MIS23-01

Room:101B

Time:May 25 14:15-14:30

Wind tunnel experiments on mega-ripple formation processes regarding to spray volume
of coarse particles
KODAMA, Yoshinori1∗ ; HIROTA, Shizuka2
1

Fac. Regional Sciences, Tottori Univ., 2 Tottori Bank

Mega ripples have been observed at one site in the Tottori Sand Dunes since 2013. At exposure area of ash and pumice layers in
Tottori Sand Dunes, rill erosion occurs and aggregated coarse ash particles are supplied to sand surface. According to expandingof the exposed area of ash and pumice layers, supply rate of coarse particles increased. Mega-ripples could appeare as a result of
increase in supply of coarser particle to sand surface beyond a threshold value.
We made 9 cm wide, 60 cm deep and 7.28 m long wind tunnel for studing formation processes of mega ripples. Maximum windspeed attains 17.3 m/s. As for coarse particles, we selected polypropylene rounded particles (4 mm in diameter, 0.9 in specificweight). Fine sand particles were laid at 16 to19 cm thickness and then polypropylene particles sparged over the sand surface.
Considering results of preliminary experiments on bed-forms according to the volume of polypropylene particles scattered, weselected 45 g/m sparged rate of polypropylene particles for an initial experimental condition.5 digital cameras were installed
parallel to the wind tunnel to get longitudinal shape changes of bed-forms every 1 minute. Another camera recorded plane viewof bed-forms particularly distribution pattern of coarse particles every 1 minute. We analyzed bed-form shape changes using
these records.
Two types of transverse bed-forms were observed: one has short wavelength of 10 cm to 20 cm with steep erosional slope
at stoss side and gentle slope at lee side (A-type) , just opposite shape of normal wind ripples. The other has relatively longwavelength of 25 cm to more than 100 cm with a concave upward longitudinal shape (B-type). Coarse particles formed congested
zones and smooth zones in successive way. In congested zones, fine sand particles were covered by coarse ones so that it wasdifficult to erode fine sand in these zones. On the other hand in smooth zones, fine sand particles were easily eroded. These
processes form concave upward shapes: ridges and adjacent downward slopes were covered by coarse particles in both bed
forms.
After 1 minute of the experiment, many A type bed-forms were formed, which coalesced each other into longer wavelength
bed-forms. Within 20 minutes, A-types were decreased in number, instead B-type increased. Both bed-forms moved downwards,
the maximum migrating speed of A-type attained 9 cm /min and an average migrating rate of B type was ca.4 cm/min. After
40 minutes, 5 or 6 mega-ripples were formed in the wind tunnel. Maximum wavelength was 115 cm and its height was 7.4 cm.
Mega-ripples were formed in degrading stage of sand surface.
Keywords: mega-ripples, wind tunnel experiment, polypropylene particles, degrading stage of sand surface, Tottori Sand Dunes,
exposure of ash and pumice layer

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MIS23-02

Room:101B

Time:May 25 14:30-14:45

Geoecological study of the coastal area in the San-in Kaigan Geopark. (Part1 Topography
geological feature)
TAMURA, Yukio1∗ ; MORINO, Yoshihiro2 ; KITAMURA, Kakuichi3
1

Pacific Consultants Co.,Ltd., 2 Pacific Consultants Co.,Ltd., 3 Regional Environmental Planning, Inc.

I investigate it what kind of habitation space a creature of the shore area uses, and this study is intended that I clarify that thevariety of the topography geological feature is related to the variety of the creature.
I considered the association with the creature which used it as habitation space. A variety of hollows are formed of tuff breccia
and the granite, and much adherence creatures, necton use the space. On the other hand, it is thought that the conglomerate is notsuitable for a convex surface form as creature habitation space. I showed a superficial surface form in sandstone, mudstone andandesite and knew that it became the use space only for limited creatures.
Keywords: Geoecology, Beach, Coastal landform

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MIS23-03

Room:101B

Time:May 25 14:45-15:00

Geoecological study of the coastal area in the San-in Kaigan Geopark (Part 2 Biologicaldiversity )MORINO, Yoshihiro1∗ ; TAMURA, Yukio1 ; KITAMURA, Kakuichi2
1

Pacific Consultants Co.,Ltd, 2 Regional Environmental Planning, Inc.

