Pirikanoka (ピリカノカ) (lit. 'beautiful form') is the Ainu name, sung in yukar, for a grouping of geological features in Hokkaidō, Japan. In 2009 Pirikanoka was nationally designated a Place of Scenic Beauty, with the first six sites listed below, with an extension in 2012 to include the next three, and another in 2014 for the tenth. Each has its own name in Ainu.[1][2][3]
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edit- ^ ピリカノカ [Pirikanoka] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ ピリカノカ [Pirikanoka] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ 国の指定・選定文化財一覧 [List of National Cultural Properties] (in Japanese). Hokkaido Government Board of Education. Retrieved 16 February 2015.