Yatsu-higata

On a peaceful summer Sunday the sun shines bright over Yatsu Tidal Flat. 35°40′N 140°00′E / 35.667°N 140.000°E / 35.667; 140.000

Designations
Designated10 June 1993
Reference no.615[1]
Black-winged stilts in Yatsu-higata tidal flats near Tokyo Bay

Yatsu-higata (谷津干潟) is a tidal flat in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 2 km from Tokyo Bay. Once a part of the largest tidal flats in Japan, much of the area has been reclaimed. Forty hectares of wetland were designated a Ramsar Site in 1993.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Yatsu-higata". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^ "The Annotated Ramsar List: Japan". Ramsar. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  3. ^ "Ramsar Sites in Japan - Yatsu-higata" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 24 March 2011.