地獄ハイキング in English
Field Museum Geo-Hiking (in English)
【Author】Kimiko Wakamatsu（Senior Meister）
【Supervisor】Keiji Takemura, Yorinao Shitaoka
We have made hiking courses in English so that English speaking visitors to Beppu can have easier access to some geologically interesting places in the city.
Please note the following:
・Some hot springs areas are exceedingly hot, and you could get burned. Please be careful as you walk. ・Please wear comfortable walking shoes, and be sure to bring water.
・ In Beppu, most of the hot spring wells are located on private property. Please make sure that you receive permission before visiting
Onsen Geo-Museum is a virtual museum and is run by a non-profit
organization. We have three pillars: the museum on the internet, field
activities, and giving lectures on Beppu hot springs. 1) The internet
museum provides information about Beppu hot springs which have been
gained through wide-ranging researches in natural, medical, social, and
cultural sciences. 2) As field activities, we offer many hiking courses, or
what we call “geo-hiking”, visiting Beppu’s different hot spring areas. 3) We
offer a lecture on hot spring related topics at Beppu City Public Hall every
month. The topics include hot spring science, hot springs and health,
Beppu’s geographical and geological features, and attractive features of
Beppu hot springs.
We have made five hiking courses in English so that English speaking
visitors to Beppu can have easier access to some geologically interesting
places in the city.
The city area of Beppu lies on a fan which was formed by volcanic activities.
The city’s gentle slope spreading from the eastern flank of Mt. Tsurumi, an
active volcano, to Beppu Bay is about eight kilometers from north to south
and five kilometers from east to west. In this small region, there are about
2,300 hot spring wells, making Beppu one of the largest hot spring areas in
the world. In the north and in the south of the city, there are fault lines.
Most of the hot spring wells are located along those fault lines, and there
are four hot spring concentrations in the north and four in the south. The
northern hot spring areas are Myoban, Kannawa, Shibaseki, and
Kamegawa, and the southern hot spring areas are Horita, Kankaiji, Beppu,
and Hamawaki.
Now the following courses in English are available: a)Kankaiji to
Hamawaki course, b)Myoban to Kannawa course, c)Kannawa course,
d)Kannawa to Kamegawa course, and e)Mt. Jissoji to Kannawa course.
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【ハイキングの見所と目的】
別府温泉地球博物館 フィールド博物館館長 竹村惠二
（京都大学名誉教授）
私たちの住んでいる別府は、世界でも有数の湯のまちです。そして断層と火山のまちでもあります。皆さんは、これらが密接に関係していることを知っていますか？
別府は、地下の地熱活動と、地表の火山からの堆積物の上に立っており、それらをたくさんの断層が切っています。そのおかげでお湯が湧いたり、水が湧いたりしているのです。
今回は別府の南を走る朝見川断層に沿って歩きながら、温泉湧水地帯を観察して、別府の成り立ちを考え、さらには私たちの住んでいる地球の息吹を感じてみましょう。
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