Geotour


Suported by Japanese Geoparks Network, we introduce "Geotours" for meeting participants.
For inquiries, please contact the geoparks directly.

1.Choshi's delicious seafood and Inubosaki hotspring, around the many places named after the dog / 2.Shimonita(Walk around town) / 3.Shimonita(World heritage Arafune cold storage)

1.Choshi's delicious seafood and Inubosaki hotspring, around the many places named after the dog

Photo:

Inuiwarock

Byobugaura Cliff
Operation Date May 23rd (Wed)
Schedule JR Choshi Station 9:48 (Choshi Electric Railway) →10:06 Inubo Station (Baking rice cracker experience) →11:00 Cape Inubo (Lighthouse & Geopark guide tour) →12:00 Inubohsaki Hotel (Seafood Lunch & Inubosaki hotspring) →13:30 Inuiwa Rock (Geopark guide tour) →14:00 Byobugaura Cliff (Geopark guide tour) →15:00 Yamasa Soy Sauce Factory (Factory tours & Soy sauce soft serve icecream) →16:00 A monument of Hamaguchi Goyo →16:20 JR Choshi Station *Please come to meeting place by yourself.
Participation Fee 3,600 JPY
(Include) Choshi Electric Railway ticket, Baking rice cracker experience fee, Lighthouse entrance fee, Seafood lunch, Hotspring fee, Soy sauce soft serve icecream, Geopark guide fee, Accident insurance premium
*Please pay transportation cost to the meeting place.
maximum passengers 20 person
minimum passengers 5 person
Meeting place JR Choshi Station 9:40
How to get to Choshi

1.Kaihinmakuhari 7:44(JR Kiyo line/to Soga)→7:57 Soga St. 8:07(JR Sotobo line/to Naruto)→8:47 Naruto 8:50(JR Sobu line Limited Express "Shiosai" No.1/to Choshi)→9:34 Choshi [JPY2,000]

2.Kaihinmakuhari 7:32(JR Keiyo line/to Soga)→7:44 Soga 7:48(JR Sotobo line/to Chiba)→7:54 Chiba 8:11(JR Sobu line Limited Express "Shiosai" No.1/to Choshi)→9:34 Choshi [JPY2,420]

3.Tokyo 7:37(JR Sobu line Limited Express "Shiosai" No.1/to Choshi)→9:34 Choshi[JPY3,610]

Dismissal JR Choshi Station 16:20
How to return from Choshi

1.Choshi 16:38(JR Sobu line Limited Express "Shiosai" No.12 /to Tokyo)→17:56 Chiba 18:06(JR Sotobo line/to Naruto)→18:11 Soga 18:19(JR Keiyo line/to Tokyo)→18:31 Kaihinmakuhari[JPY2,420]

2.Choshi 16:43(JR Sobu line/to Chiba)→17:37 Naruto(JR Togane line/to Chiba)→18:16 Soga 18:19(JR Keiyo line/to Tokyo)→18:31 Kaihinmakuhari[JPY1,490]

3.Choshi 16:38(JR Sobu line Limited Express "Shiosai" No.12 /to Tokyo)→18:29 Tokyo[JPY3,610]

4.Choshi 17:10(High Way Bus "Inubo"/to Tokyo & Hamamatsu-cho Bus Terminal)→19:46 Tokyo station→20:01 Hamamatsu-cho Bus Terminal[JPY2,550]

5.Choshi 17:08(JR Narita line/to Chiba)→18:26 Narita 18:30(JR Narita Airport line Rapid/to Narita Airport)→18:38 Kukodaini building/Terminal 2&3→18:41 Narita airport/Terminal1[JPY1,320]

Explanation Choshi City is the foremost fisheries industry in Japan.And soy sauce manufacturing and hot springs are also famous.There are many places named after the dog in Choshi.Please enjoy Choshi's seafood as well.We will show you where the Choshi Geopark guide is attractive.
Application Please fill in your name,age,gender,address,phone number,e-mail address and send them by e-mail to Choshi Geopark Promotin Council Office.
(E-mail:choshigeopark@city.choshi.lg.jp)
Deadline May 15th (Tue)17:00
Notice We will inform the applicant in detail how to pay the participation fee.
Inquiry Choshi Geopark Promotion Council Office
E-mail:choshigeopark@city.choshi.lg.jp
Phone:+81-479-24-8911
Open:8:30-17:15 (Japan Standard Time) *Except Sat, Sun, National holiday


2.Shimonita(Walk around town)

Participation fee The cost per person is 700 JPY. This fee includes 500 JPY for insurance costs and 200 JPY for admission fee of Shimonita Town Natural History Museum. photo:
Schedule From May 21st(MON) to May 26th (SAT), 2018
1. Meet at AM9:00 at Shimonita Station
Dismissal: Around AM11:00 at Shimonita Station
2.Meet at PM1:00 at Shimonita Station
Dismissal: Around PM3:00 at
The number of
minimum passengers
2 person (Maximum 20 person )
Application Tourism Association in Shimonita
Phone +81-724-67-7500
E-mail:shimonitakankou@gmail.com
Deadline By one week before the day of the day.
Point Please gather at Shimonita station.The tour is walk around town of Shimonita with a guide for half das.We perform the guidance of the guide in Japanese. We observe outcrop of Median Tectonic Line across Shimonita, and Overthrust fault of Atokura nappe that It is chosen as 100 selections of Japanese geological features. They are traces of a dynamic geological feature phenomenon. On the other hand, we observe industrial heraitage. And we realize the history of the people who lived with the earth.


3.Shimonita(World heritage Arafune cold storage)

Participation fee The cost per person is 2,500 JPY. This fee includes insurance costs and transportation expenses. photo:
Arafune cold storage
Schedule From May 21st(MON) to May 26th (SAT), 2018
1. Meet at AM9:00 at Shimonita Station
Dismissal: Around 11:00 at Shimonita Station
2.Meet at PM1:00 at Shimonita Station
Dismissal: Around PM3:00 at Shimonita Station
The number of
minimum passengers
4 person (Maximum 20 person )
Application The Shimonita Museum of Natural History
Phone +81-724-70-3070
E-mail:geopark@town.shimonita.lg.jp
Deadline By one week before the day of the day.
Description This tour is a sightseeing taxi tour around the World heritage Arafune cold storage. We ride a taxi separately after a reception desk at Shimonita station and move. There is a member of interpreter in Arafune cold storage. The interpretation is only Japanese. The interpreter does not go together other than Arafune cold storage. We visit World heritage Arafune cold storage that greatly contributed to the modernization of Japan.The Arafune cold storage was used by the cold insulation facilities using the chill which began to blow from the gap of a rock and the rock of the egg of the silkworm. And We visit the Japanese oldest mountain dairy KOUDU Diry Farm utilized the landslide topography..And we realize the history of the people who lived with the earth.