I investigate it what kind of habitation space a creature of the shore area uses, and this study is intended that I clarify that thevariety of the topography geological feature is related to the variety of the creature.
I considered the association with the creature which used it as habitation space. A variety of hollows are formed of tuff breccia
and the granite, and much adherence creatures, necton use the space. On the other hand, it is thought that the conglomerate is notsuitable for a convex surface form as creature habitation space. I showed a superficial surface form in sandstone, mudstone andandesite and knew that it became the use space only for limited creatures.
About the creature distribution situation according to the geological feature, tuff breccia is the highest in biological diversity,and the granite is relatively high. A sedimentary rock and the volcano rock (andesite, rhyolite) indicating a superficial shape
understand that biodiversity is low. In addition, as for the igneous rock that the joint developed, it is with the habitation spacethat is important for the sessile creature (a japanese goose barnacle or hard-shelled mussel) using the small space of the crack.

Keywords: Geoecology, Beach, Coastal landform, Biodiversity

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MIS23-04

Room:101B

Time:May 25 15:00-15:15

Role of museums and education centers in geoparks.
SAKIYAMA, Tohru1∗
1Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo

Geoparks are expected as a place of the earth science education. They are propelled as lifelong educational programs by themuseums. I arrange the role of museums in Japanese geoparks and some Europe geoparks and examine the role of museums in
the future.
Ito (1991) reviewed the change of museums and divided the museums of Japan to following three generations.
The first generation: The classic museum which preserve treasures with the scarcity value including a national treasure andthe natural monument
The second generation: The museums which collect various materials and carry out the exhibition and education
The third generation: The museums which found a necessary document based on a social request and assume the civic participation and experience the axis of the administration.
Recently, activities of the museums are diversified. Museums do not only provide the exhibition and learning programs onesidedly, but are used by a citizen spontaneously as place for scientific exchange. In addition, museum goes to each place anddevelops their educational programs with local people. Furthermore, they take a role as the think tank about protection, conservation and utilization of natural environments. The eco-museum is developed in each place, too.
A museum and learning facilities participate in the activity of the geopark more or less. It is written in guideline on Global
Geopark Network that ’A Geopark must provide and organize support, tools, and activities to communicate geoscientific knowledge and environmental and cultural concepts to the public (e.g. through museums, interpretive and educational centres, trails,
guided tours, popular literature and maps, and modern communication media)’ This sentence shows that they expect mainly anoffer of the exhibition and learning program. In addition, on the homepage of the UNESCO, it is stated that ’A Global Geopark
is not a museum, it is an active laboratory where people can become engaged inscience from the highest academic research level to the level of the curious visitor’.(http://www.unesco.org/new/en/naturalsciences/environment/earth-sciences/global-geoparks/some-questions-about-geoparks/geopark-and/science/). This context shows
an impression that the museum is a place to appreciate the display calmly.
Their museum image is similar to the museum of the first or second generation by Ito(1991).
Most of the museum and learning facilities have geopark corner in an exhibition room but there are few examples that a museum is active positively in Japanese geoparks. Some museums are in the members of the promotion council of the geopark andsupport it from a scientific aspect and an aspect of the education. However, there are few museum developing outreach programsin many place in the geopark.
Museum and organization of Lesbos Geopark and Psiloritis Geoparks in Greece are investigated. The museum and the university conclude an agreement with administration and local groups in each geopark and play a central part in management
organization of geopark. It is different from position of the museums in most of Japanese geoparks, that the museums lead thegeopark centrally.
Some European Geoparks have educational program called ”RACCE (Raising earthquake Awareness and Coping Children’s
Emotions)” which is consist of common teaching materials and display in the museum on the earthquake. Existence of museum
may have made RACCE easy to establish. There will be many points that Japanese geoparks should refer to them.
It is difficult to establish the large-scale museum with curators in all Japanese geoparks in actually. Cooperation between small
educational facilities and concept of eco-museum worth considering as an alternative, but it is important to play a central role inthe management organization.
Keywords: geopark, museum, lifelong education, earth science educaion, management

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MIS23-05

Room:101B

Time:May 25 15:15-15:30

Tateyama Kurobe Geopark for active fault disaster prevention/mitigation
TAKEUCHI, Akira2∗
1

Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research, University of Toyama, 2 Tateyama Kurobe Geopark Society

