1:45 PM - 3:15 PM
[O07-P30] Proposal of Hachinohe Canyon to Sanriku Geopark Geosite.
Keywords:Sanriku Geopark, Geosites, Limestone, Megalodon, Regional activity, Club activities
The Sanriku Geopark covers the area from Aomori Prefecture through the coast of Iwate Prefecture and down to Miyagi Prefecture. Hachinohe City Marine Science Museum is located on the northern edge of that and to that belongs to the Mariento Chikyu Tanken club. We learned about Sanriku Geopark from 2019. And we announced this activity at the jpGU2019 and the Japanese Geoparks Network Meeting at Ohoita and jpGU2020.
Hachinohe Canyon is an open-pit limestone mine. (Fig.1) Its official name is The Hachinohe Limestone Mine. The quarry is 1,000 meters from east to west and 1800 meters from north to south. The mine’s lowest point is currently 170 meters below sea level. It is said to be the furthest place from the sky in Japan. They are shown in Figures 1 and Picture 1. This mine contributed to a Hachinohe city's becoming an industrial city. And its wonderful view is also a tourist attraction. But this isn't authorized by Geosite category in Sanriku Geopark.
SDO (Sustainable Development Objectives), a set of targets adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Now, we must strive to achieve SDGs with society as a whole for the future of humanity. Geopark activity is very compatible with the SDGs. We felt that Sanriku Geoparks efforts toward SDGs were few. And so we examined the relationship between each geosite and the SDGs with GEO-KAMISHIBAI. GEO-KAMISHIBAI helps us understand the history of the land and people's lives.
We made 3GEO-KAMISHIBAI. The titles are as follows: Where did the Megalodon come from? Long belt conveyer. How to use the huge hole?
These are all related to Goal of SDGs; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production. Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities. Goal 13: Climate action.
In particular, there was a lively discussion of the title of How to use the huge hole?. There were many opinions, including tourist attractions, theme parks, garbage disposal facilities and disaster prevention facilities. We chose the idea of building a huge facility that combines those opinions.
Unfortunately, we can't exhibit GEO-KAMISHIBAI because of a Corona-Virus (COVID-19) problem. We understood the relationship between people's lives and their history, geocite and SDGs in Hachinohe Canyon by conducting a survey and the making of GEO-KAMISHIBAI.
It is strongly recommended that the Hachinohe Canyon be a geo-site for Sanriku Geopark. And we would like to publicize what we have learned using GEO-KAMISHIBAI.
Hachinohe Canyon is an open-pit limestone mine. (Fig.1) Its official name is The Hachinohe Limestone Mine. The quarry is 1,000 meters from east to west and 1800 meters from north to south. The mine’s lowest point is currently 170 meters below sea level. It is said to be the furthest place from the sky in Japan. They are shown in Figures 1 and Picture 1. This mine contributed to a Hachinohe city's becoming an industrial city. And its wonderful view is also a tourist attraction. But this isn't authorized by Geosite category in Sanriku Geopark.
SDO (Sustainable Development Objectives), a set of targets adopted by the United Nations in September 2015. Now, we must strive to achieve SDGs with society as a whole for the future of humanity. Geopark activity is very compatible with the SDGs. We felt that Sanriku Geoparks efforts toward SDGs were few. And so we examined the relationship between each geosite and the SDGs with GEO-KAMISHIBAI. GEO-KAMISHIBAI helps us understand the history of the land and people's lives.
We made 3GEO-KAMISHIBAI. The titles are as follows: Where did the Megalodon come from? Long belt conveyer. How to use the huge hole?
These are all related to Goal of SDGs; Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production. Goal 11: Sustainable cities and communities. Goal 13: Climate action.
In particular, there was a lively discussion of the title of How to use the huge hole?. There were many opinions, including tourist attractions, theme parks, garbage disposal facilities and disaster prevention facilities. We chose the idea of building a huge facility that combines those opinions.
Unfortunately, we can't exhibit GEO-KAMISHIBAI because of a Corona-Virus (COVID-19) problem. We understood the relationship between people's lives and their history, geocite and SDGs in Hachinohe Canyon by conducting a survey and the making of GEO-KAMISHIBAI.
It is strongly recommended that the Hachinohe Canyon be a geo-site for Sanriku Geopark. And we would like to publicize what we have learned using GEO-KAMISHIBAI.