Field Trip

Pre-conference field trip (Tentative)

Date: September 11th - 13th, 2025

Itinerary: Mt.Tateyama (立山) - Kurobe (黒部) - Itoigawa (糸魚川)

Content:

The Hida Mountain Range is situated at the meeting point of the island arcs of eastern and western Japan, where highly active geological phenomena are observed. During the pre-conference field trip, over the 3-day course, participants will explore volcanic activity, glacial erosion in the northern part of the Hida Mountain Range; the granodiorite, and greenstone of the Kurobe River where ultra-fast exhumation occurs and observe the outcrop of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line. Through this 3-day excursion, participants will deepen their understanding of the dynamic geological phenomena in the active island arc.

  

                  © TateyamaKurobe Alpine Route                                           © TateyamaKurobe Alpine Route

Mid-conference field trip (Tentative)

Date: September 17th, 2025

Destination Options:
If you wish to attend the Mid-conference field trip, please pick ONE destination from the below options.
Please note that your choice may be changed to the second preference if there are more applicants than expected, or cancelled if there are fewer applicants.

1. Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (福井県立恐竜博物館)
2. Noto Peninsula (能登半島)
3. Kurobe Gorge (黒部渓谷)
4. Kanazawa City (金沢市内)
5. Distillery and Brewery Tour (蒸留所・酒造巡り)

Content: The rest of the details will be announced soon. Please stay tuned!

Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum (福井県立恐竜博物館)

In Japan, the largest number of dinosaur fossils have been discovered in Fukui Prefecture. The Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum is one of the three major dinosaur museums in the world and exhibits all kinds of dinosaur fossils from all around the world, including dinosaur fossils discovered in Fukui. We hope you visit the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum and experience the prehistoric world.
  
Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum reopened in July 2023                       50 complete skeletons of dinosaurs
                 ©Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum                                    ©Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum 

Noto Peninsula (能登半島)

Noto’s Satoyama and Satoumi, recognized as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), is located in the Noto Peninsula, north of Kanazawa, in the center of Japan. We hope you will enjoy the beautiful scenery, traditional technologies, and agricultural and marine products that have been preserved and passed down from generation to generation.
  

Kanazawa City (金沢市内)

The glacial-interglacial sea level changes have been recorded in the sedimentary facies found on the river bed. The topography in the present Kanazawa has been mostly controlled by the two rivers, and we can see several levels of fluvial terraces along the rivers. Kenrokuen Garden, one of the famous tourist sites, is also located on such a higher terrace. By visiting historical tourist sites, you will learn the topographic and geological evolution of Kanazawa city.
          

                 ©Kanazawa City                                                      photo by Robert Jenkins

Distillery and Brewery Tour (蒸留所・酒造巡り)

The Hokuriku area is famous for its variety of Japanese sake (rice wine) and umeshu (plum wine), which are popular in Japan. Saburomaru Distillery is one of the most traditional distilleries of Japanese whisky in Toyama. It introduced a unique cast pot still "ZEMON", to impart their whiskies with a distinctive taste and flavor. Our tour includes visits to several breweries and distilleries.

Saburomaru and Kaga-plumwine
        Photo by Yuya Kajita