Kannonzaki Park (Japanese: 観音崎公園) is a prefectural-level combined scenic-city park, located at Cape Kannon (Kannonzaki), the northeastern tip of the Miura Peninsula, Yokosuka City, Kanagawa, Japan. It is a park that makes the most of the rich nature, such as the laurel forest and the coastal rocky shore of the area.
In its 70.2-hectare area are found: the park management center, the Kannonzaki Lighthouse, the Yokosuka Museum of Art, the Kannonzaki Nature Museum (Japanese: 観音崎自然博物館),[1] a day camp site, the coastal and hill trails, etc.[2]
The visitors to this park can enjoy "Ship watching",[3] as it is located on the Uraga Channel, Japan's busiest sea lane.
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The Kannonzaki Museum of Natural History (right) and its restaurant (left) -
The Flower Plaza -
The View Garden for Ship watching -
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Tokyo Bay Maritime Traffic Information Service Radar (2016) -
The Yokosuka Museum of Art and its restaurant
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- ^ Kannonzaki Nature Museum (in Japanese).
- ^ Kannonzaki Park. JapanReference.
- ^ Yokosuka Eco-tour "Ship Watching over the Uraga Channel (Yokosuka City) (in Japanese).
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- Prefectural Kannonzaki Park (Kanagawa Prefecture) (in Japanese)