#geosite

This morning, joined a beach cleanup at Hioki Site hosted by the geopark. 今朝は日沖サイトにて、ジオパーク主催の海岸清掃に参加。

This site is a rather popular fishing spot. So, in addition to the litter drifted ashore, we always find garbage left by anglers. :(   That really upsets me. このサイトはポピュラーな釣りスポットなので、漂着ゴミ以外のゴミもいつもある場所。同じ釣り人の一人として、ホンマに憤慨すること多し。(-"-;)

This site is a wonderful place for geology lovers to observe pillow lava and pyroclastic breccia while picking up litter. ;) ここは海底で噴出したマグマの営みを見られるサイトなので、ゴミ拾いながら枕状溶岩やら火山角礫岩（だったっけ？）を愛でることができるというお得な場所。💕 At the same time, it’s a site where you can find some rare wild plants in abundance. 同時に、他の場所であまり見られない植物がたくさん自生してる場所でもあり。

確かこれオオハマグルマだったと思う。室戸ではここ以外であまり見かけないらしい。

ルリハコベは、室戸岬先端の遊歩道沿いでちらほら見かけたら、植物好きの観光客は躍り上がって喜ぶんだけど。ココに来たら実はイヤというほど生い茂ってる。ｗｗ

And after the cleanup, I found something really useful. This geosite is on the seashore and thus prone to tsunami. But since it is not a residential area, there is no high seawalls along the national road and no evacuation route leading up from the national road to a higher place. The anglers, walking pilgrims and geopark visitors who come here would be helpless when the predicted major earthquake hits. So I’ve been wanting to find the old mountain trail that only a few aged locals know where it was. Today, one of the cleanup participants asked around and finally found where the old trail was and took me there. It looked like an animal trail covered with weeds and giant reeds, but at least it was a trail. So... maybe I can talk to someone in the Disaster Prevention Division of this city to make a good use of the trail...? そして海岸清掃が終わった後、ナイスな発見が。 この日沖サイトはもろに海岸で、津波被害を受ける場所。だけど人家がないエリアなので、国道沿いに高い堤防もなければ、国道から高台へ上がる避難路もない。でも釣り人は常時いるし歩き遍路さんも通るし、枕状溶岩を見に来るジオパークビジターも来る。この人たちは南海トラフ巨大地震が来た時には、本当に助けがないことになると、ずっと気にしてたんです私。で、地元の年寄りだけが場所を知ってるという、はるか昔に使われてた山に上がる小道を、見つけたかったんです。 今日の海岸清掃の際に、私の知り合いが聞いて回ってその小道の場所を聞き出し、私と一緒に探してくれました。ありました！！今やダンチクに埋もれた獣道状態でしたが。でもいちおう、昔にちゃんと作ったらしき小道。 これ、市の防災課の人とかに話して、ちゃんとした避難路に整備しないか相談してみようかな...。

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