There are not a lot of residents and visitors who can be conscious of the systematic work of the Earth in the shadow of thenatural benefit clearly. The eastern part of Toyama Prefecture caught in Tateyama mountain range of alpine height 3000m andToyama Bay, Japan Sea, of water depth 1000m consists of a cohered geomorphology of seas and mountains, forming a certain
cultural region where people live in the peculiar topography composed of the seaside alluvial fans. Favors and seafoods of thenatural environment characterize the region, land nature rich in diversity increase, and by the nature of this locality named as
mecca of sabo and environmental researches. The cohered topography accomplished by the 3000m high, steep cordillera andthe 1000m deep bay and their geology composed of Hida Belt as a major tectonic province in Japan can demonstrate a global
dynamism which showed by the trace of continental collisions, the intermittent igneous activity after the Mesozoic era, the crustal
movements and the climate changes in the Paleozoic era in the whole region (called the Tateyama Kurobe region, hereafter).
The naturalist guide systems in Toyama Prefecture have been maintained for 30 years and continuously performed their activities on spread enlightenment and protection/preservation of the natural property and wealth. High activity by a lot of guideorganizations, resident volunteer groups and individuals cover the whole region from the coastal plains along and Toyama Bay
to the main ridge of Hida mountain range. The field museum about water circulation is a typical example of geo-tourism in thewaterfront fan complex in this region.
Active faults such as Atotsugawa faults, Kurehayama faults, and Uozu-off Itoigawa fault zone are distributed in the region.
The Atotsugawa fault is a famous strike-slip fault in Japan and was the target for the research program ”active fault frontier”. The
Kurehayama fault is a reverse fault, which represents a typical example of inversion tectonics in the coastal plains and the strain
concentration zone along the eastern margin of Japan Sea. This fault lies beneath the central urban area of Toyama City, and theconstruction department of the City conducted reflection surveys from 2010 years for 2 years, offering a good example of risk
management by the local government. The Uozu-off Itoigawa faults are a typical example of active reverse fault, which would
generate large tsunamis in the Toyama Bay. Since major types of active faults can be observed only in the geopark, this region
can be utilized as a field museum for active faults and related disaster prevention. Cooperation reinforcement with the Itoigawa
Geopark it neighbors inevitably is asked from existence of the Itoigawa offing fault which is submarine active fault.
A damaging earthquake occurred in the source area of Kurobe River on October 30th, 2011, after the off-Tohoku-district
Pacific earthquake which occurred on March 11, 2011, and fumarole activity in the Jigokudani craters is also getting active in
Tateyama Volcano, and the explosion crater Shinyu of Tateyama Caldera had also changed suddenly in a geyser from 2013.
Moreover, the trench type great earthquake occurring in the Nankai-trough subduction zone is assumed at present. The central
urban area of Toyama City in the Toyama plain should be utilized as ’field museum for disaster prevention and risk reduction’ inthis situation. This is because the Toyama plain was the severe disaster area by the 1858 Hietsu earthquake which was an induced
earthquake of the Ansei Nankai-Tokai earthquakes and the urban area became as the case which has succeeded in rehabilitationby the feudal clan and unity of people.
Keywords: active fault, natural disaster, disaster prevention, disaster mitigation, field museum, SABO

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MIS23-06

Room:101B

Time:May 25 15:30-15:45

The resources and their significance on tsunami disaster prevention of Nobiru-geosite in
Higashimatushima CityTANIGUCHI, Hiromitsu1∗ ; MSC, Geopark preparatory committee1
1

Tohoku University

About 4 years have passed from the Great East Japan Earthquake. But even now the victims are in a difficult situation in
many aspects. They suffer from, in particular, not being able to foresee the future including economy. We, including disaster
heritage by Earthquake, trying to create a Geopark utilizing geo-resources in the region. We carry out a geo-tour for the purposeof science education, disaster prevention education and the sightseeing in this Geopark and are going to plan the activation of thedisaster area.
In the presentation, I will focus on the geo-resources of Nobiru district in Higashimatsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture. A
tsunami attacked repeatedly from the Jomon period approximately 8,000 years ago, and the city suffered a big disaster as well as
the Great East Japan Earthquake. Especially Nobiru district has issued a number of victims in the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Therefore, there remains many disaster heritage associated with the 3.11 tsunami here. Having investigated the geo-resources
associated with the tsunami in this region, we will introduce them and also introduce geo-story they tell.

