū in Japan. The park spreads over four prefectures ...--Wikipedia. Note: Mount Nantai (Nantai-san) ... also called Futara-san is a stratovolcano in the Nikkō National Park ... A prominent landmark, it can be seen on clear days from as far as the Pacific coast.--Wikipedia. Note: Irohazaka / Iroha-zaka Winding Road - This famous road connects Lake Chuzenji with the town of Nikkō ... and connects the lower elevations near central Nikkō to the higher elevations of the mountainous Okunikko region.--Japan Guide website. Note: Okunikko (Inner Nikkō) is the mountainous region of Nikko that lies at a higher elevation, deeper into the mountains west of Nikkō's city center, also part of Nikkō National Park.--Japan Guide website.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6qr5dmj
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 336380
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qr5dmj
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