Field Trips
Tentative schedules for in total of four field trips, one for pre-congress and three for post-congress, are listed below. Application will begin at 9:00 am JST on May 19, through the registration site (https://amarys-jtb.jp/2ndasian/). The tentative schedules have also been informed to those who have registered for APC2 by e-mail.
I: Chubu Area (pre-congress, 4 days, from July 31 to Aug. 3, 2023)
Triassic to Jurassic succession in pelagic setting in Inuyama, central Japan
Fee: 55,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: TBA
Meeting: Comfort Hotel Nagoya Shinkansenguchi, Nagoya, Aichi
Dissmissed: JR Nagoya Station, Nagoya, Aichi
Triassic cherty deposits in Inuyama, Aichi
II: Hokuriku Area (post-congress, 4 days, from August 8 to August 11, 2023)
Upper Mesozoic marine and non-marine deposits in Tetori area, northern Central Japan: A unique window into the Early Cretaceous terrestrial ecosystem in Asian eastern margin
Fee: 85,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: Shin-ichi SANO (University of Toyama), Nao KUSUHASHI (Ehime University), Atsushi YABE (National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo)
Meeting: JR Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Dissmissed: JR Kanazawa Station, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
Fossil Ginkgo from the Tetori Gourp, Hakusan, Ishikawa (© Shiramine Inst. Palaeont., Hakusan City)
Trip highlights:
- Lower Cretaceous non-marine seccessions and fossils in the Tetori Group of the Kuwajima Fossil Bluff and the Kitadani Dinosaur Quarry in
Hakusan Area - Exhibits at Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum, one of Japan’s largest natural history museums featuring dinosaurs of the world
- Middle Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous marine to non-marine deposits and fossils of the Kuzuryu Group in Kuzuryu Area, Ono, Fukui
- Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous marine to non-marine deposits and fossils of the Tetori Group in Shokawa Area, Takayama, Gifu
III: Hokkaido Area A (post-congress, 4 days, from August 8 to August 11, 2023)
Mid- to Upper Cretaceous Yezo Group in Hokkaido: Ammonites and other marine fossils
Fee: 110,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: Daisuke AIBA (Fukada Geological Institute), Tomoki KARASAWA (Mikasa City Museum)
Meeting: Domestic Terminal, Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport, Ota, Tokyo
Dismissed: Domestic Terminal, Tokyo International (Haneda) Airport, Ota, Tokyo
Gigantic inoceramid bivalves from the Yezo Group, Hokkaido
Trip highlights:
- Cretaceous marine fauna (especially, ammonoids and inoceramids) in Hokkaido at Mikasa City Museum (day 2)
- Field excursion of the Cretaceous marine deposits, Yezo Group, and marine molluscan fossils (ammonoids and inoceramids) in Mikasa area (day 2)
- Field excursion of the Cretaceous marine deposits, Yezo Group, and marine molluscan fossils (ammonoids and inoceramids) in Kotanbetsu and Tappu areas (day 3).
IV: Hokkaido Area B (post-congress, 3 days, from August 8 to August 10, 2023)
Museums, Culture and Nature of Hokkaido
Fee: 99,000 JPY (Itinerary)
Field leaders: TBA
Meeting: TBA
Dismissed: TBA