Keywords: Higashimatsushima City, Nobiru district, Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, Disaster prevention education,
Geopark

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MIS23-07

Room:101B

Time:May 25 15:45-16:00

Image of geopark for university students: a case report of Nagasaki Prefecture
UEKI, Takeyuki1∗
1

faculty of Risks and Crisis Management, Chiba Institute of Science

The Unzen Volcanic Area Grobal Geopark is the pioneer of Japanese geoparks, located in central Kyushu Island, southwest
Japan. However, a large proportion of local university students do not recognize it. I have lectured physical geography in the
University of Nagasaki for three years, including a topic of geopark and field works around the geopark. Also I assigned a reporton finding and explaining a local geo-site for students. Image of geopark for university students will be outlined and categolizedby subjects, base on totally more than 250 reports.
Keywords: geopark, geo-site, physical geography, university student, Nagasaki Prefecture

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MIS23-08

Room:101B

Time:May 25 16:15-16:30

Trend of IUGS on GeoParks, GeoVandalism and GeoEthics
OGAWA, Yujiro1∗
1

No affiliation

The Executive Committee of IUGS (International Union of Geological Sciences) decided to continue supporting IGGP (International Geoscience and GeoParks Programme) after successful development of IGCP for 45 years. It is stressed that we invite
much more researchers from developing countries. The GeoParks movement is also very fruitful in these years (particularly in
China). On the other hand, there is not much difference for ordinary citizen between GeoParks, World Heritage (there are a few
geological world heritages), National Parks, and Natural Preserves, although there must be distinct differences in between these
programmes. They work under each popular logs. Natural Trust Movement in Britain also works by spontaneous motion for
natural preserve of citizen. These seem no different with GeoParks in appearance to utilize the world-famous geological outcrops
and areas for education and heritage to the citizen and world. In particular, the USA has many national parks and monuments thatare used for education on nature and morals of young people by family outside. These are quite different from Japanese nationalparks in which many regulations and controls are involved. The universities have effective curriculums of summer camp (USA)and mapping project (UK), similar to the previous promotion thesis (Shinron) of Japan, and are well supported by professors,
students and society. In these years, natural preserves (including environments and resources) have been popular but the geological leaders may trend different ways to economic development of the world and their own country. IUGS have done four IGCs
(International Geological Congresses) in these more than 12 years, suggesting to utilize geology for the economic development.
These are of a different trend as UNESCO and other nature conservation associations which seek basic education for naturalenvironments. GeoParks and other similar movements must be on such nature conservation trends. On the other hand, GeoVandalism includes outcrop destruction by geologists and civil engineering projects in s.s., and environmental destruction in s.l. for
opposing such un-ethical deeds, as such geo-ethical points of view must be claimed much more for nature conservation, naturalpreserve, natural heritage etc. Two geo-ethical programmes are going on (www.iapg.geoethics.org/, www.icog.es/iageth), andspecial issue of Episodes, 2014 Vol. 37 No. 4 (www.episodes.co.in) is published for claiming geohazards in subduction zones.
Our geologists must work for education of the world and citizen by our professionalism (http://tg-ggp.org/). The movements ofso-called geo-something must be discussed in the term of geo-ethics.
Keywords: IUGS, GeoParks, GeoVandalism, GeoEthics, National Park Movement

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MIS23-09

Room:101B

Time:May 25 16:30-16:45

Why was Mt. Fuji not nominated for the UNESCO Natural World Heritages?
KOYAMA, Masato1∗
1

CIREN, Shizuoka University

The Mount Fuji area, which consists of 25 sites reflecting the essence of the sacred and artistic landscape, was inscribed on
the Cultural World Heritage list of UNESCO in 2013. However, Mount Fuji has outstanding beauty of a solitary stratovolcano,which is well known around the world, and still has many important geomorphological, geological, and biological features inspite of the urbanization of surrounding areas and the existence of many alpinists and hikers. Why was Mt. Fuji not nominatedfor Natural or Mixed World Heritages, but for Cultural World Heritages? This study critically reexamined the records of theworking group, which was established by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan and the Forestry Agency of Japan in 2003
for selecting Natural World Heritage candidates, and reevaluate the value of the Mount Fuji area as a candidate for Natural or
Mixed World Heritage and also for global geopark.
Keywords: Mt. Fuji, World Heritage, natural heritage, UNESCO, geopark, candidate

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MIS23-10

Room:101B

Time:May 25 16:45-17:00

Proposing to geopark area setting and the satellite geosite, based on the earth scientific
view.
IMURA, Ryusuke1∗
1

Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Kagoshima Univ.

