Local Geological Resources Revealed by Ancient Documents: Some Examples from the San'in Kaigan Geopark

Norihito Kawamura

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[J] Poster

M (Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary) » M-IS Intersection

[M-IS08] Geopark

Mon. May 27, 2024 5:15 PM - 6:45 PM Poster Hall (Exhibition Hall 6, Makuhari Messe)

convener:Takayuki Ogata(Graduate School of Engineering and Science, University of the Ryukyus), Keiichi Tadokoro(Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology and Earthquake and Volcano Research Center, Nagoya University), Noritaka Matsubara(Graduate School of Regional Resource Management, University of Hyogo), Ryosuke Doke(Graduate School of Science and Technology, Hirosaki University)

5:15 PM - 6:45 PM

[MIS08-P02] Local Geological Resources Revealed by Ancient Documents: Some Examples from the San'in Kaigan Geopark

*Norihito Kawamura¹ (1.School of Regional Resource Management, Graduate School, University of Hyogo)

Keywords:Edo period, Genbudo Cave, basalt, kowameshi-ishi, Shibano Ritsuzan, Koto Bunjiro

The speaker shows some examples of finding and enhancing the value as local resources inherent in San’in Kaigan UNESCO Global Geoparks from ancient records. In this presentation, Mr. R. Shibano, who is believed to be the namesake of Genbudo Cave, a document recording the names of rocks from Genbudo Cave, and "Kowameshi-ishi" from Kinosaki Onsen (Toyooka City) will be introduced as examples found in ancient documents from the modern period.