3:30 PM - 4:00 PM
[O04-04] Choshi Geopark
★Invited papers
Keywords:geopark, geotourism, choshi geopark
Choshi Geopark is located at the easternmost tip of the Kanto Plains, about 100km away from Tokyo. It covers the entire city of Choshi and looks like a peninsula surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the east and south, with the Tone River to the north. Choshi has been famous for fishery, agriculture of vegetables such as cabbages, and soy sauce manufacturing.
Many geological features can be observed at the geosites such as Inuiwa Rock (a dog-shaped huge rock created by accretionary complex of the Jurassic), Cape Inubosaki (sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous), and Byobugaura Cliff (a 10km long cliff created by the Quaternary sedimentary strata and coastal erosion).
At the top of Mt. Atagoyama, visitors can enjoy viewing spectacular landscapes. Looking over the entire scenery of Choshi Geopark, they can imagine and learn its mechanism of geological and topographical condition, as well as the lives of people from the past to the present in this area.
Many geological features can be observed at the geosites such as Inuiwa Rock (a dog-shaped huge rock created by accretionary complex of the Jurassic), Cape Inubosaki (sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous), and Byobugaura Cliff (a 10km long cliff created by the Quaternary sedimentary strata and coastal erosion).
At the top of Mt. Atagoyama, visitors can enjoy viewing spectacular landscapes. Looking over the entire scenery of Choshi Geopark, they can imagine and learn its mechanism of geological and topographical condition, as well as the lives of people from the past to the present in this area.