The area setting of geopark in present Japan is often done by the administrative unit excluding the one that the remote island
etc. can be divided clearly and geographically. Therefore, judging from the aspect of the earth science, an extremely unnaturalarea setting is often done. It is a big problem that should be solved to spread the earth science to a general person.
On the other hand, even if the area is set from an earth science aspect, it besides the area might have to be requested for moredetailed understanding. We want to propose to set the satellite geosite outside a main area in geopark for that.

Keywords: geopark, satellite geosite, earth science

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MIS23-11

Room:101B

Time:May 25 17:00-17:15

The importance of the seamless geostory
HAYASHI, Shintaro1∗
1

Akita Univ. Col. Edu.

Geopark is often mistaken for a park of the geological and geomorphological feature. But geopark is a park of Earth. Geopark
has to be the park where the earth can be understood overall. I will present some geostory on Chokai-Tobishima Geopark plan,
Motobu Hanto Geopark plan and Happo-Shirakami Geopark.
Keywords: geopark, geostory, earth science

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MIS23-12

Room:101B

Time:May 25 17:15-17:30

Geopark Studies as a New Applied Geoscientific Discipline
OGATA, Takayuki1∗
1

Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus

Geopark requires scientific supports by academic associations and geoscientists. Geoparks in Japan tend to concern only
parts of geological and geographical topics, and rarely understand multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary geoscientific scopes.
Geoscience also requires a method of effective outreach covering multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary topics since geoscientificproblems are characterized as seamless phenomena. Geopark is an effective tool involving multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary
outreach, if scientific and attractive geostories are produced by seamless geoscience. Although many staffs work in geoparks,
they are difficult to understand a seamless geostory because almost all Japanese geoparks are controlled under a local government
system. Academic staffs are also employed in Japanese geoparks, whereas young researchers and communicators seem tolack multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary scopes because of specialized and independent academic communities. The JpGU
geopark session allows science communication among all geoscientific disciplines (space and planetary sciences, atmosphericand hydrospheric sciences, human geosciences, solid earth sciences and biogeosciences) and geoparks. Discussion in this session
leads to geopark studies with academic status, which contributes to both geoparks and geoscience in terms of intersectional
researches, geoscientific education and science communication supported by academic foundations. This session should produce
a framework for geopark studies, linked with sustainability sciences, as a new applied geoscientific discipline.
Keywords: geopark, geoscience, outreach, geoscientific education, science communication, sustainability sciences

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MIS23-P01

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

Japanese continental drift theory mentioned over 1200 years ago, before the Wegener’s
theoryNOMURA, Ritsuo1∗ ; TAKATA, Hiroyuki2 ; TAKASU, Akira1 ; IRIZUKI, Toshiaki1 ; HAYASHI, Hiroki1 ;TSUJIMOTO, Akira1
1

