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[MIS11-06] Activities and challenges in the town in cooperation with the Geopark – Initiative in and around Toyama urban area –
★Invited Papers
Keywords:education, conservation, active fault, Kurehayama, walking
The Tateyama Kurobe Geopark is in the eastern part of Toyama Prefecture and part of Toyama Bay. Toyama City located within this area is promoting the development of a town that makes people want to walk. I will introduce the Geopark activities that the Tateyama Kurobe Geopark Association (hereafter, TKG), universities, NPOs are working on in cooperation in and around the urban area of Toyama City.
The TKG has the task of promoting Geopark activities in urban areas. Then, the TKG, the NPO Machizukuri Spot, and geologists got together to plan the Machinaka GeoTour, a walking tour of the city center while learning about the topography, geology, and history of the area. This tour will be held approximately five times a year beginning in 2019. In this tour, participants will learn about the topography and geology around them as they walk around and share information and knowledge with each other across generations. In addition, we try to make it a town walk that participants willingly engage in. In addition, participants are motivated to go out and investigate for themselves what they wonder about, which naturally increases their opportunities to walk around. The tour has a story that makes you feel connected to each other. In cases where heavy snow or rain made it difficult to conduct the tour, only staff members were allowed to walk and conduct the tour online. One of the challenges of the Machinaka GeoTour is the skill of the guides. For this reason, we also provide Geo-guide skill improvement training to apply facilitation skills to tours.
Mt. Kureha-yama is one of the important places for the Machinaka GeoTour. The mountain is the boundary of cultures and customs since ancient. The mountain was formed by the movement of the Kureha Fault. Furthermore, the formation of this mountain is related to the change in the flow path of the Jinzu River and Toyama's specialties. Thus, we can enjoy the geo-eco-human connection in this mountain. Students conducted six workshops on Mt. Kureha-yama and the Kurehayama Fault in an online environment in FY2020. Participants shared information about the topography and geology found at Kureha Mountain and the Kurehayama Fault, including papers and other information, photographs they had taken, and diagrams they had created. In addition, participants prepared a guidebook and held a field trip with the participation of geoguides. The workshop was conducted on a trial basis at the Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies (hereafter, JSAF). Based on this experience, the JSAF has organized the Active Fault Online Workshop consisting of five online study sessions and a one-day field trip for non-specialists. The JSAF held its workshops on the Atera Fault in FY2021 and on the Neodani Fault in FY2022.
Currently, activities are underway to conserve the outcrops and walking trails on Mt. Kureha-yama. Toyama City, university students, TKG, and the NPO Kintaro Club cooperated in this conservation activity. In addition, the students took the lead in producing a figure of a sign that would inform the public of the importance of this formation. The JSAF held a symposium in 2020 to consider the Current Status and View of Conservation of Geomorphology and Geology Related to Active Faults. Furthermore, the JSAF observed the conserved outcrops in 2021 during a field excursion of the active fault. It is important to sustain such geological conservation activities and promote their use for education and tourism in the future.
The TKG has the task of promoting Geopark activities in urban areas. Then, the TKG, the NPO Machizukuri Spot, and geologists got together to plan the Machinaka GeoTour, a walking tour of the city center while learning about the topography, geology, and history of the area. This tour will be held approximately five times a year beginning in 2019. In this tour, participants will learn about the topography and geology around them as they walk around and share information and knowledge with each other across generations. In addition, we try to make it a town walk that participants willingly engage in. In addition, participants are motivated to go out and investigate for themselves what they wonder about, which naturally increases their opportunities to walk around. The tour has a story that makes you feel connected to each other. In cases where heavy snow or rain made it difficult to conduct the tour, only staff members were allowed to walk and conduct the tour online. One of the challenges of the Machinaka GeoTour is the skill of the guides. For this reason, we also provide Geo-guide skill improvement training to apply facilitation skills to tours.
Mt. Kureha-yama is one of the important places for the Machinaka GeoTour. The mountain is the boundary of cultures and customs since ancient. The mountain was formed by the movement of the Kureha Fault. Furthermore, the formation of this mountain is related to the change in the flow path of the Jinzu River and Toyama's specialties. Thus, we can enjoy the geo-eco-human connection in this mountain. Students conducted six workshops on Mt. Kureha-yama and the Kurehayama Fault in an online environment in FY2020. Participants shared information about the topography and geology found at Kureha Mountain and the Kurehayama Fault, including papers and other information, photographs they had taken, and diagrams they had created. In addition, participants prepared a guidebook and held a field trip with the participation of geoguides. The workshop was conducted on a trial basis at the Japanese Society for Active Fault Studies (hereafter, JSAF). Based on this experience, the JSAF has organized the Active Fault Online Workshop consisting of five online study sessions and a one-day field trip for non-specialists. The JSAF held its workshops on the Atera Fault in FY2021 and on the Neodani Fault in FY2022.
Currently, activities are underway to conserve the outcrops and walking trails on Mt. Kureha-yama. Toyama City, university students, TKG, and the NPO Kintaro Club cooperated in this conservation activity. In addition, the students took the lead in producing a figure of a sign that would inform the public of the importance of this formation. The JSAF held a symposium in 2020 to consider the Current Status and View of Conservation of Geomorphology and Geology Related to Active Faults. Furthermore, the JSAF observed the conserved outcrops in 2021 during a field excursion of the active fault. It is important to sustain such geological conservation activities and promote their use for education and tourism in the future.