During and after the Conference, a wide selection of excursions will be offered by the Field Trips Committee. We provide four types of field excursions: 1) One-day field trip (OD), 2) Half-day field trips (HD), 3) Post-congress domestic field trips (PD), and 4) Post-congress international field trip (PI) to Russia.

Attention!!
At the beginning we had planned 16 field trips, but unfortunately we had to cancel 10 of them, however, we will conduct 6 trips.
The deadline of submitting has passed.
Please see the situation as below.

On some trips, fees are set for twin room users. We strongly recommend that those who apply for a twin room organize themselves as pairs in advance. For more detailed information, including fees, contents, or cancelation policy of each trip, please contact the organizer.

Field trip participants should note some requirements. All of the participants must have personally purchased travel insurance in advance. Participants going on the post-congress international field trips must obtain their own visas in advance before the trips. Furthermore, because all of the participants in the PI trip must gather at appointed places in Russia, they need to make their own travel arrangements from Kyoto to the overseas meeting site. Moreover, e-mail to the organizers of each course must be written in English. If a participant has not paid the fee of his/her field trip yet, he/she should pay it surely by the deadline, July 16. Furthermore, each participant should pay his/her own traffic fees to the meeting place and from the break-up place just by him-/herself individually.

Attention!!
To apply for the other field trips planned by some IGU Commissions, please go to the website "Announcements from Commissions and Task Force."

1) One-day field trips during the program

OD-1 Kyoto Suburbs CANCELLED

OD-2 Nara, Tenri and Asuka Historical Sites DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 8 (Thu)
Meeting: JR Kyoto St. Hachijo Side (South), 8:20
Break-up: JR Kyoto St. Hachijo Side (South), 17:50 ca.
Topics: Time travel through art appreciation
Destinations: Nara Park, Tenri, Asuka
Number of participants: 50
Fee: 11,000 JPY
Organizer: Hisashi Komatsubara (Nara Prefectural University)
E-mail: hisashik [at] narapu.ac.jp

OD-3 Water Environments on the South Side of Lake Biwa CANCELLED

2) Half-day field trips during the program

HD-1 Northern Part of Kyoto City (Rakuhoku) DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 6 (Tue) morning
Meeting: The Excursion Desk, Venue of IGC Kyoto 9:30
Break-up: Kamigamo Shrine 12:30 ca.
Topics: Eco-system in the northern part of Kyoto City and the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Destinations: Midorogaike Pond, Kamigamo Shrine, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Number of participants: 20 – 30
Fee: 3,000 JPY
Organizer: Haruo Noma (Kansai University)
E-mail: noma [at] kansai-u.ac.jp

HD-2 Eastern Part of Kyoto Basin CANCELLED

HD-3 Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 9 (Fri) afternoon
Meeting: Main Gate of Uji Campus, Kyoto University 13:00
Break-up: Main Gate of Uji Campus, Kyoto University 16:30 ca.
Topics: An influential center in Japan for research and education of disaster prevention science
Destinations: Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University (orientation, landslide-simulating facility, earthquake monitoring system, and facility for earthquake-proof design)
Number of participants: about 20
Fee: 2,000 JPY
Organizer: Masahiro Chigira (Kyoto University)
E-mail: chigira [at] slope.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp
3) Post-congress domestic field trips

PD-1 Kobe and Osaka CANCELLED

PD-2 Kanto Plain and Tokyo DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 10 (Sat) - August 12 (Mon)
Meeting: JR Tokyo St. Marunouchi Central Gate (West), August 10 (Sat.) 9:00
Break-up: Tokyo International AP HANEDA, August 12 (Mon.) 18:00 to19:00 ca.
Topics: 1) The World City Tokyo and The Eco-city Yedo: water and the culture of living, 2) Water supply in Musashino Upland, 3) Urbanization in Tama Hills, 4) Volcanic soil of Kanto Plain and its source, 5) Active faults and earthquake hazards
Destinations: Tokyo CBD, Musashino and Tama suburban areas, Hakone volcano
Number of participants: 20 - 30
Fee: 49,000 JPY (Single room user); 46,000 JPY (Twin room user for one person)
Organizer: Sumiko Kubo (Waseda University)
E-mail: sumik [at] waseda.jp

PD-3 Kurashiki, Hiroshima and Fukuoka CANCELLED

PD-4 Mount Koya DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 10 (Sat) - August 11 (Sun)
Meeting: JR Kyoto St. Hachijo Side (South), August 10 (Sat.) 9:00
Break-up: JR Kyoto St. Hachijo Side (South), August 11 (Sun.) 17:00 ca.
Topics: The World Heritage Site of Koyasan: 1200 years of a Buddhist temple complex
Destinations: Kongobuji Temple, Okunoin, Reihokan Museum, staying at shukubo (temple lodging)
Number of participants: 20 - 40
Fee: 38,000 JPY
★Please note that we will stay at a traditional temple lodging, where one room will be shared with plural persons.
Organizer: Toshiyuki Shimazu (Wakayama University)
E-mail: shimazu [at] center.wakayama-u.ac.jp

PD-5 Central Japan CANCELLED

PD-6 Reconstruction of Devastated Area by the Great Earthquake 1 CANCELLED

PD-7 Reconstruction of Devastated Area by the Great Earthquake 2 CANCELLED

4) Post-congress international field trips

PI-1 Korea CANCELLED

PI-2 Taiwan CANCELLED

PI-3 Russia DEADLINE HAS PASSED
Date: August 10 (Sat) - August 13 (Tue)
Meeting: in Russia, TBA
Break-up: in Russia, TBA
Topics: Past and Present in Far Eastern Russia: between development and conservation
Destinations: (1st day) Russkii Island in the Peter the Great Bay ("Voroshilovskaya battery", Far Eastern Federal University, Aquarium) [overnight in Vladivostok]
(2nd day) "Kedrovaya Pad" - Kondratenovka Village [overnight in Tayozhnaya Polyana]
(3rd day) mountain taiga (FEB RAS) - Ussuriisk - Spassk-Dalnyi [overnight in Spassk-Dalnyi]
(4th day) Khankaiski Biosphere Reserve (Khanka Lake) - Center of Amur Tiger Study (Gaivoron Village) - Vladivostok
Number of participants: 7 - 25
Fee: 61,000 JPY
Organizer: Koichi Kimoto (Hiroshima Jogakuin University)
E-mail: koichik [at] gaines.hju.ac.jp