Shimane University, 2 Pusan National University

Geology of the Shimane Peninsula has been known as having the most deformed strata among the Miocene series of theJapanese Islands. Otsuka (1939) named it as ”Shinji folded zone.” Tai (1952) mapped the northwestern part of Matsue Cityand first discussed the stratigraphy of the Miocene formations. Large-scaled investigations carried out by the governmental
institution (1967-1971),and subsequently Yamauchi et al. (1980) and Nomura (1986), respectively, discussed the stratigraphy
and biostratigraphy of the eastern and middle part of the peninsula. Kano et al. integrated the areal geology into 1/50,000 scaled
map such as Taisha, Izumoimaichi, Etomo , Sakaiminato and Matsue.
Izumo-no-kuni-fudoki (The Izumo Province fudoki) was compiled in 733, which was 1282 years ago. A very stimulated
story, the Shimane Peninsula was formed as added the land pulled part from the peninsula, somewhere of Shiragi, old name of
Korean country (A.D. 6˜10 century). This story is very popular in Japan, known as ”the Kunibiki myths.” The physicist andessayist, Torahiko Terada, took up this story just like the Wegener’s ”Continental Drift Theory” in his essay of ”Geophysicist
and mythology.” Up to the present, no one discussed the place where is the peninsula of Shiragi. However, the place is clearly
located in Korea.
One more stimulated concern on this story is the paleomagnetic reconstruction of early Miocene Honshu Island. Clock-wiserotation of southwest Honshu Island has been well studied, and the geographic location of southwest Honshu Island in the early
Miocene is clarified as being very near Korea.
We investigated the geology of the Pohang basin and its neighboring area. The early Miocene series of the Guryompo Peninsula
are mainly composed of the Beomgogni Group and Janggi Group, both of which are characterized by volcaniclastic rocks suchas dacite and andesite. Lithology of shale in the Janggi Group is similar to that of the Koura Formation distributed in the Shimane
Peninsula, which yields brackish fossil Corbicula . The geologic ages of the Beomgogni Group and Janggi Group are ranged in
22˜17Ma, earlier ages of which are also similar to those of the Koura Formation.
Surprisingly enough, the story of the ”Kunibiki myths” suggests the people 1300-years ago figured out geographic nature of
the earth that is unchanged with the present view of the earth. The ”Kunibiki myths” never mentioned the geological reason, whyis the Guryompo peninsula similar to the Shimane peninsula. However, we suppose the myths have been born through the peopleinterchanged between Shiragi and Izumo countries. We suggest thus high potential of people’s observing ability to the geology
and topography of the earth indicated in the ”Izumo Province fudoki.”

Keywords: Izumo Province fudoki, Kunibiki myths, Shimane peninsula, early Miocene, Continental drift theory

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MIS23-P02

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

2014 Eruption of Nakadake Aso Volcano and countermeasure of Aso Global Geopark
NAGATA, Koki1∗ ; IKEBE, Shin-ichiro2 ; WATANABE, Kazunori1
1

Aso Geopark Promotion Council, 2 Aso Vocano Musemu

After 6 years of continuous efforts with our community, Aso becomes a member of the Global Geoparks Network.We haveto carry on and illuminate our geo-activities further to contribute to the regional area. In this stiation, Nakadake Aso Volcano
has erupted at November 25, 2014 until February 2015. We investigated about the activities of Nakadake Aso and provided
information to tourists and local residents. In this report, we introduce the video observation and volcanic ash in 2014. And wecompared with today’s data and historical data.
Keywords: Geopark, Volcanic ash, Nakadake Aso Volcano, Ash eruption, Strombolian eruption, Disaster reduction

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MIS23-P03

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

Ibaraki university students’ academic support activities on North Ibaraki Geopark
FUKUDA, Takahiro1∗ ; MATSUHISA, Yuko1 ; KITAHARA, Ryota1 ; SUGINO, Ibuki1 ; ENDO, Humitaka1 ;YAMAMOTO, Keisuke1 ; IMAIZUMI, Rika1 ; FUKUNAGA, Chie1 ; ONUMA, Saori1 ; KORIYAMA, Suzuka1 ;HAYASHI, Misaki2 ; MAEDA, Tomoyuki3 ; SAWAHATA, Yurie3 ; HOSOI, Jun3 ; AMANO, Kazuo1
1Faculty of Science, Ibaraki University, 2 Faculty of Humanities and Social Science, Ibaraki University, 3 Graduate School of
Science and Engineering, Ibaraki University
Ibaraki University Geological Information Utilization Project consists of Ibaraki University students who interested regional
contribution by geology. Our project team mainly support North Ibaraki Geopark using geological information that was not wellknown generally.
Until 2013, we published ”geo tourism maps” of 14 sites of North Ibaraki Geopark and performed geo tours using these maps.
Furthermore, we committed North Ibaraki Geopark Promotion Council and drew maps and signboards, and assisted geo tours. In
2014, we extended our regional contribution activity based on the industry-government-university-civil-bank collaboration. The
performance is as follows.
1) Producing a North Ibaraki Geopark promotion video (PV)
We collaborated with a professional cameraman, Tsukuba Bank and local governments. The PV can introduce geologicalfeature of North Ibaraki area by aerial video. The PV will be screened at branches of Tsukuba Bank, the North Ibaraki Geopark
Satellites, and several events.
2) Producing a North Ibaraki Geopark official product ”Geodora”
The North Ibaraki Geopark official product ”Geodora” was produced in partnership with Kamejirushi Corp., Kasumi Corp.,
Seibu Corp., a designer, and North Ibaraki Geopark Working Group. The action was paid attention by mass medium, and raised
Geopark awareness.
3) North Ibaraki Geopark Summit
We hold a North Ibaraki Geopark Summit. At the summit, 40 participants consisted of North Ibaraki Geopark guides (interpreter), local government officers, Tsukuba Bank officers and civils debated about ”geo tour”. By information sharing, theconnection was stronger and contributed North Ibaraki Geopark revitalization.
4) Producing a new map
The new map in Hitachiota (Mt. Mayumi area) was produced. The information on animals, plants, historical and culture
offered by interpreter was added to the geological information. Hitachiota local government will incure the printing costs of the
map in the coming year.
We introduced Ibaraki University Geological Information Utilization Project and North Ibaraki Geopark in the annual meetingof the Geological Society of Japan and Science Agora.
Keywords: North Ibaraki Geopark, Regional Contribution

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MIS23-P04

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

Effects and Issues of Resident Involvement in Geopark Model Route
MATSUBARA, Noritaka1∗ ; SAKIYAMA, Tohru1
1Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo

One of the important roles of geopark activities is resident understanding of the geopark concept, territory and its features.For
this purpose, it is important that local residents participate in geopark activities positively.However, in Japan, where local development has been undertaken by governmental organizations, it is difficult for local residents to take part in geopark activities.
This time, we planned ”Geopark Model Route” across the San’in Kaigan Geopark in cooperation with local people, to promotebetter understanding and communication with local people, government and academia involved in geopark activities.
<San’in Kaigan ”Geopark Model Route”>
In a geopark, creating a tour route and map which allow visitors to explore the geosites easily is required. We have therefore
prepared a ”Geopark Model Route” for walking tours, sea kayaking, driving in half-day or one day, and for enjoying the featureof each area. Each map includes outlines of about twelve must-see geological spots, allowing visitors to enjoy sightseeing andlearn about the San’in Kaigan Geopark.
<The process for planning a ”Geopark Model Route”>
1) San’in Kaigan Geopark Promotion Council Academic Group selects the candidate sites from the area where geopark activities are prosperous, and if requested to create a map by local residents. 2) Local guides, tourism facilities, local residents,
geopark-related officials and academic members form a working group on creating a draft of map. 3) The working group surveys
the field and checks the highlights, safety, estimated walking time, etc. 4) Academic Group creates a map. ) The working groupchecks the content of the map.
Since Academic Group directly got involved in creating a map, the contents were thought to become difficult. To make it
understandable to the general public, we posted images and descriptions on the map to Facebook and modified them to more
simply by collecting public opinions through SNS during the process 5).
<Effects and issues of resident involvement in ”Geopark Model Route”>
We were able to make ”Geopark Model Route” useful for local residents, by involving experienced local guides and people in
the area. It is important that geopark guides take part in map creation especially in the process 2) &3). Firstly, geopark guide’s
participation made the map more practical. Secondly, by working together by local residents and researchers, scientific information could be shared among local people. As mentioned above, we think that resident involvement in planning ”Geopark Model
Route” was effective, however, some problems were found in its operation. The map is not used effectively in the area which has
fewer visitors and no local guides.
From now on, it is also necessary to accept visitor’s opinions and correct continuously so that the map may come to be more
effective and useful for both visitors and local residents.

Keywords: Geopark, Community Development

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MIS23-P05

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

Present condition and challenge for the future in using information tools in San’in Kaigan
Geopark
TOKUDA, Masato1∗ ; MATSUBARA, Noritaka1 ; SAKIYAMA, Tohru1 ; INOKUCHI, Hiroo1
1

Graduate school of Regional Resource Management,University Of Hyogo

Geopark has been actively performed geotourism for the purpose of the regional sustainable development. Geotourism uses
a variety of information tools for PR. For example, a website, brochures, signboards, guide, app, SNS, etc.. We examined a
website, signs, guide in San’in Kaigan Geopark.
Through the examination , we could discover an aspect that website has not been used effectively. However, there are visitorsfrom overseas and outside of Geopark area. Utilization of the signboards is about 26 percent in Genbudo Cave. And utilizationof guide is about 10-30%. As a result, it becomes clear that information tools have not been effectively utilized. From now on,
we have to consider how to use information tools, and how to convey to foreigners and so on.
Keywords: Geopark, Geotourism, Information tools, San’in Kaigan Geopark

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MIS23-P06

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

The Geo-Tetsu World of Shikoku District from Keywords in the Newspaper Series
FUJITA, Masayo1∗ ; YOKOYAMA, Shunji1 ; KATO, Hironori1 ; UENO, Shoji1 ; IMAO, Keisuke1 ;YASUDA, Tadashi1 ; SUGA, Yasumasa1
1

Geo-Tetsu Project Committee of the Fukada Geological Institute

1. What is the Geo-Tetsu ?
The Geo-Tetsu (Kato et al., 2009) is discover wonders of the earth by train trips, that enjoy and learn the nature along therailway. The Geo-Tetsu is supported by the members of Geo-Tetsu Project Committee of the Fukada Geological Institute(http://fgi.or.jp/geo-tetsu/). We select enjoyable Geo-Tetsu courses and Geo-points through which people can see geoscientificphenomena and railway facilities through train trips, and continue the proposal of geo-tours using a railway (Fujita et al.,2013).
2. The new approach of the Geo-Tetsu
We started writing the series of ”The Geo-Tetsu Trip: Let us Enjoy Wonders of the Geological feature and the Topography of
Shikoku District by Train” by a request from the Kochi Shimbun Company. It was published as the series in a ”Saturday Nature”
in 24 times of the Kochi Shimbun on every month third Saturday from April, 2013 to March, 2015. According to the marketing
data which the Kochi Shimbun Company announced in January 2013, as for the morning edition circulation is 198,350, estimatedtotal readership is 539,156, share in Kochi is 86.3%. It was a good opportunity in a meaning to have many people could know
the Geo-Tetsu with or without interest to earth science and railways. It also became the new method of the Geo-Tetsu that thestyle of writing the familiar sceneries as Geo Points in around a station or along a short interval between the stations.
3. The style and layout of the series of ”The Geo-Tetsu Trip”
The series was constructed as follows: the size about 1/2 (A3 size) of the newspaper space; the subject, subtitle, the text; ageological map and route map; one piece of big color photo and others 1-2 pieces; the surrounding map and the illustration of
the geological structures as necessary. The series is complete in one issue. A member of the Geo-Tetsu Project Committee of the
FGI wrote it by turns and tried improvement of the content with the committee.
4. The Geo-Tetsu world of Shikoku district from keyword of the series
We selected 9 routes of railway of Shikoku district in the series for two years. There are many keywords of disasters andrailway facilities. The rugged topography and complicated geology of Shikoku district are reflected in them. You can know therailway technological invention to overcome the difficulties; fault motions of Median Tectonic Line, large-scale landslides, there-routing and disused lines. It was also reported the flood of the Niyodo River and the Shimanto River.
Not only those keywords, we introduce the pleasure from the train window. We can enjoy various topography of the famoussightseeing at Oboke, the incised meander at Shimanto River, and the erosion topography of Sanuki plains. On the Geo-Tetsu
trip, we can feel the benefit of geological feature and topography, too. It was focused on the people living along the railway thatthe springs called Uchinuki of the alluvial fan at Iyo-Saijo, the beach ridge at Akano and so on. In addition, there are episodesof the historical context until construction of the railway and the dawn of the geological history. There are also articles about
the origin of the place name about the land. From various keywords only in Shikoku district, we can feel the original Geo-Tetsu
story.

Keywords: Geo-Tetsu, Shikoku district, newspaper series, the Geo-Tetsu trip, keywords

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MIS23-P07

Room:Convention Hall

Time:May 25 18:15-19:30

The Akatsuki Tourism: Venus observation campaign as next-generation geopark contents
NAKAKUSHI, Takashi1∗
1

Wakayama University, Faculty of Tourism

This paper discusses the potential of planetary science as next-generation geopark contents, which has not been focused ever.
It should be easy to divert existing geopark contents to planetary science outreach because the Earth is a planet.
In order for the geopark tourists to understand planetary science contents, the guides have to require considerable time andpatience of the guests to tell the whole story beyond the story about the Earth. Cleary, we cannot challenge the patience oflay tourists. We should therefore target the geo-fan base, and make them to become a word-of-mouth hubs that popularize thegeocontents.
In order for the geopark tourist not to understand planetary science but just to touch the topics, astronomical observation
events may work. A good example is the Venus observation campaign in 2017, supporting and cheering the Japanese spacecraft
Akatsuki in geoparks.

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